Gregory "Greg" Jonathon Stone (born 23 June 1961 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian actor who has appeared in films, television and on stage.

Early life

Stone was born in Perth, Western Australia to parents Roy and Jennifer Stone and grew up in

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with his two siblings.

Career

Stone graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 1983 and won a

Helpmann Award The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001. The annual awards recognise achievements in the disciplines of musical th ...

and

Green Room Award The Green Room Awards are peer awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, drama, fringe theatre, musical theatre and opera in Melbourne. The awards were started in 1982 when Blair Edgar and Steven Tandy formed the Green Room Awards A ...

for Best Actor for his role of

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in David Hare’s ''

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'' directed by

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in 2006. Other notable film roles are in '' The Bank'' with David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia, '' Van Diemen's Land'', '' Oranges and Sunshine'' and '' The Sunset Six''.

Theatre

Considered one of Australia's finest stage actors, he has appeared in over 90 productions for many companies including Melbourne Theatre Company,

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, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Belvoir, Malthouse Theatre,

Playbox Theatre Company Playbox Theatre Company is a theatre company for children and young people based in Warwick. Playbox provide training for children and young people aged 3-25 in various different areas, including theatre training, musical theatre, circus, voice ...

, Black Swan State Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare,

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and Q Theatre. He was nominated for Green Room Awards for his performances in ''Angels in America'', ''Good Works'', ''A Little Night Music'', '' The Beauty Queen of Leenane'', ''Beneath Heaven'', ''Night a Wall 2 Men'', '' Blackbird'' (also a

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nomination) and '' Clybourne Park''. He was a founding member of the acclaimed Keene/Taylor Theatre Project and Artistic Associate at

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in 2004.

Music

He is the lead singer of the glam rock band Melody Lords.

Personal life

Stone lives in

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and has two children, including actress Georgie Stone.

Stage

Filmography

Film

Short films

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Greg 1961 births Australian male film actors Australian male stage actors Australian male television actors Helpmann Award winners Living people National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni Male actors from Perth, Western Australia 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors