Peter Gardiner (actor)
{{short description|Swedish actor and dancer (born 1968)}}
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| birthname = Peter Clarence Gardiner
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Peter Clarence Gardiner (born 8 July 1968) is a Swedish actor and dancer.
Early life and education
Peter Clarence Gardiner was born on 8 July 1968 in Uppsala, Sweden.{{cite web | title=Peter Gardiner | website=Swedish Film Database | url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=person&itemid=174865#biography | access-date=12 May 2024}}
He received his formal training as a contemporary ballet dancer at Balettakademien in Stockholm from 1988 to 1991.{{cite web |title=Peter Gardiner |url=http://www.dansalliansen.se/index.php?sid=visaprofil&id=42 |website=Dansalliansen |access-date=15 April 2021 |language=sv-SE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100811041624/http://www.dansalliansen.se/index.php?sid=visaprofil&id=42| archive-date=11 August 2010}}
Career
=Dance=
As a dancer, Gardiner has performed at all the large stages in Sweden (Royal Dramatic Theatre, Gothenburg opera house, Uppsala stadsteater, National Swedish Touring Theatre) and at Nye Carte Blanche (Norway) and Isadora Duncan Dance Company (US).
=Acting=
Gardiner also works as an actor. He started out with soap operas and teenage dramas, such as Skilda världar and Nudlar och 08:or,{{cn|date=May 2024}} and later moved on to larger roles in Swedish movie projects such as The Swimsuit Issue (2008){{cite web |title=Swimsuit Issue (Allt flyter) |url=http://www.westword.com/movies/swimsuit-issue-allt-flyter-1173612/ |website=Westword |access-date=15 April 2021}} and Dear Alice (2008), alongside Danny Glover.{{cite web | title=Nöjesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter | website=expressen.se | date=14 June 2011 | url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/film/1.2058849/for-karleken-kolliderande-manniskooden | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711074158/http://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/film/1.2058849/for-karleken-kolliderande-manniskooden | archive-date=11 July 2010 | url-status=dead | language=sv | access-date=12 May 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se/medverkande/medverkande.asp?id=4149 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005165559/http://www.stadsteatern.stockholm.se/medverkande/medverkande.asp?id=4149 |archive-date=2006-10-05 |title=Peter Gardiner| website= Stockholms Stadsteater}}
In 2023 he played the role of Christian in the TV crime drama series Fallen (Sanningen'').{{imdb name|19818812|Sanningen}}
References
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External links
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