Actor

Iain Gardiner

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.

Notable work

7.4
Elvis (2022)
as Carny Fixer
6
Ghost Ship (2002)
as Purser
7
The Proposition (2005)
as Officer Matthews
6.5
The Great Raid (2005)
as McMahon

Often works with

David Wenham
3 titles together
Elvis, The Proposition, Spit
Helen Thomson
2 titles together
Elvis, Spit
Boris Brkic
2 titles together
Ghost Ship, Singapore Sling
Mick Roughan
2 titles together
The Proposition, Roar
Bryan Brown
2 titles together
Boy Swallows Universe, Darby and Joan
Peter McCauley
2 titles together
The Lost World, Roar

Full filmography · 14

Spit
as Flee
2025
Elvis
as Carny Fixer
20227.4
The Proposition
as Officer Matthews
20057
The Great Raid
as McMahon
20056.5
Ghost Ship
as Purser
20026
Singapore Sling
cast
1993
Redheads
as McCoy
1992
Resistance
as Lieut Hoddle
1992