Francis Greenslade (born 3 October 1962) is an Australian 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 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.Welcher and Welcher. ABC | Retrieved 11 April 2013

Greenslade teaches acting including drama at The National Theatre Drama School and at the Film & Television Studio InternationalThe Team. Film & Television Studio International |Retrieved 5 April 2013

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.

Greenslade's book, How I Learnt to Act, (On the way to not going to Drama School), was published by Currency Press in 2019. It is a combination of memoir and acting handbook. His play, The Platypus, was produced at Theatreworks in 2024. It subsequently had a season at the Adelaide Fringe in 2025 and was programmed in the Brisbane Festival in the same year. The script was published by Playbill in 2026.

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.What's On – The Impossible Orchestra. Arts Centre Melbourne |Retrieved 11 April 2013

Personal life Greenslade and his wife, Louise, have three children.Francis Greenslade profile, au.gwn7.yahoo.com, 18 June 2012; retrieved 6 April 2013. 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 +YearTitleRoleNotes 2003 Take Away Innkeeper 2012 10 Terrorists Alan Dean 2017 Lazy Bones Jack 2020 Out of Order Shaun 2021 Piñata The Man Yesterday Island Dusty Post-production

Television +YearTitleRole Notes 1991 The River Kings Pastor Patterson Episode #1.4 1991 Pals Boat driver Episode #1.71992 The New Adventures of Black Beauty Policeman Episode: "The Fugitive" 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 Janus Lange Episode: "Suicide by Cop" 1995–2003 Blue Heelers Various characters 5 episodes1996 Shaun Micallef's World Around Him Todd Nugent Television film 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 #1.82007 All Saints Eddie Comfort Episode: "Lost & Found" Bastard Boys Bill Kelly TV miniseries 2007–2008 Newstopia Various characters 6 episodes 2007, 2010 City Homicide Greg Cosgrove / Patrick Franklin 2 episodes2009 Shaun Micallef's New Year's Rave Various TV special The Librarians MC Episode: "My Rock" East of Everything Episode: "Secrets and Lies"2010 Bed of Roses Ray Mumprhrey Episode: "Mind the Gap" Offspring Bad Doctor Episode: "Re-Unravel" 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 #1.32014 It's a Date Guard Episode: "Should You Date Outside Your Comfort Zone?" Schapelle Alexander Downer Television film 2015 Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane Judge 4 episodes 2015–2017 The Ex-PM Curtis 12 episodes2016 Soul Mates Dr. Hackett 4 episodes The Doctor Blake Mysteries Clayton Richardson Episode: "A Difficult Lie" 2017 The Leftovers Officer Gerard 2 episodes2018 Jack Irish Kyle Molan Episode #2.5 Terry La Rue's Homegrown Masterclass Terry La Rue TV series 2021 Metro Sexual Bart Finley Episode: "The Tribunal"2022 Irreverent Ron 10 episodes 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."Phil Meatchem: Aah yeah, that guy, Archibald Prize finalists, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2017-07-20

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