Gregory J Wilken

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Gregory’s passion for acting began early, playing the Narrator in the musical Joseph and his Technicolor Coat at school in Adelaide. At the time he also attended the Royal Academy of Dance graduating with honours each year. During his high school years his family moved to Noosa and he joined Noosa Arts, performing in the musical Oliver, followed by the play The Man Who Understood Women. He quickly realised that acting was his true calling and he hasn’t stopped treading the boards since. In 2017 Gregory was in the role of The Father in Luido Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author in the underground reservoirs in Spring Hill, Brisbane. He has been working in Sydney for a number of years performing at the stunning Eternity Playhouse, York Theatre, Bordhello Theatre, New Theatre, Kings Cross Theatre, The Stables, King Street Theatre and Darlinghurst Theatre in roles such as Brett in The Boys, Nathaniel Goundry in Holy Day and Lloyd in Reckless. In 2019 he was cast in the role of Detective Sargent Ray Kelly, one of Australia’s most notorious policemen in The Deadly Escape - Simmons and Newcombe, as part of the immersive Deadhouse Series. Gregory returned to Brisbane in 2020 and has performed in the lead roles of Ned Weeks in The Normal Heart, by Larry Kramer, Roland Henning in Toy Symphony by Michael Gow, American, Bob Jones in The Realistic Joneses , a Will Eno classic, and Tradie Dave in the Queensland premiere of 2.20am by Rebecca Lister. 54 Days was his breakthrough performance in a feature film where he was cast in a lead role as the American, Professor Dirk Schindler. His role received excellent stand-out reviews and the film won awards at Idyllwild, Andorra, and Sydney film festivals. Gregory has many short film credits and continues to work as an actor in both film and theatre. Youtube Link to Scene Work - https://www.youtube.com/@gregoryjwilken1797