Greg Larsen is a brilliant comic/multi-hyphenate/self-described Useful Idiot who began his career writing YouTube sketches and performing stand-up comedy in Brisbane in 2008.

After touring around the country performing live and amassing millions of views online, Greg moved to Melbourne, where he co-created and directed the live smash Fancy Boy Variety Show. Critically acclaimed and a complete sell-out at the 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Fancy Boy won the Golden Gibbo Award for best independent comedy and became a cult TV show on ABC and now Apple TV in Australia.

Greg went on to appear as an actor in numerous projects such as Dirty Laundry Live, How Not to Behave, and The Let Down. He has written and performed on the acclaimed ABC breakfast TV satire Get Krack!n and co-wrote two episodes of Ronny Chieng: International Student, a Comedy Central/ABC co-production which also aired on the BBC. Greg was one of the four reporters on the ABC’s Tonightly with Tom Ballard – in his role as a daily reporter Greg wrote, performed, directed, and oversaw the edit of daily video packages. Greg has also contributed his writing talents to Channel Ten’s The Project and wrote and performed in the ABC’s Covid-19-inspired comedy At Home Alone Together. In 2023 Greg featured as part of the core cast of the new sketch comedy series We Interrupt This Broadcast. He can also be seen in Dwayne Johnson’s Young Rock and in The Tourist opposite Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald.

Greg co-created True Australian Patriots alongside Anne Edmonds and Damien Power in 2016, setting a crazily high bar for surrealist satire on Australian stages and winning the Director’s Choice Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. His subsequent solo shows Useful Idiot, This Might Not Be Hell and We All Have Bloody Thoughts combine poignant insights about the human condition, searing socio-political indictments, references to Greg’s punk past and a preoccupation with food court dining. This Might Not Be Hell scored Greg the coveted comedians’ choice Piece of Wood Award at the 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and We All Have Bloody Thoughts was nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. His 2023 show Slurp’s Up was not nominated for any awards but remains the most quotable show title of that year.

Greg’s 2024 hour Revolting – “a twisted clarion call to seize the day” – garnered critical acclaim and packed houses in Melbourne this year, ahead of a world tour that includes Edinburgh, London and Brisbane.

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Although Larsen’s relentless outburst is driven by a primal outrage that’s hilarious, it also comes with a smart, opinionated commentary. The stand-up’s torment is to have all the intelligence to see what’s wrong but none of the power to change it.” ★★★★ Chortle, 2022

“A new show that pushes him to the upper echelon of this country’s performers.” ★★★★ ½ The Age, 2021

“There are not many comics more adept at combining juvenile humour and righteous political fury to brilliant effect than Greg Larsen.” Chortle, 2021

Awards

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL AWARD Winner – Piece Of Wood, This Might Not Be Hell (2021)
AWGIE AWARD Winner – Best Sketch Comedy Writing, Fancy Boy (2017)
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL AWARD Winner – Director’s Choice, True Australian Patriots Live (2016)
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL AWARD Winner – Golden Gibbo, Fancy Boy Variety Show (2014)
48 HOUR FILM PROJECT NSW AWARD Winner – Best Actor, Future History (2012)

Television

THE TOURIST (Season 2)
Role: Ethan. Dir: Fergus O’Brien, WarnerMedia 2024
WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST
Core Cast. Dir. Craig Anderson & Connor Van Vuuren, Helium Pictures / Channel 7 2023
THE FEED (Season 2022)
Guest. SBS 2022
YOUNG ROCK (Season 2)
Role: Bob Owens. Dir: Nahnatchka Khan, NBC 2021
THE TOURIST (Mini-Series)
Role: Ethan. Dir: Christopher Sweeney / Daniel Nettheim, The Tourist Australia Productions Pty Ltd 2021
THE NEWSREADER (Series 1)
Role: Terry. Dir: Emma Freeman, Werner film Productions 2021
HUG THE SUN
Role: The Second Prophet Gary. Dir: Aaron McCann, Haven’t You Done Well Productions 2021
THE YEARLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING
Guest. Half Hour News Hour Pty Ltd 2020
AT HOME ALONE TOGETHER
Role: Various. ABC TV 2020
THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING (Series 6)
Role: Various. ABC TV 2020
ROSEHAVEN (Series 4)
Role: Rob. Dir: Jonathan Brough & Shaun Wilson, Rosehaven Series 4 Pty Ltd 2020
GET KRACK!N (Series 2)
Role: Tim Duncan. Dir: Hayden Guppy, Get Krack!n Series 2 P/L 2019
TONIGHTLY WITH TOM BALLARD
Role: Various. ABC TV 2017-2018
ASK THE DOCTOR
Role: Gary. Dir: Ray Matsen, WTFN Entertainment 2017
GET KRACK!N (Series 1)
Role: Various. Dir: Hayden Guppy, Get Krack!n Series 1 P/L 2017
THE EDGE OF THE BUSH
Role: Craig. Dir: Kate McCartney, Guesswork Television 2017
TRUE STORY WITH HAMISH & ANDY (Season 1)
Role: Drunk Student. Dir: Wayne Hope & Richard Franc, ST Productions Pty Ltd 2017
RONNY CHIENG: INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
Role: Dave / Monster. Dir: Jonathan Brough, Sticky Pictures 2017
FANCY BOY
Role: Various. Dir: Colin Cairnes, Checkpoint Media 2016
COMEDY SHOWROOM: THE LETDOWN
Role: Kim. Dir: Trent O’Donnell, Giant Dwarf 2016
LOOKING BACK (Pilot)
Role: Darren Tackle. SBS 2015
HOW NOT TO BEHAVE
Ensemble Cast. Dir: Craig Anderson & Kate Douglas-Walker, Screentime 2015
JOHNNY BERETTA             
Role: James Montgomery. Dir: David Todman, 2015
ABOUT TONIGHT
Guest. Dir: Various, C31 2015
DIRTY LAUNDRY LIVE (Series 2)
Himself. Dir: Jon Olb, ABC TV 2014

Web Series

AUNTY DONNA – GLENNRIDGE SECONDARY COLLEGE
Role: Broden’s Dad. Haven’t You Done Well Productions Pty Ltd 2019

Film

WE PUNCHED A NAZI (Short)
Role: Nazi. Dir: Henry Stone, 2017

Podcasts

THE GRUB
Co-Host. 2018-2021
SLUSHY
Role: Kyle. Guesswork Television Pty Ltd 2021
BIG AUSSIE REVOLUTION
Host. 2020

Live Shows

SLURP’S UP!!
Solo Show. MICF & SCF 2023
WE ALL HAVE BLOODY THOUGHTS
Solo Show. MICF, SCF & BCF 2022
THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL 31^ST ANNUAL GREAT DEBATE
Panellist – Negative Team. MICF 2021
THIS MIGHT NOT BE HELL
Solo Show. MICF 2021
USEFUL IDIOT
Solo Show. BCF & MICF 2019
TRUE AUSTRALIAN PATRIOTS LIVE
Co-Creator, Writer & Performer. BCF & MICF 2016
FANCY BOY VARIETY SHOW
Creator, Director, Writer & Lead Performer. Adelaide Fringe 2015, MICF 2014-2015, Sydney Fringe 2014 & Melbourne Fringe 2014

Writing

AT HOME ALONE TOGETHER
Writer. ABC TV 2020
THE PROJECT
Writer. 7PM Company Pty Ltd 2019-Current
GET KRACK!N (Series 2)
Additional Writing & Acting. Dir: Hayden Guppy, Get Krack!n Series Two P/L 2018
TONIGHTLY WITH TOM BALLARD
Writer & Actor. ABC TV 2017-2018
THE ANGUS PROJECT (Pilot)
Script Supervisor / Editor. ABC iView 2018
GET KRACK!N (Series 1)
Additional Writing & Acting. Dir: Hayden Guppy, Get Krack!n Series 1 P/L 2017
THE EDGE OF THE BUSH
Script Consultant & Actor. Dir: Kate McCartney, Guesswork Television 2017
RONNY CHIENG: INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
Co-Writer & Actor. Dir: Jonathan Brough, Sticky Pictures 2017
FANCY BOY
Co-Creator, Writer & Actor. Dir: Colin Cairnes, Checkpoint Media 2016
LOOKING BACK (Pilot)
Co-Creator, Writer & Actor. SBS 2015