Michael Garner

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Michael Garner
Born
Michael Gordon Garner

(1954-10-15) 15 October 1954 (age 70)
NationalityBritish
OccupationActor
Years active1977–present

Michael Gordon Garner (born 15 October 1954) is an English theatre and television actor who is best known for playing Leading Firefighter/Sub Officer Geoffrey "Poison" Pearce in London's Burning between 1993 and 2002.

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Education

He was educated at Galliard Road Primary School, Edmonton and the King's School, Grantham. He gained a B.A. in Drama and English at Exeter University.

Theatre

Television

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983Shore PatrolLeading Cook Fenner [4]
1999 Rogue Trader Alec Sims [5]
2011The Merry Wives of WindsorMaster Page
2013 Legend 17 Kanadskiy zhurnalist

Music

Garner appears in the Ellie Goulding video for "How Long Will I Love You?" as the man she kisses in the car park while undertaking a series of pranks. [6]

Personal life

Garner lives in London with his partner Paula Hamilton and their two children.

He has run the London Marathon six times for the Leukemia Research charity.

References

  1. United Agents Michael Garner page [ permanent dead link ]
  2. IMDB Listing for London's Burning
  3. United Agents Michael Garner page [ permanent dead link ]
  4. "SHORE PATROL [Main Title]".
  5. IMDB Listing for Rogue Trader
  6. "'How Long Will I Love You' Video | Ellie Goulding". Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2014.