Background
Fleet was born in Michigan, in the United States. His father moved the family to Australia when Greg was four. He grew up in Geelong, and as a teenager boarded at Geelong Grammar School.
Fleet was born in Michigan, in the United States. His father moved the family to Australia when Greg was four. He grew up in Geelong, and as a teenager boarded at Geelong Grammar School.
Fleet briefly attended Australia"s National Institute of Dramatic Art (National Institute on Drug Abuse), but was kicked out after a year for poor performance.
Fleet began his acting career in the early 1980s with several performances in Australian television series and telemovies. Fleet went on to star as Lieutenant Scott Harris in the Australian mini-series A Thousand Skies. In 1988, after a guest appearance in The Flying Doctors, Fleet took on the role of Dave Summers in the Australian soap Neighbours.
His most dramatic sequence in this program involved killing the popular character of Daphne in a car accident.
Fleet then appeared in the popular Australian sketch show Full Frontal. He was the announcer and narrator for the comedy series Real Stories on the Ten Network, and provides the voice of "Sandy" the Yellow Labrador in television commercials for the Home Hardware hardware store chain.
During 2006 and 2007 Fleet was often heard on Triple M"s Get This radio program as a frequent guest co-host alongside Tony Martin, Editor Kavalee, and Richard Marsland. On occasions he filled in as a last-minute replacement guest as he only lived a short distance away from the Triple M studio.
In 2011 Fleet commissioned a Digital Video Disc containing segments of some of his best known performances.
The Digital Video Disc is sold as Bootlegs and Jumperpants and has been sold for $20 Australian dollars. Fleet has alluded to the funds from this Digital Video Disc going towards financing his filming of his classic 1995 show Thai Die. This was to be filmed on 7 November 2011 at The Comics Lounge in Melbourne.
In 2015, Fleet starred in the Australian cult-classic underground zombie comedy film Maine and My Mates vs the Zombie Apocalypse, alongside fellow Australian comedians Jim Jefferies and Alex Williamson.
The film is now out on Digital Video Disc and available to watch on Vimeo in Australia and New Zealand. Fleet released a memoir titled These Things Happen on August 25 2015.
Since then, Fleet has been a regular stand-up comedian around Australia, and has appeared on many television and radio comedy programs, including The Comedy Channel"s Stand Up Australia!.