Greg Stone
Introduction '''Gregory "Greg" Jonathon Stone''' (born 23 June 1961 in Perth, Western Australia) 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 and grew up in Fremantle with his two siblings.
Career Stone graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney in 1983 and 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.Other notable film roles are in ''The Bank'' with David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia, ''Van Diemen's Land'', ''Oranges and Sunshine'' and ''The Sunset Six''.===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'', ''Beauty Queen of Leenane'', ''Beneath Heaven'', ''Night a Wall 2 Men'', ''Blackbird'' (also a Helpmann nomination) and Clybourne Park. He was a founding member of the acclaimed Keene/Taylor Theatre Project and Artistic Associate at Playbox Theatre in 2004.===Music===He is the lead singer of the glam rock band Melody Lords.
Personal life Stone lives in Melbourne, Australia and has two children, including actress Georgie Stone.
Stage  Year Title Role Notes 1984, 1986 ''Are You Lonesome Tonight'' Jesse  Q TheatreWestern Australia Theatre Company 1984 ''Twelfth Night'' Various South Australian Theatre Company 1984 ''Captain Bloody'' Various Elizabeth Theatre Trust 1984 ''West Coast Romeo'' Jade Harvest Theatre Company 1985 ''Dancing in the Street'' Ali TOE Truck Theatre Company 1985  ''Reedy River'' Performer Q Theatre 1986 ''Much Ado About Nothing'' Performer Shakespeare in the Park 1986 ''Hamlet'' Horatio Q Theatre 1986 ''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  1989 ''Summer Rain'' Mick Sydney Theatre Company 1992 ''The Emperor Regrets''  Doherty Playbox Theatre Company 1993 ''Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story'' Various New Zealand Tour 1993 ''The Eye of Martha Needle'' Herman Juncken La Mama 1993-1994 ''Angels in America'' Joseph Porter PittMelbourne Theatre Company 1995 ''Assassins''  Leon Czolgosz 1995, 1996 ''Good Works'' Shane/Neil Playbox Theatre Companyand National Tour 1995 ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' Mr Hopper Melbourne Theatre Company 1995 ''Head of Mary'' Momozono Playbox Theatre Companyand Tokyo Tour 1996 ''The Black Sequin Dress'' The Waiter Playbox Theatre Company 1996 ''Merrily We Roll Along'' Charley Kringas Sydney Theatre Company 1997-1998 ''A Little Night Music''  Count Magnus Melbourne Theatre Companyand Tour 1997 ''Don's Party'' Don State Theatre Company of South Australia 1997-2000 ''Keene/Taylor Theatre-Project''  Performer  Melbourne Fringe Festival 1998 ''Miracles'' Various Playbox Theatre Company 1998  ''Chicago, Chicago'' Lead NYID  1999  ''Born Yesterday'' Paul Verrall Melbourne Theatre Company 1999-2000 ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' Pato Sydney Theatre Companyand Tour 1999 ''A Return to the Brink'' Nathaniel QuinnColin Playbox Theatre Company 2000 ''Trelawny of the 'Wells''' Ferdinand Gadd Melbourne Theatre Company 2001-2002 ''Stones in His Pockets'' Jake Sydney Theatre CompanyMelbourne Theatre Companyand Tour 2001 ''The Seagull'' Medvedenko Melbourne Theatre Company 2001 ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' Bert Bratt The Production Company 2002 ''Rapture'' Harry Playbox Theatre Company 2002 ''Cloud 9'' Joshua/Gerry Melbourne Theatre Company 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 2005 ''Stuff Happens'' George W. Bush Belvoir Theatre Company 2006 ''Honk If You Are Jesus'' Rev. Hollis Shultz State Theatre Company of South Australia 2006 ''Eldorado''  Anton Malthouse Theatre 2006 ''The Winter's Tale''  Leontes The Eleventh Hour Theatre 2007 ''The Pillowman'' Ariel Melbourne Theatre Company 2007 ''Life x3'' Henri Black Swan Theatre Company 2007 ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' VariousMelbourne Theatre Company 2008 ''Love Song'' Harry 2008 ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' George Black Swan Theatre Company 2008 ''Blackbird'' Ray Melbourne Theatre Company 2008 ''The Lower Depths''  The Actor Ariette Taylor Productions 2009 ''Poor Boy'' Sol Melbourne Theatre CompanySydney Theatre Company 2010 ''The Berry Man'' Eric Hothouse Theatre 2010 ''Life Without Me''  JohnMelbourne Theatre Company 2011 ''A Golem Story'' Guard 2011 ''Clybourne Park'' Russ/Dan 2012 ''Babyteeth''  Henry Belvoir Theatre Company 2012 ''Queen Lear''  Albany Melbourne Theatre Company 2012 ''Pompeii LA''  Numerous Roles Malthouse Theatre 2013 ''The Crucible'' Reverend Paris Melbourne Theatre Company 2013 ''Hamlet'' Polonious Belvoir Theatre Company 2014 ''The Government Inspector''  Performer Malthouse TheatreBelvoir Theatre Company 2014 ''Glengarry Glen Ross''  Dave Moss Melbourne Theatre Company 2014-2015 ''Once''  Da  2015 ''The Waiting Room''  Alan Trounson/ErosMelbourne Theatre Company 2015 ''The Weir'' Finbar 2016-2017 ''Ladies in Black'' Mr Miles/Stefan Queensland Theatre Company 2016 ''Funny Girl''  Tom Keeney The Production Company 2017 ''Hir''  Arnold Belvoir Theatre Company 2018 ''Oklahoma!'' Ike Skidmore The Production Company 2018 ''A Doll's House, Part 2''  Torvald Melbourne Theatre Company 2019 ''Cloudstreet''  Lester Lamb Malthouse TheatreBlack Swan Theatre Company 2019 ''Australian Realness''  Dad Malthouse Theatre
Filmography ===Film=== Year Title Role Notes 1988 ''Kokoda Crescent'' Sergeant  2001 ''The Bank'' Vincent 2006 ''BoyTown'' Air Traffic Controller  2009 ''Van Diemen's Land'' William Kennerly 2011 ''Oranges & Sunshine'' Tom  2011 ''Swerve'' Publican  2013 ''The Sunset Six'' Riff 2015 ''Is This The Real World'' Mr. Rickard===Short films=== Year Title Role Notes 1990 ''Sparks''   1992 ''The Surrogate'' Detective Hill  1998 ''Two Girls and a Baby'' Phillip  1999 ''Wednesdays'' John  2006 ''William'' Vincent  2007 ''The Bloody Sweet Hit'' Ambo 2  2008 ''Hell's Gates'' William Kennerly  2011 ''Husband, Father, Son'' Father  2016 ''The Waterfall'' Peter  2017 ''Boy Saviour''  Doctor 2022The StrangerRSL Announcer202?Freedom CallingRichard===Television=== Year Title Role Notes 1984 ''Five Mile Creek'' Guest  1 episode 1985 ''Rafferty's Rules'' Guest 1 episode 1985 ''Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe'' Deejay Doublebass  Miniseries, 2 episodes 1985 ''The Visitor'' Peregrine Television movie 1987,1991 ''A Country Practice'' Shaun / Hans Vandersluys  1988 ''E Street'' Warren Green 1 episode 1989 ''G.P.'' Bruce 1 episode 1989 ''Skirts'' Morgan 1 episode 1991 ''Boys from the Bush'' Sydney 1 episode 1991 ''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'' 1998 ''State Coroner'' Sgt. Frank Johnson Guest role; Season 2, Episode 10: ''Assumptions'' 1999''Halifax f.p.'' Leon Finke Guest role; Season 1, Episode 14: ''A Murder of Crows'' 1999 ''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 2002 ''Marshall Law'' 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'' 2008 ''City Homicide'' Dean Palmer Guest role; Season 1, Episode 7: ''Baby Love'' 2011 ''Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer was Here'' Bandali Debs Television movie 2011-2013 ''Winners & Losers'' Steve Gilbert Recurring role; 9 episodes (seasons 1-3) 2011 ''Lowdown'' Steve Mott Guest role; Season 2, Episode 8: ''Bubble Trouble'' 2012 ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries'' Mr Sheridan Guest role; Season 1, Episode 11: ''Blood and Circuses'' 2012 ''Devil's Dust'' Peter McDonald Mini-series, 2 episodes 2013 ''Better Man'' Drennan AFP Guest role; Season 1, Episode 2: ''Twin Dragons'' 2013 ''Offspring'' Dr Brian Minor role; Season 4, Episode 12 2015-2017 ''Glitch'' Russel Recurring role; 2 episodes (seasons 1-2) 2015 ''The Ex-PM'' Neil Blanchard Guest role; Season 1, Episode 4: ''Rivalry'' 2016 ''Secret City'' Laidley Guest role; Season 1, Episode 4: ''Falling Hard'' 2016 ''Australian Story'' Himself Documentary 2017 ''Newton's Law'' Judge Greg Halliday Guest role; Season 1, Episode 5: ''Law of Cooling'' 2017 ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'' Professor Worthington Guest role; Season 52021Jack IrishJoe Slorach4 episodes 2019, 2021 ''Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries'' Chief Inspector Percy Sparrow Recurring role; 12 episodes
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'' 2005''Stuff Happens'' 2006Helpmann AwardsBest Male Actor in a Play 2007Green Room AwardsBest Male Performer ''Winter's Tale''2009''Blackbird'' 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 Inspector''2015 Best Ensemble Cast in a Musical ''Once'' Madrid International Film Festival Awards Best Supporting Actor  ''Is This The Real World?''
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