# Francis Greenslade

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

## Early life

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. 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.

## 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
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.
In 2022, Greenslade appeared in the Netflix series Irreverent playing Ron.

## 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 and his wife, Louise, have three children. He plays a range of musical instruments; the 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
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | The River Kings | Pastor Patterson | Episode #1.4 |
| 1992 | The New Adventures of Black Beauty | Policeman | Episode: "The Fugitive" |
| 1992 | 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 |
| 1995 | 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 |
| 1996 | 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" |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2009 | The Librarians | MC | Episode: "My Rock" |
| 2009 | East of Everything | | Episode: "Secrets and Lies" |
| 2010 | Bed of Roses | Ray Mumprhrey | Episode: "Mind the Gap" |
| 2010 | Offspring | Bad Doctor | Episode: "Re-Unravel" |
| 2010 | 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?" |
| 2014 | 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 |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2018 | Terry La Rue's Homegrown Masterclass | Terry La Rue | TV series |
| 2021 | Metro Sexual | Bart Finley | Episode: "The Tribunal" |
| 2022 | Irreverent | Ron | 10 episodes |
| 2022 | Hard Quiz | Himself | 1 episode |
| 2024 | High Country | Dr. Patrick Haber | 2 episodes |

### 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."