Gregory Richard Apps is an Australian film casting consultant and actor.IMDB Gregory Apps Casting Director | Actor Retrieved 16 November 2019. He cast Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Eric Bana, Sam Worthington, and Hugo Weaving in the roles that brought them to wide public recognition.Backstage Casting Retrieved 16 November 2019.
Early life Apps was born in 1955, and from 1967 until 1973 he attended Newington College.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp5
Career In the 1970s, Apps began his working life as an actor. He appeared in the films The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Mad Dog Morgan and Sunday Too Far Away and on stage in the original Melbourne/Adelaide production of The Rocky Horror Show.
In 1982, Apps first started casting at the ABC Melbourne. He has since cast TV commercials, TV series and over 70 feature films. For seven years he was on the board of the Australian Film Institute and he is the current president of the Casting Guild of Australia.Arts Review On the Couch with Greg Apps Retrieved 16 November 2019.
Personal life Apps is married to Australian actress and casting director, Robyn Gibbes.
Credits (as actor)
Film Year Title Role Notes 1975 Sunday Too Far Away Michael Simpson 1976 Mad Dog Morgan Arthur 1978 The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Smith 1990 Hunting Julian Penn 2002 Garage Days University Professor
Television Year Title Role Notes 1974 Class of '75 Graham Blair 1975 Homicide Barry Fielding 1 episode 1976 Bluey Kevin Curran 1 episode 1977–1979 The Young Doctors Martin Price 216 episodes 1978 Chopper Squad The Robber 1 episode 1983 Home Jack 3 episodes
Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1975–1977 The Rocky Horror Show Brad Melbourne / Adelaide with Harry M. Miller
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