Tanner Saunders was born in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He has one younger brother who is also involved in the film industry. Tanner started taking acting lessons in September 2011 and immediately dedicated himself to acting. Tanner has worked on many independent and student films and has made life long memories and gained valuable set experience from these. He booked his first TV role on the ABC pilot episode of Red Widow as "Trent". His sense of humor and professionalism has brought him to where he is today and he looks forward to many more years of being involved in the TV and film industry.