Greg Larsen

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Greg Larsen is an actor, television writer, and comedian from Melbourne, Australia. He is best known internationally for his role as Ethan Krum in the BBC One drama thriller series The Tourist. He has also been a cast member and correspondent in the ABC news comedy show Tonightly with Tom Ballard ; and a writer and cast member of the sketch comedy series At Home Alone Together and We Interrupt This Broadcast on Seven Network.

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He is also known for his many years of award-winning stand-up comedy performances, notably at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Early life

Larsen is from Melbourne.[ citation needed ]

Career

Comedy

Larsen began his career performing stand-up and creating YouTube videos with Henry Stone and Sam Campbell as the sketch group Skills in Time. [1]

He is known for many years of stand-up comedy performances, notably at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). [2] In 2014, along with Henry Stone, Stuart Daulman, and John Campbell, Larsen was awarded the Golden Gibbo award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the Fancy Boy Variety Show. [3] In 2016, along with Anne Edmonds and Damien Power, Larsen was awarded the Director's Choice Award for their show True Australian Patriots. [4] [5]

Larsen was a cast member and correspondent in the ABC news comedy show Tonightly with Tom Ballard (in which he created the recurring character "Mr. Oily"). [6] [7]

He was a writer for and cast member of the sketch comedy series At Home Alone Together . [8]

Larsen won acclaim for his role in the MICF Great Debate event in 2021. [9]

He also wrote for and appeared in We Interrupt This Broadcast on Seven Network in 2023. [10]

In 2021 Larsen was again an MICF award recipient with his one-man play This Might Not Be Hell, receiving the Piece of Wood Award. [11]

During the 2022 MICF Larsen was nominated for the Most Outstanding Show award for the acclaimed We All Have Bloody Thoughts [12] [13]

In 2023, Larsen received further acclaim for his new comedy special Slurp's Up!! [14]

Acting

Larsen is best known for his performance portraying Ethan Krum in the BBC One series The Tourist, [15] alongside Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald. He returned to the role in Season 2, which premiered on 1 January 2024. [16] His performance in Season 2 drew praise from reviews including Digital Spy [17] as well as fellow cast members including Conor MacNeill, saying "For me, I really love Greg Larsen [who plays Ethan Krum]. I think he's phenomenal and even just how he uses his hands is hilarious. He's a very clever comedic actor." [18]

He also portrayed wrestler Bob Owens in the NBC comedy series Young Rock , [19] and Dave in Ronny Chieng: International Student (which he co-wrote with Ronny Chieng and Declan Fay) [20]

Controversies

In 2017, Larsen was the focus of an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation based on his on-air conduct in which he called a conservative politician named Kevin Bailey a "cunt" on air during a sketch on the ABC show Tonightly With Tom Ballard. Larsen and the ABC were ultimately cleared of any wrongdoing, as the investigation found that Larsen was playing the character of an "unreasonably angry man" and that the attack would have been considered "comedic" by any reasonable viewer. [21] [22]

Awards and nominations

Filmography

YearProductionWriterActor
2024 The 2IC (Short) YesYes
2024 The Tourist - Season 2NoYes
2023 We Interrupt This Broadcast YesYes
2023 Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe YesYes
2022 The Tourist - Season 1NoYes
2022 Young Rock NoYes
2021 The Newsreader NoYes
2021Hug The SunNoYes
2021 Slushy (podcast) NoYes
2020 Rosehaven NoYes
2020 At Home Alone Together YesYes
2019 Aunty Donna: Glennridge Secondary College NoYes
2018 Tonightly With Tom Ballard YesYes
2017 The Edge Of The Bush NoYes
2017 Get Krack!n YesYes
2017 True Story With Hamish and Andy NoYes
2017 Ronny Chieng: International Student YesYes
2017 Ask The Doctor NoYes
2016 Fancy Boy YesYes
2016 The Letdown NoYes
2015Looking BackYesYes
2015 How Not To Behave NoYes
2014 Dirty Laundry Live NoYes

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