22 Facts About Greg Fleet

Gregory Fleet was born on 1962 and is an Australian comedian and actor.

Greg Fleet's father moved the family to Australia when Greg was four.

Greg Fleet began his acting career in the early 1980s with several performances in Australian television series and telemovies.

Greg Fleet appeared in Matthew and Son alongside Nicole Kidman in 1984, and then played the role of "Delivery Man 2" in an episode of Prisoner a role that he discussed on Tony Martin's Get This radio show in 2010, resulting in him gaining an underground fame and following as "Delivery Man 2".

Greg Fleet went on to star as Lt Scott Harris in the Australian mini-series A Thousand Skies.

Greg Fleet appeared in the ABC TV police dramas Phoenix and Janus as well as playing guest roles in The Flying Doctors and Stingers.

In 1988, after a guest appearance in The Flying Doctors, Greg Fleet took on the role of Dave Summers in the Australian soap Neighbours.

Greg Fleet then appeared in the popular Australian comedy sketch show Full Frontal and was a regular on the live comedy show The Big Gig.

Greg Fleet was the announcer and narrator for the comedy series Real Stories on the Ten Network, and provided the voice of "Sandy" the Yellow Labrador in TV commercials for the Home Hardware hardware store chain for 11 years.

Greg Fleet was often heard on Triple M's Get This radio program as a frequent guest co-host alongside Tony Martin, Ed Kavalee, and Richard Marsland.

In 2011, Greg Fleet commissioned a DVD containing segments of some of his best-known performances.

Greg Fleet mentioned that the funds from this DVD were going towards financing the filming of his classic 1995 show Thai Die as a feature-length comedy special.

In 2015, Greg Fleet starred in the Australian zombie comedy film Me and My Mates vs the Zombie Apocalypse, alongside fellow Australian comedians Jim Jefferies and Alex Williamson.

Greg Fleet finished work on a screenplay called I Know, I Know based on his novel The Good Son.

In 2024, Greg Fleet announced his semi-retirement from performing stand up comedy having appeared in 27 consecutive Melbourne International Comedy Festivals, half a dozen Edinburgh Fringe festivals and performing all over the world.

When Greg Fleet was ten, his father faked his own death, only to reappear later in his life.

Greg Fleet's father changed his name, married, and fathered another child during this absence, and then eventually returned to the United States.

Greg Fleet expanded upon these experiences in his live show I Wish You Were Dead.

Greg Fleet has fought a long battle with heroin addiction, a subject he has covered in many media interviews, his live show 10 Years in a Long Sleeved Shirt, and on the 1997 ABC television program Smallest Room in the House.

In 2015, Greg Fleet revealed a six-month-long addiction with methamphetamine in 2005.

In 2007, Greg Fleet went into drug rehab and returned for the 2 April 2007 episode of Get This.

Greg Fleet is a passionate long-distance supporter of the Hibernian Football Club of Edinburgh, Scotland.