
Iain Gardiner
Acting
Biography
Iain Gardiner is an Australian actor who has a 40-year career in Australian film, theatre and television. Gardiner studied Stanislavski and impulse work with Zygmunt Molik of the Grotowski Theatre Lab at QUT in the late 70`s. Iain attended the East 15 school in London, where he trained in Alexander Technique and Voice. Iain worked with Charles Marowitz, Canadian Mime Company, and Ken Campbell, appearing in his 22 hr sci-fi epic, The Warp, at Edinburgh and the ICA London. Iain returned to Australia in 1981. An early highlight was 'doubling' Judy Davis in Heatwave. Iain learnt film technique in ABC dramas, appearing with veterans such as Ed Deveraux & Henri Szeps. Iain was a series regular in Patrol Boat, guested in A Country Practice, Bellamy, Rafferty's Rules, E Street etc., and forged a career in various feature and short films. Iain also worked in experimental & mainstream theater, film and music video production, Iain was a member of the Macau Collective which independently wrote and produced the 1990 feature film, Resistance.
Filmography
15 credits
The Proposition
Movie • 2005
Officer Matthews

Redheads
Movie • 1992
McCoy

Singapore Sling
Movie • 1993

Ghost Ship
Movie • 2002
Purser

Elvis
Movie • 2022
Carny Fixer

The Great Raid
Movie • 2005
McMahon

Resistance
Movie • 1992
Lieut Hoddle

Spit
Movie • 2025
Flee

E Street
TV • 1989
Killer

Boy Swallows Universe
TV • 2024
Gene Crimmins

Forensic Investigators
TV • 2004

Rafferty's Rules
TV • 1987
Constable Barton

The Lost World
TV • 1999
Mr Davey

Darby and Joan
TV • 2022
Roger

Roar
TV • 1997
Satyrion