Gregory Apps
Biography
Gregory Richard "Greg" Apps is an Australian film casting consultant and actor. He cast Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Eric Bana, Sam Worthington, and Hugo Weaving in the roles that brought them to wide public recognition. Apps was born in 1955, and from 1967 until 1973 he attended Newington College. 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 he 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. Apps is married to Australian actress and casting director Robyn Gibbes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gregory Apps, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For & Full Filmography5 Titles
Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • as Kevin Curran
At Melbourne's Russell Street Police Headquarters, Sgt. "Bluey" Hills, unable to work within the existing police squads, oversees Department B. They're assigned cases other departments could not readily solve by conventional means, with Hills applying his unconventional methods to bring about their resolution. Bluey's investigations are supported by newly assigned Gary Dawson, long-time cohort Monica Rourke, and undercover officer Reg Truscott, who spends his time ostensibly working as a small-time burglar, and supplying Bluey with information on the activities of local criminals.
Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The Young Doctors is an Australian early evening soap opera. The series was set in the fictional Albert Memorial hospital and primarily concerned with romances between younger members of the hospital staff, rather than typical medical issues and procedures. It screened on the Nine Network from Monday, 8 November 1976 until Wednesday, 30 March 1983.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Arthur
The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Smith
The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • as Michael Simpson
The harsh, competitive world of Australian sheep-shearers provides the setting for this powerful film. Foley and 'Black Arthur' do battle for the position of 'top shearer' amid the boozy world of men isolated from civilisation. After weeks of work they are confronted with non-union labour undercutting them - a situation which leads to a violent conclusion.