Peter Gardiner (actor)

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title: "Peter Gardiner (actor)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["swedish-male-actors", "1968-births", "living-people", "swedish-male-dancers", "balettakademien", "male-actors-from-uppsala", "swedish-male-musical-theatre-actors"] description: "Swedish actor and dancer (born 1968)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gardiner_(actor)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Swedish actor and dancer (born 1968) ::

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name	Peter Gardiner
image	Peter Gardiner 2023.jpg
caption	Gardiner in 2023
birth_date
birth_place	Uppsala, Sweden
yearsactive	1991–present
children	1
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Early life and education

Peter Clarence Gardiner was born on 8 July 1968 in Uppsala, Sweden. When he was eleven, he moved to Umeå with his mother.

He received his formal training as a contemporary ballet dancer at Balettakademien in Stockholm from 1988 to 1991.

Career

Dance

As a dancer, Gardiner has performed at all the large stages in Sweden (Royal Dramatic Theatre, Gothenburg opera house, Uppsala City Theatre, National Swedish Touring Theatre) and at Nye Carte Blanche (Norway) and Isadora Duncan Dance Company (US).u

Acting

Gardiner also works as an actor. He started with soap operas and teenage dramas, such as Skilda världar and Nudlar och 08:or, and later moved on to larger roles in Swedish movie projects such as The Swimsuit Issue (2008) and Dear Alice (2008), alongside Danny Glover.

He played Mafala in The Book of Mormons, which had its Swedish premiere at Chinateatern on 26 January 2017.

In 2023 he played the role of Christian in the TV crime drama series Fallen (Sanningen). As of 8 July 2023, he had been a member of the permanent ensemble at Stockholm City Theatre for five years.

Personal life

He has a daughter.

References

References

1. "Peter Gardiner".
2. Hansén, Viktoria. (2023-07-08). "Peter Gardiner: Jag har alltid drivits av musik". [[Dagens Nyheter]].
3. "Peter Gardiner".
4. "Swimsuit Issue (Allt flyter)".
5. (14 June 2011). "Nöjesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter".
6. "Peter Gardiner".
7. Sigroth-Lambe, Susanne. (2017-01-23). "Från Uppsala till musikalsatir". [[Upsala Nya Tidning]].
8. {{imdb name. 19818812. Sanningen

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