Greg Poppleton

Greg Poppleton

actor, writer, producer

Greg Poppleton was born on Oct 19, 1960 in Australia. Greg Poppleton's big-screen debut came with Moulin Rouge! directed by Baz Luhrmann in 2001, strarring Nervous Nellie (uncredited). Greg Poppleton is known for The 5th Shadow directed by Dave Sparx, Neveen Hanna stars as Jane Blank and Joel McIlroy as Henry Blank. The most recent award Greg Poppleton achieved is Short to the Point International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Greg Poppleton plays is The 5th Shadow which will be released on Jan 21, 2018.

Greg Poppleton worked in heavy industry before beginning his acting career on radio, stage and ultimately, film.He grew up in Sydney, Australia, the fourth of five children to Bert, a bus driver, and Aileen (Stapleton), a shop worker. He is of English and Irish ancestry.After being top of his school, Christian Brothers Burwood, he won a scholarship to attend his final two years of high school at the selective Fort Street High School in Sydney.Poppleton has an honors degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, and a Graduate Diploma in Communications, with a writing and textual theory major, from the University of Technology, Sydney.He was discovered in a cattle call for a kids program and made his movie debut in a scene with Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge (2001). He has since been in one-on-one movie scenes with Adrien Brody and John Goodman.On TV he has appeared in the series Barons (ABC), The Last Days of the Space Age (Disney +), Year Of (Stan) and many more.Greg Poppleton is Australia's only authentic 1920s-30s singer with over 1.3 million YouTube hits. He has released eight albums. He also produces and hosts the networked jazz show, The Phantom Dancer, on Australian radio.He is married with two sons.

  • Birthday

    Oct 19, 1960
  • Place of Birth

    Sydney, Australia

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Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

Short to the Point International Film Festival
2020
Stop-Motion/Time-Lapse
Winner - July Award
Cnut (2020)

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