Gardiner, a former black belt in Uechi-Ryu karate, second in the 1987 heavyweight division of the Nova Scotia bodybuilding championships, and player of Rugby on the Nova Scotia provincial team for 8 years, has acted in over 50 roles including some of the top TV shows in Canada and the US, from sci-fi to romantic movies and every bad boy in between.

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• Gardiner has also performed in many community theatre plays and as a historical character at Coquitlam 125