| Greg Fleet | |
|---|---|
 Fleet preparing to go on stage at a Melbourne show | |
| Birth name | Gregory Fleet |
| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Michigan, United States |
| Alma mater | Geelong grammar school |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Genres | Stand-up comedy |
| Website | Official site |
| Greg Fleet | |
|---|---|
| Fleet preparing to go on stage at a Melbourne show | |
| Birth name | Gregory Fleet |
| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Michigan, United States |
| Alma mater | Geelong grammar school |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Genres | Stand-up comedy |
| Website | Official site |
Fleet was born in Michigan, in the United States. 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. Fleet briefly attended Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), but he was kicked out after a year for poor performance. [1]
Fleet began his acting career in the early 1980s with several performances in Australian television series and telemovies. He appeared in Matthew and Son alongside Nicole Kidman in 1984, and then played the role of "Delivery Man 2" in an episode of Prisoner in 1985. Fleet went on to star as Lt Scott Harris in the Australian mini-series A Thousand Skies .
In 1988, after a guest appearance in The Flying Doctors , Fleet took on the role of Dave Summers in the Australian soap Neighbours . His most dramatic sequence in this program involved killing the popular character of Daphne in a car accident. Fleet then appeared in the popular Australian sketch show Full Frontal .
Since then, Fleet has been a regular stand-up comedian around Australia, and has appeared on many TV and radio comedy programs, including The Comedy Channel's Stand Up Australia! . He was the announcer and narrator for the comedy series Real Stories on the Ten Network, and provides the voice of "Sandy" the Yellow Labrador in TV commercials for the Home Hardware hardware store chain.
During 2006 and 2007 Fleet was often heard on Triple M's Get This radio program as a frequent guest co-host alongside Tony Martin, Ed Kavalee, and Richard Marsland. On occasions he filled in as a last-minute replacement guest as he only lived a short distance away from the Triple M studio.
In 2011, Fleet commissioned a DVD containing segments of some of his best-known performances. The DVD was sold as Bootlegs and Jumperpants and was sold for $19.95. [2] Fleet mentioned that the funds from this DVD were going towards financing the filming of his classic 1995 show Thai Die as a feature-length comedy special. It was scheduled to be filmed on 7 November 2011 at The Comics Lounge in Melbourne, and it was released in 2012. [3]
In 2015, Fleet starred in the Australian zombie comedy film Me and My Mates vs the Zombie Apocalypse, alongside fellow Australian comedians Jim Jefferies and Alex Williamson. [4]
In 2021, he acted in the play The Twins which opened at the 2021 Adelaide Fringe Festival and won the Mental Health Awareness Award. [5]
Thai Die (2002) Random House [6]
These Things Happen (2015) Macmillan 9781743537916 [7]
The Good Son (2018) Random House
When Fleet was ten, his father faked his own death, only to reappear later in his life. His father changed his name, married, and fathered another child during this absence, and then eventually returned to the US. Fleet expanded upon these experiences in his live show I Wish You Were Dead. [8]
Fleet has also fought a long battle with heroin addiction, a subject he has covered in many media interviews, his live show 10 Years in a Long Sleeved Shirt, and on the 1997 ABC television program Smallest Room in the House. [9] [10] In 2015, Fleet also revealed a six-month-long addiction with methamphetamine in 2005. [7] In 2007, Fleet went into drug rehab and returned for the 2 April 2007 episode of Get This . Although Fleet had claimed to be drug-free, in an interview in April 2011 he admitted that he was stoned during that performance. [10]
Fleet is a passionate long-distance supporter of the Hibernian Football Club.
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