Gregory "Greg" Jonathon Stone (born 23 June 1961) 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. He grew up in Fremantle with his two siblings.
He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 1983.
Career
Film and television Stone's notable film roles include The Bank (2001) with David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia, Van Diemen's Land (2009), Oranges and Sunshine (2010) with Emily Watson and Hugo Weaving and The Sunset Six (2013).
In 2023, Stone was announced in the cast for ABC comedy series White Fever.
Theatre Considered one of Australia's finest stage actors, he has appeared in over 90 productions for many companies including Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Belvoir, Malthouse Theatre, Playbox Theatre Company, Black Swan State Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, Griffin Theatre Company and Q Theatre.
He was nominated for Green Room Awards for his performances in Angels in America, Good Works, A Little Night Music,Blackbird - Melbourne Theatre Company The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Beneath Heaven, Night a Wall 2 Men, Blackbird (also a Helpmann nomination) and Clybourne Park.Theatrical Awards He also won a Helpmann Award and Green Room Award for Best Actor, for his role of George W. Bush in David Hare’s Stuff Happens, directed by Neil Armfield in 2006.
He was a founding member of the acclaimed Keene/Taylor Theatre Project and Artistic Associate at Playbox Theatre in 2004.The Lower Depths
Music Stone is the lead singer of the glam rock band Melody Lords.
Personal life Stone married Rebekah Robertson in 1999. They have two children, Georgie and Harry Stone. In 2013 they separated and at some point divorced.
Stage Year Title Role Notes1984 Twelfth Night Various STCSA Captain Bloody Various roles Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust West Coast Romeo Jade Harvest Rain Theatre Company 1984, 1986 Are You Lonesome Tonight Jesse Q Theatre & Western Australia Theatre Company1985 Dancing in the Street Ali TOE Truck Theatre Company Reedy River Performer Q Theatre1986 Much Ado About Nothing Performer Shakespeare in the Park Hamlet Horatio Q Theatre McNeil StanleyGriffin Theatre Company 1987 All the Black Dogs Robin 1988 Manning Clark's History of Australia MacArthur / Lawson 1989 Living in the 70s Shane Summer Rain Mick STC 1992 The Emperor Regrets Doherty Playbox Theatre Company1993 Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story Various New Zealand tour The Eye of Martha Needle Herman Juncken La Mama 1993–1994 Angels in America Joseph Porter PittMTC1995 Assassins Leon Czolgosz Lady Windermere's Fan Mr Hopper MTC Head of Mary Momozono Playbox Theatre Company& Tokyo tour 1995, 1996 Good Works Shane / Neil Playbox Theatre Company& Australian national tour1996 The Black Sequin Dress The Waiter Playbox Theatre Company Merrily We Roll Along Charley Kringas STC 1997 Don's Party Don STCSA 1997–1998 A Little Night Music Count Magnus MTCand tour 1997–2000 Keene/Taylor Theatre-Project Performer Melbourne Fringe Festival1998 Miracles Various Playbox Theatre Company Chicago, Chicago Lead NYID 1999 Miss Saigon Chris Scott US national tour Born Yesterday Paul Verrall MTC A Return to the Brink Nathaniel QuinnColin Playbox Theatre Company 1999–2000 The Beauty Queen of Leenane Pato STC& tour 2000 Trelawny of the 'Wells' Ferdinand Gadd MRC2001 The Seagull Medvedenko MTC How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Bert Bratt The Production Company 2001–2002 Stones in His Pockets Jake STC,MTC& tour2002 Rapture Harry Playbox Theatre Company Cloud 9 Joshua / Gerry MTC 2003 Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America The ManPlaybox Theatre Company 2004 Julia 3 Joe 2005 War of the Roses York/Rivers Bell Shakespeare Stuff Happens George W. Bush Belvoir Theatre Company2006 Honk If You Are Jesus Rev. Hollis Shultz STCSA Eldorado Anton Malthouse Theatre The Winter's Tale Leontes The Eleventh Hour Theatre2007 The Pillowman Ariel MTC Life x3 Henri Black Swan State Theatre Company The Madwoman of Chaillot VariousMTC2008 Love Song Harry Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? George Black Swan State Theatre Company Blackbird Ray MTC The Lower Depths The Actor Ariette Taylor Productions 2009 Poor Boy Sol MTC,STC2010 The Berry Man Eric HotHouse Theatre Life Without Me JohnMTC2011 A Golem Story Guard Clybourne Park Russ / Dan2012 Babyteeth Henry Belvoir Theatre Company Queen Lear Albany MTC Pompeii LA Various roles Malthouse Theatre2013 The Crucible Reverend Paris MTC Hamlet Polonius Belvoir Theatre Company2014 The Government Inspector Performer Malthouse TheatreBelvoir Theatre Company Glengarry Glen Ross Dave Moss MTC 2014–2015 Once Da 2015 The Waiting Room Alan Trounson / ErosMTC The Weir Finbar 2016 Funny Girl Tom Keeney The Production Company 2016–2017 Ladies in Black Mr Miles / Stefan QTC 2017 Hir Arnold Belvoir Theatre Company2018 Oklahoma! Ike Skidmore The Production Company A Doll's House, Part 2 Torvald MTC2019 Cloudstreet Lester Lamb Malthouse TheatreBlack Swan State Theatre Company Australian Realness Dad Malthouse Theatre
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 Kokoda Crescent Sergeant 1990Sparks1992The SurrogateDetective Hill1998Two Girls and a BabyPhillip1999WednesdaysJohn 2001 The Bank Vincent2006WilliamVincent BoyTown Air Traffic Controller2007The Bloody Sweet HitAmbo 22008Hell's GatesWilliam Kennerly 2009 Van Diemen's Land William Kennerly 2011 Oranges & Sunshine Bob Swerve Publican Husband, Father, SonFather 2013 The Sunset Six Riff 2015 Is This the Real World Mr. Rickard2016The WaterfallPeter2017Boy SaviourDoctor2022The StrangerRSL Announcer
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1984 Five Mile Creek Guest 1 episode1985 Rafferty's Rules Guest 1 episode Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe Deejay Doublebass Miniseries, 2 episodes The Visitor Peregrine TV movie 1987,1991 A Country Practice Shaun / Hans Vandersluys 1988 E Street Warren Green 1 episode1989 G.P. Bruce 1 episode Skirts Morgan 1 episode1991 Boys from the Bush Sydney 1 episode Chances Guest 1 episode 1992 Phoenix II Det. Inspector Miller Guest role, season 2, episode 11: "Under Siege" 1995 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Dr. Cameron Guest role, season 2, episode 3: "The Railroad" 1994,1997,2001,2003-2004 Blue Heelers Ron Blakely / Geoff 'Shorty' Abbott / Gerry Howson / Ivan Long / Bryan Reynolds 1994,2012,2016 Neighbours Aaron O'Connor / Bryce Unwin / Walter Mitchell 1995 Janus Ed Mann Guest role, season 2, episode 2: "Suicide by Cop" 1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys Steve Mason Guest role, season 1, episode 1: "Storm Warning"1998 SeaChange Matthew Reilley Guest role, season 1, episode 4: "The Official Story" State Coroner Sgt. Frank Johnson Guest role, season 2, episode 10: "Assumptions"1999Halifax f.p. Leon Finke Guest role, season 1, episode 14: "A Murder of Crows" Horace and Tina Mr. Birdwood Guest role, season 1, episode 22: "Dancing Partners" 2000,2003 Stingers Eric O'Neill / Paul Dawson 2002 Shock Jock Gil Recurring role, season 2, 5 episodes Marshall Law Judge Don Foster Supporting role, season 1, 10 episodes 2003 MDA Dr Garth Carmody Guest role, season 2, episode 19: '"Bigger Fish to Fry" 2005 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King CNN Anchor Minor role, season 1, episode 6: "The Fifth Quarter" 2007 The Librarians Premier Carter Recurring role, season 1, episodes 3 & 6: "4 Kilos to Book Week" & "And Nothing But The Truth"2008 Bed of Roses Jack Atherton Minor role, season 1, episode 1: "Not Worth a Cent" City Homicide Dean Palmer Guest role, season 1, episode 7: "Baby Love"2011 Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer was Here Bandali Debs TV movie Lowdown Steve Mott Guest role, season 2, episode 8: "Bubble Trouble" 2011–2013 Winners & Losers Steve Gilbert Recurring role, seasons 1–3, 9 episodes2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Mr Sheridan Guest role, season 1, Episode 11: "Blood and Circuses" Devil's Dust Peter McDonald Miniseries, 2 episodes2013 Better Man Drennan AFP Guest role, season 1, episode 2: "Twin Dragons" Offspring Dr Brian Minor role, season 4, episode 12 2015 The Ex-PM Neil Blanchard Guest role, season 1, episode 4: "Rivalry" 2015-2017 Glitch Russel Recurring role;, seasons 1–2, 2 episodes2016 Secret City Laidley Guest role, season 1, episode 4: "Falling Hard" Australian Story Himself Documentary 2017 Newton's Law Judge Greg Halliday Guest role, season 1, episode 5: "Law of Cooling" The Doctor Blake Mysteries Professor Worthington Guest role, season 5 2021 Jack Irish Joe Slorach 4 episodes 2019, 2021 Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Chief Inspector Percy Sparrow Recurring role, 12 episodes2023UtopiaHistorian 1 episode2024White FeverJack Thomas5 episodes Fake Peter Van Rotterdam Episode 1.8FiskJohnny1 episode2025 Return to Paradise
Awards and nominations Year Organisation Award Work Result 1995Green Room Awards Best Male Performer Angels in America 1997 Best Male Supporting Performer A Little Night Music 1998 Best Actor on the Melbourne Fringe Keene/Taylor Project #2 2001Best Male Performer The Beauty Queen of Leenane 2005Stuff Happens 2006Helpmann AwardsBest Male Actor in a Play 2007Green Room AwardsBest Male Performer Winter's Tale2009Blackbird Helpmann Awards Best Male Actor in a Play 2011 Green Room Awards Best Male Performer Clybourne Park 2012 Indie Gems Film Festival Awards Best Male Actor The Sunset Six 2014Green Room Awards Best Theatre Company Ensemble The Government Inspector2015 Best Ensemble Cast in a Musical Once Madrid International Film Festival Awards Best Supporting Actor Is This The Real World?
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