Greg Lindley-Jones

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Greg Lindley-Jones is a fictional actor and a character from the BBC/HBO co-production Extras. He is played by Shaun Pye.

Greg is a snide Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate and Andy's arch-nemesis. Like Andy, he started out as an extra, struggling to get more signinficant roles. However, unlike Andy, he has managed to secure lines in various productions such as The Bill and consequently he possesses a rather high opinion of himself and is constantly belittling to Andy. Andy rarely gets ahead in his encounters with Greg except for gaining the audience's sympathy. Greg is notably annoyed when Andy tries to celebrate his BBC series triumph with fellow extras in Season 1 Episode 6.

Greg gradually gains more recognition as a successful stage, television and eventually film actor. In the Christmas special he boasts to Andy how the fictitious film Byron, (in which he starred alongside Clive Owen) is number one in the UK film charts and number two in America. Andy becomes envious of the fact Greg is now a well-respected Hollywood actor whilst he is only recognised for featuring in a lowbrow sitcom.