Glenn Butcher
Glenn Butcher | |
|---|---|
| Born | Glenn Donald Butcher 16 September 1961 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer |
| Years active | 1987−present |
| Known for | Full Frontal Soft Fruit Young Einstein Fisk |
Glenn Donald Butcher (born 16 September 1961) is an Australian actor and writer. He first came to prominence as a member of the cult Newcastle-based comedy musical troupe The Castanet Club (1982–1991), in which he played parodic lounge singer Lance Norton. Alongside Butcher, The Castanet Club featured a number of other noted performers who gained prominence in various areas of the Australian media, including Stephen Abbott (aka The Sandman), Mikey Robbins, Angela Moore (aka Shirley Purvis), Penny Biggins, actor-writer-director Warren Coleman and Maynard.
Butcher was a regular cast member of the popular TV sketch comedy series Full Frontal (1993–1997),[1] as well as appearing in Soft Fruit, Play School and Young Einstein.[2] Butcher starred in the 2005 television movie, Da Kath & Kim Code, the 2012 comedy, Kath & Kimderella.[3] In 2020, Butcher was announced as part of the cast for legal comedy Fisk, starring Kitty Flanagan, Butcher would return for the third series of Fisk.[4][5]
Filmography
[edit]Television appearances
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-present | Fisk | Viktor | 7 episodes |
| 2012 | Packed to the Rafters | Roger Wiseman | 1 episode |
| 2005 | Da Kath & Kim Code | Rental Car Agent | TV movie |
| 2002-04 | Kath & Kim | Various | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | White Collar Blue | Theo's Doctor | 1 episode |
| 1998 | The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) | Various | 1 episode |
| 1993-97 | Full Frontal (Australian TV series) | Various | 107 episodes |
| 1996 | Shaun Micallef's World Around Him | Various | TV movie |
| 1991 | Fast Forward | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1990 | The Big Guy | Lance | 1 episode |
| 1989 | A Country Practice | Lachlan | 1 episode |
| 1989 | Future Past | Gospel Singer | TV movie |
| 1988-90 | Swap Shop | TV series |
Film appearances
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Three Corpse Dinner | Dracula | Short |
| 2013 | The 8 Inch Pinch | Wildlife Officer | Short |
| 2012 | Kath & Kimderella | Sergio | |
| 2009 | Street Angel | Doctor Pangea | Short |
| 2003 | Fat Pizza | Priest | |
| 1999 | Soft Fruit | Tony | |
| 1991 | The Castanet Club | Lance | |
| 1988 | Young Einstein | Ernest Rutherford |
References
[edit]- ^ Knox, David (21 March 2021). "Kitty's mini-Full Frontal 'reunion' | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Glenn Butcher". IMDb. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Actor Glenn Butcher". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015.
- ^ Knox, David (18 April 2024). "Filming begins on Fisk S3 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Knox, David (26 October 2020). "Filming begins on Kitty Flanagan comedy | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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