Greg Fleet

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Greg Fleet - Comedian & Actor

Gregory "Greg" Fleet is an Australian comedian and actor.

He was born in Michigan, USA. His father moved the family to Australia when Greg was four. He grew up in Geelong and as a teenager boarded at Geelong Grammar School.

He began his acting career in the early 1980's with several performances in Australian television series and telemovies. He was 'Delivery Man 2' in an episode of Prisoner in 1985 and also starred in Matthew & Son alongside Nicole Kidman in 1984. Greg went on to star in A Thousand Skies, an Australian mini-series, as Lt Scott Harris.

In 1988, after a guest appearance in The Flying Doctors, Greg went on to star as Dave Summers in the Australian soap, Neighbours, where he famously killed off the popular character of Daphne.

However, Greg became a household name after starring in the Australian sketch show, Full Frontal.

Since then, Greg has been a regular stand-up comedian around Australia and has appeared on many TV and radio comedy programs.

Greg also stars as the Announcer/Narrator for the comedy series Real Stories on the Ten Network.

Sandy & Rusty - Home Hardware

He can often be heard on Triple M's Get This as a frequent guest co-host alongside Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee. He is also the leader of a segment on Get This called 'What would Greg Fleet do?' and floated the idea and theme song for on-air sketch Passiona High

He also voices "Sandy" the Yellow Labrador in the Home Hardware TV commercials, as often stated on Get This.

1 Personal life
2 References
- 2.1 Other references
3 External links

[edit] Personal life

When Fleet was 10, his father faked his own death only to reappear later in his life. His father changed name, married and fathered a child during this absence. Fleet's father eventually returned to the US. He expounded upon these experiences in his live show "I Wish You Were Dead".^[1]

Fleet has also fought a long battle with heroin addiction, a subject he covered in many media interviews, his live show "10 Years in a Long Sleeved Shirt" and on the 1997 (Australian) ABC television program "Smallest Room in the House".^[2] ^[3]^[4] Fleet had claimed to be drug-free.

In 2007, Fleet had gone into rehab and on the 2 April episode of Get This he will return from his stint in rehab.

[edit] References

[edit] Other references

Zuel, Bernard. "Dad and gone", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2003-06-28. Retrieved on December 6, 2006.
Javes, Sue. "Straight talking", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2003-06-18. Retrieved on December 5, 2006.
Bragge, Lily. "Keep it clean", The Melbourne Age, 2005-06-05. Retrieved on December 5, 2006.
"Smallest Room in the House", ABC Enterprises. Retrieved on December 5, 2006.