Iain Gardiner has had a 40 year career in Australian film, theatre and TV.​​​

Iain studied Stanislavski  with Vladek Sheybal  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 with Michael Mc Callion.Iain  worked with Charles Marowitz,Canadian Mime co,and Ken Campbell, appearing in his  22 hr sci-fi epic " THE WARP' at Edinburgh and the ICA London. Iain returned to OZ 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”. 

From 1990. Iain worked   in regional theater for North Coast theater Co (VINCENT, SUMMER OF THE 17TH DOLL) ,Theater North, &the original NORPA  Festival production of “ THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS.” Iain appeared in Bob Maza`s production of  “NO SUGAR” for NORPA. He  co-devised and facilitated indigenous theatre skills programs and productions in the Northern Rivers of NSW

Iain debuted on the Brisbane stage  for  the Queensland theatre  in 1994 in Rodney fishers  “ a Winters` Tale, MODD 2000', “THE TEMPEST,  THE FOREST, MOLLY SWEENEY  and THE LONESOME WEST.  For La BOITE:  “ The Dance of JEREMIAH” and “ JAMES & JONNO”.

Iain forged a parallel   film career in productions like THE GREAT RAID, GHOST SHIP, and the acclaimed 2005 western, THE PROPOSITION. 

In recent times ,Iain has had small roles in Australia Day ( Kriv Stenders )

and ELVIS (Baz Luhrmann). 

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Since the late 90`s , Iain has has worked as an MC, performance coach, corporate roving entertainer,  community artist, performance poet, taught acting  and  worked in festival performance art pieces, collaborating  on the Woodford Festival  cult event "The Cleavers", his own tonight show "IWT with Perry Uomo", and co-directed a the immersive  performance piece "DISTURBIA 2525".

Iain recently directed " THERAPIST" at the 2013 SHORT&SWEET Festival , and  appeared in "Keeping up Appearances", which won the Peoples Choice award at the same  festival. He recently returned to the stage in the 4MBS Shakespeare Festival production of "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM in November 20.

This year Iain notched up 10 years as a mental health support worker