Early Life
Greif was born in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England in a building originally belonging to Anne Boleyn as a gift from King Henry VIII. He was educated at Sloane Grammar School, where he was school champion at athletics and swimming and represented the school and the county at athletics at the famous White City Stadium amongst others. He briefly attended the Regent Polytechnic before entering a variety of jobs including "trouble shooter" at a well-known TV and radiogram manufacturer and as a negotiator in a boutique West End estate agency before applying for drama school.
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