Glenn Butcher

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| birth_name = Glenn Donald Butcher

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|09|16}}

| birth_place = Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia

| known_for = Full Frontal
Soft Fruit
Young Einstein
Fisk

| education =

| years_active = 1987−present

| occupation = Actor, writer

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Glenn Donald Butcher (born 16 September 1961) is an Australian actor and writer.

Career

=''The Castanet Club''=

Butcher 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.

=Television=

Butcher was a regular cast member of the popular TV sketch comedy series Full Frontal (1993–1997),{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2021-03-21 |title=Kitty's mini-Full Frontal 'reunion' {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/03/kittys-mini-full-frontal-reunion.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=tvtonight.com.au |language=en-AU}} as well as hosting Play School and appearing in the films Soft Fruit and Young Einstein.{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124682/|title = Glenn Butcher|date = |accessdate = |website = IMDb|publisher = |last = |first = |archive-date = 17 February 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170217160711/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124682/|url-status = live}} He starred in the 2005 television movie, Da Kath & Kim Code and the 2012 comedy film, Kath & Kimderella.{{Cite web|url = http://tunes.zone/actor-glenn-butcher-14653|title = Actor Glenn Butcher|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = |archive-date = 13 January 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150113051906/http://tunes.zone/actor-glenn-butcher-14653|url-status = live}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2024-04-18 |title=Filming begins on Fisk S3 {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/04/filming-begins-on-fisk-s3.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=tvtonight.com.au |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2020-10-26 |title=Filming begins on Kitty Flanagan comedy {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/10/filming-begins-on-kitty-flanagan-comedy.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=tvtonight.com.au |language=en-AU}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2013

| Three Corpse Dinner

| Dracula

| Short film

2013

| The 8 Inch Pinch

| Wildlife Officer

| Short film

2012

| Kath & Kimderella

| Sergio

| Feature film

2009

| Street Angel

| Doctor Pangea

| Short film

2005

| Da Kath & Kim Code

| Rental Car Agent

| TV movie

2003

| Fat Pizza

| Priest

| Feature film

1999

| Soft Fruit

| Tony

| Feature film

1991

| The Castanet Club

| Lance

| Feature film

1989

| Future Past

| Gospel Singer

| TV movie

1988

| Young Einstein

| Ernest Rutherford

| Feature film

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

2021–present

| Fisk

| Viktor

| 11 episodes

2012

| Packed to the Rafters

| Roger Wiseman

| 1 episode

2002–04

| Kath & Kim

| Maitre'D / Commonwealth Games Committee / Barman

| 3 episodes

2003

| White Collar Blue

| Theo's Doctor

| 1 episode

1998

| The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)

| Various characters

| 1 episode

1997–2000

| Play School

| Host

| 23 episodes

1993–97

| Full Frontal

| Various characters

| 107 episodes

1996

| Shaun Micallef's World Around Him

| Various

| TV special

1991

| Fast Forward

| Various characters

| 5 episodes

1990

| Tuesday Night Live: The Big Gig

| Lance Norton

| 1 episode

1989

| A Country Practice

| Lachlan Spencer

| 1 episode

1988

| Swap Shop

| TV series

Theatre

=As actor=

class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes
1979	The Miracle Worker	James Keller	Civic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1979	Under Milk Wood		Civic Playhouse, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1980	Black Comedy	Brindsley	West End Theatre Club, Newcastle
1980	Dracula	Renfield	West End Theatre Club, Newcastle
1981	Treasure Island		Fort Scratchley, Newcastle
1981	Rafferty Rules		Newcastle schools tour
1981; 1982	Red Earth		Newcastle schools tour, Newcastle City Hall, Jesmond Centre, Jesmond with Freewheels Theatre Company
1981	Yule Play it Again		Piccardi Restaurant, Newcastle with Hunter Valley Theatre Company
1982	Until Ya Say Ya Love Me		Newcastle schools tour, Wood Street Theatre, Newcastle with Magpie Theatre Company & Freewheels Theatre Company
1982	They Came from the Fun Dimension	Wayne Slazenger	Wood Street Theatre with Freewheels Theatre Company for Newcastle Mattara Festival
1982	Howzatt		Wood Street Theatre, Newcastle
1992	The Rocky Horror Show		Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney
1993	By Jingo, It's Bingo		Playhouse, Newcastle
1995	By Jingo, It's Bingo / Anthony Morgan		Bondi Pavilion, Sydney for Sydney Fringe Festival
1996	The New Rocky Horror Show	Brad Majors	Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Newcastle Civic Theatre with Paul Dainty Productions
1998	Follies		Sydney Opera House for Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
2001	Kid Stakes	Roo	Arts Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Repertory Theatre Inc
2001; 2002	Singin’ in the Rain		Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Festival Theatre, Adelaide
2002; 2003	Barrackers		Comics Lounge, Melbourne, Prince Alfred Hotel, Melbourne for Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2006	Dusty – The Original Pop Diva	Mr O'Brien	State Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Burswood Theatre, Perth, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
2008	The Convict’s Opera	Convicts’ Director / John Gay	Sydney Theatre for STC & Out of Joint Theatre Company
2010	Sung Like a Horse		The Stables, Adelaide with Accidental Productions for Adelaide Fringe Festival
2015	The Goodbye Girl	Mark / various roles	Hayes Theatre Company with Neglected Musicals{{Cite web \|title=The Goodbye Girl – Neglected Musicals \|url=https://www.neglectedmusicals.com.au/show/the-goodbye-girl/ \|access-date=2025-01-17 \|language=en-US}}
2016; 2017	Kinky Boots	Mr Price	Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Capitol Theatre, Sydney