Francis Greenslade


Francis Greenslade 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 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. 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

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
Sydney Theatre Company
  • Navigating
Playbox
  • Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee
  • Waking Eve
  • Competitive Tenderness
  • Babes in the Wood
Malthouse
State Theatre Company
Magpie Theatre
  • Funerals and Circuses
  • Chutney
  • Snap
  • Prince of Knumbskulls
  • Radio Dazef
Arena Theatre Company
Red Shed
Patch
  • Evensong for Antarctica
The Marat Pack
Other

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."