Michael Garner
Michael Gordon Garner 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.
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
A Tale of Two Cities Nell Gwynn Told Look Younger The Three Sisters The Merry Wives of Windsor- Michael Frayn's Alphabetical Order at Hampstead TheatreA Small Family Business Art An Evening with Gary Lineker Roots Sleeping Nightie The Caucasian Chalk Circle Educating Rita Hamlet Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Cider with Rosie Unsuitable for Adults, W.C.P.C. Abigail’s Party, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Ram Alley Absent Friends The Merchant of Venice, Night and Day, Not Quite Jerusalem Gothic Horrors
- Also seasons at the Library Theatre, Manchester and the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Television
London's Burning- Other series include Vital Signs, Thin Air, EastEnders, Playing for Real, Spender and Thacker. Also Doc Martin, Holby City, Doctors, Down to Earth, Heartbeat, The Nation’s Health, Casualty, Brookside, Barriers, Struggle, Coronation Street, Minder, The Bill, Baby Talk, The Chief, Van der Valk, Earth Warp and Goodnight Sweetheart.
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.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.