Francis Greenslade

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.

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.

Personal life

Greenslade is married and he and his wife, Louise, have 3 children. He plays a range of musical instruments; clarinet, keyboard, accordion, guitar, ukulele and recorder. He is also a debater and has won various awards.

Narration

Greenslade is a narrator of audio books including:-

Theatre

Melbourne Theatre Company

Sydney Theatre Company

Playbox

Malthouse

State Theatre Company (SA)

Magpie Theatre

Arena Theatre Company

Red Shed

Patch

The Marat Pack

Honours

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