Gregory Richard "Greg" Apps is an

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film casting consultant and actor. He cast Russell Crowe,

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, and

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in the roles that brought them to wide public recognition.

Biography

Apps was born in 1955 and from 1967 until 1973 he attended

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. In the 1970s Apps began his working life as an actor. He appeared in the films

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and Sunday Too Far Away and on stage in the original Melbourne/Adelaide production of ''

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''. In 1982 he first started casting at the ABC Melbourne. He has since cast TV commercials, TV series and over 70 feature films. For seven years he was on the board of the Australian Film Institute and he is the current president of the Casting Guild of Australia.Arts Review On the Couch with Greg Apps
Retrieved 16 November 2019. Apps is married to Australian actress and casting director Robyn Gibbes.

References

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