Francis Greenslade

Australian comedic actor (born 1962)

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Francis Greenslade

Born|  (1962-10-03) 3 October 1962 (age 62)

Honiara, Solomon Islands

Nationality| Australian
Alma mater| University of Adelaide
Occupation| Actor
Years active| 1991–present

Francis Greenslade's voice

recorded October 2013

Francis Greenslade (born 3 October 1962) is an Australian comedic actor and acting teacher.[1]

## Early life

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Greenslade was born in Honiara, Solomon Islands to Australian parents. In the 1980s, Greenslade studied at the University of Adelaide where he first met Shaun Micallef. They performed together in the university's Footlights Club.[2] Greenslade was the president of the South Australian Debating Association (SADA) in 1992 and represented the University of Adelaide at the World Universities Debating Championship where he was the Best Speaker in 1988.[3]

## Career

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Greenslade has performed with Micallef in many television shows including The Micallef Program, Welcher & Welcher, Micallef Tonight and Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell. They both also appeared in Full Frontal.[citation needed]

Greenslade has also appeared on children's comedy Pig's Breakfast, SeaChange, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, The Games and Marshall Law as well as in the 2003 Australian feature film Take Away (with Stephen Curry). He stars as Brian Gross in the Seven Network show Winners & Losers alongside Denise Scott who plays his on-screen wife Trish.[2]

Greenslade has appeared in numerous productions for the Malthouse Theatre, the Melbourne Theatre Company, Playbox Theatre, State Theatre Company of South Australia and the Magpie Theatre Company.[4]

Greenslade teaches acting including drama at The National Theatre Drama School[5] and at the Film & Television Studio International[6]

In 2015, Greenslade appeared in The Ex-PM, he then made an appearance in the Channel 9 television film Schapelle after Schapelle Corby's high profile legal case, where he played Alexander Downer.[7]

In 2022, Greenslade appeared in the Netflix series Irreverent playing Ron.[8][9]

## Community work

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Greenslade was a guest host at The Impossible Orchestra: 24 Hour Concert where Australia and New Zealand musicians played a world-first 24-hour symphony concert to raise awareness of the Care Aware campaign.[10]

## Personal life

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Greenslade and his wife, Louise, have three children.[2] He plays a range of musical instruments; the clarinet, keyboard, accordion, guitar, ukulele and recorder.[2] He is also a debater and has won various awards.[5]

Despite sharing a surname, he is not related to his Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell co-star Tosh Greenslade.[11][12]

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2003  | Take Away | Innkeeper  |
2012  | 10 Terrorists | Alan Dean  |
2017  | Lazy Bones | Jack  |
2020  | Out of Order | Shaun  |
2021  | Piñata | The Man  |
TBA | Yesterday Island | Dusty  | Post-production

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1991  | The River Kings | Pastor Patterson  | Episode #1.4
1992  | The New Adventures of Black Beauty | Policeman  | Episode: "The Fugitive"
Ultraman: Towards the Future |  | Episode: "Tourists from the Stars"
1994  | The Damnation of Harvey McHugh | Colin  | Episode: "Paint Your Bandwagon"
1995  | Full Frontal | Various characters  | 26 episodes
Janus | Lange  | Episode: "Suicide by Cop"
1995–2003  | Blue Heelers | Various characters  | 5 episodes
1996  | Shaun Micallef's World Around Him | Todd Nugent  | Television film
Mercury | Flustered Bloke  | Episode: "Every Picture Tells a Story"
1998  | The Games | Emmanuel Murdoch  | Episode: "A Conflict of Interest"
1998–2000  | SeaChange | Simmo  | 9 episodes
1998–2001  | The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) | Various characters  | 23 episodes
1999  | Water Rats | Ken Martin  | Episode: "A Woman of Substance"
1999–2000  | Pig's Breakfast | Martin Green  | TV series
2000  | Introducing Gary Petty | Edwin  | 6 episodes
2002  | Marshall Law | Gavin Duffy  | 4 episodes
2003  | Welcher & Welcher | Paul / Claude  | 8 episodes
2004  | Fergus McPhail | Eric Sponge  | Episode: "The Best Man for the Job"
2006  | Real Stories | Samuel Sutherland  | Episode #1.8
2007  | All Saints | Eddie Comfort  | Episode: "Lost & Found"
Bastard Boys | Bill Kelly  | TV miniseries
2007–2008  | Newstopia | Various characters  | 6 episodes
2007, 2010  | City Homicide | Greg Cosgrove / Patrick Franklin  | 2 episodes
2009  | Shaun Micallef's New Year's Rave | Various  | TV special
The Librarians | MC  | Episode: "My Rock"
East of Everything |  | Episode: "Secrets and Lies"
2010  | Bed of Roses | Ray Mumprhrey  | Episode: "Mind the Gap"
Offspring | Bad Doctor  | Episode: "Re-Unravel"
Sleuth 101 | Mick  | Episode: "Performance Enhancing Death"
2011  | The Bazura Project | Cinema History Professor  | Episode: "Violence"
2011–2016  | Winners & Losers | Brian Gross  | 95 episodes
2012  | Mrs Biggs | Tam O'Leary  | Episode #1.5
2012–2022  | Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | Various characters  | 172 episodes
2013  | The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting | Special Guest  | Episode #1.3
2014  | It's a Date | Guard  | Episode: "Should You Date Outside Your Comfort Zone?"
Schapelle | Alexander Downer | Television film
2015  | Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane | Judge  | 4 episodes
2015–2017  | The Ex-PM | Curtis  | 12 episodes
2016  | Soul Mates | Dr. Hackett  | 4 episodes
The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Clayton Richardson  | Episode: "A Difficult Lie"
2017  | The Leftovers | Officer Gerard  | 2 episodes
2018  | Jack Irish | Kyle Molan  | Episode #2.5
Terry La Rue's Homegrown Masterclass | Terry La Rue  | TV series
2021  | Metro Sexual | Bart Finley  | Episode: "The Tribunal"
2022  | Irreverent | Ron  | 10 episodes
2024  | High Country | Dr. Patrick Haber  | 2 episodes

### Narration

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Greenslade is a narrator of audio books including:-

* Death Delight by Gabrielle Lord
* The Gizmo by Paul Jennings
* 48 Shades of Brown by Nick Earls
* The Art of War for Executives by Sun Tzu; Donald G. Krause
* The Book of Secrets by Tom Harper
* Lost temple by Tom Harper
* Bachelor kisses by Nick Earls
* Walter wants to be a werewolf! by Richard Harland
* Lethal factor by Gabrielle Lord
* HMAS Sydney by Tom Frame
* Backs to the Wall by G.D. Mitchell

### Theatre

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Melbourne Theatre Company

* The Madwoman of Chaillot
* Urinetown
* Things We Do for Love
* Man the Balloon
* Blabbermouth
* The Odd Couple
* Shakespeare in Love

Sydney Theatre Company

* Navigating

Playbox

* Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee
* Waking Eve
* Competitive Tenderness
* Babes in the Wood

Malthouse

* Optimism
* The Odyssey
* Tartuffe

State Theatre Company (SA)

* The Club
* School for Scandal
* Così
* The Tempest
* Accidental Death of an Anarchist
* Marat/Sade
* The Comedy of Errors

Magpie Theatre

* Funerals and Circuses
* Chutney
* Snap
* Prince of Knumbskulls
* Radio Dazef

Arena Theatre Company

* The Emperor's New Clothes

Red Shed

* Desert

Patch

* Evensong for Antarctica

The Marat Pack

* The Ages of Man
* Bishop Takes Knight
* As Time Goes By
* Not One But Two

Other

* The Boy from Oz (with The Production Company)
* 33 Variations (Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

## Honours

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In 2017, Greenslade's portrait by artist/animator Phil Meatchem was a finalist in the Archibald Prize. The 153 x 117 cm portrait has him sitting on a couch dressed in a suit, looking out at the viewer, that Meatchem said was "inspired by the elegant Oscar-night celebrity portraits by photographer Mark Seliger."[13]

## References

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1. ^ "Francis Greenslade". tv.apple.com. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
2. ^ a b c d Francis Greenslade profile, au.gwn7.yahoo.com, 18 June 2012; retrieved 6 April 2013.
3. ^ "World Universities Debating Championships Top Speakers". World Debating News. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
4. ^ Welcher and Welcher. ABC | Retrieved 11 April 2013
5. ^ a b "Staff. The National Theatre Drama School | Retrieved 5 April 2013". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
6. ^ The Team. Film & Television Studio International |Retrieved 5 April 2013
7. ^ Knox, David (24 May 2017). "Nine repeats Schapelle telemovie -on her first day home. | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
8. ^ Irreverent (Crime, Drama), Matchbox Pictures, Netflix, Peacock, 30 November 2022, retrieved 22 December 2022
9. ^ Knox, David (2 December 2022). "Irreverent gets Kylie Bracknell's blessing | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
10. ^ What's On – The Impossible Orchestra. Arts Centre Melbourne |Retrieved 11 April 2013
11. ^ Knox, David (12 July 2012). ""It's about the writing" says Mad as Hell's Roz Hammond". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
12. ^ Knox, David (28 August 2017). "Meet the man behind the loudest man on TV". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
13. ^ Phil Meatchem: Aah yeah, that guy, Archibald Prize finalists, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2017-07-20

## External links

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* Francis Greenslade at IMDb

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