Francis Greenslade

Francis Greenslade (born 3 October 1962 in Honiara, Solomon Islands) is an Australian comedic actor. He also teaches acting.

Early life

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. Greenslade was the President of the South Australian Debating Association (SADA) in 1992 and represented University of Adelaide at the World Universities Debating Championship where he was the Best Speaker in 1988.

Career

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''.

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. In the 2022 Netflix series Irreverent, he plays Ron.

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.

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

Community work

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.What's On – The Impossible Orchestra. Arts Centre Melbourne , Retrieved 11 April 2013
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Personal life

Greenslade and his wife, Louise, have three children.Francis Greenslade profile
au.gwn7.yahoo.com, 18 June 2012; retrieved 6 April 2013. He plays a range of musical instruments; clarinet, keyboard, accordion, guitar, ukulele and recorder. He is also a debater and has won various awards.

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

Filmography

Movies

*''Keeper''
*''Introducing Gary Petty''
*''Theatre Sports''
*''Fergus McPhail''

Television

*'' The Leftovers''
*''East of Everything''
*''Winners & Losers''
*''The Bazura Project''
*'' The Librarians''
*'' All Saints''
*''City Homicide''
*''Newstopia''
*'' Soul Mates''
*''Bastard Boys''
*''Marshall Law''
*'' Micallef Programme''
*''Micallef Tonight''
*''Pig's Breakfast''
*''Blue Heelers''
*''SeaChange''
*'' Water Rats''
*'' The Games''
*'' Full Frontal''
*''Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell''

Narration

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

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

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."Phil Meatchem: Aah yeah, that guy
Archibald Prize finalists, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2017-07-20

References

External links

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1962 births
Living people
Australian male television actors
Australian male film actors
Australian male stage actors
Australian male voice actors
University of Adelaide alumni
Audiobook narrators