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Casper Christensen

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Casper Christensen
Born (1968-08-22) 22 August 1968 (age 56)

Casper Lindholm Christensen (born 22 August 1968) is a Danish comedian. He has hosted many shows including Casper & Mandrilaftalen, the Danish airing of Shooting Stars and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (Husk lige tandbørsten), and the Danish version of Deal or No Deal. He also had a leading role in the Danish sit-coms Langt fra Las Vegas (Far from Las Vegas) and Klovn (Clown/Fool).[1][2][3][4]

Life and career

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Christensen was born in Munkebo. He started his TV-career in the Danish children's show Hvaffor en Hånd? (Which Hand?) in 1991 but is also well known for hosting the very successful radio program Tæskeholdet (The Whack Pack).

One of Casper Christensen's characteristics early in his career was his appearance, often including big glasses, whacky hairstyle, and an abstract clothing style. Christensen was also well known for his energetic appearance on screen. In this period, Christensen's most notable appearances were Casper & Mandrilaftalen, Tæskeholdet and Safari. In later years, Christensen has toned down his crazy appearance, and made a career shift towards more serious projects. Casper Christensen has also become one of the most sought after Danish TV hosts; hosting more mainstream shows like Grib mikrofonen, Deal no Deal and 8 out of 10 Cats, Da; 9 ud af 10.

On 1 February 2007, Casper returned to radio with the programme Kongen af Danmark (The King of Denmark) on the Danish radio station TV 2 Radio. Casper Christensen quickly left TV2 Radio and instead began writing on the 5th and 6th season of Klovn with his long-time colleague Frank Hvam. The 6th season aired on TV2 Zulu in the spring of 2009. On 2 October 2009, he aired his latest project for the first time on TV 2. It is a live talk show called ALOHA!.

Television work

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TV Broadcaster Year Credit
Hvaffor en hånd DR2 (1991) Host
Transit DR1 (1992) Host
A.T.O.M. TV TV3 (1994) Host
Husk Lige Tandbørsten DR1 (1996) Host, writer
Safari DR1 (11 episodes, 1996) Host, writer
Dansk Grammy 1997 (1997) Host
Stand-up.dk TV2 Zulu (1 episode, 1997)
Casper og Jan på Sankt Hans TV2 (1998)
Darios Joint TV2 (5 episodes, 1998) Host, writer
80 års fødselsdagen DR2 (2000) Actor
Danish Deejay Awards 2001 TV2 (2001) Host
Casper og drengene fra Brasilien DVD (2002) Host, writer
Hvor svært kan det være 1 episode Actor
Zulu Awards TV2 Zulu (2002, 2003) Host
Shooting Stars TV2 Zulu (2004) Host
Træmand TV2 Zulu (2004) Host
Zulu Royal TV2 Zulu (2003, 2004, 2006) Host, writer
Grib Mikrofonen TV2 (2006) Host
Ni ud af ti TV2 (2006) Host
Deal No Deal TV2 (2006) Host
Casper & Mandrilaftalen DR2 (67 episodes, 1999) Actor, writer
Langt fra Las Vegas TV2 Zulu, TV2 (2001-2003) Actor, writer
Deroute DR2 (1 episode, 2008) Actor
Klovn TV2 Zulu, TV2 (60 episodes, 2005–2009)(10 episodes, 2018)(2021) Actor, writer
Aloha! TV2 (18 episodes, 2009–2010) Host
Live fra Bremen TV2 (18 episodes, 2009-2013 ) Actor, writer

Filmography

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Feature Films Director Year Credit
Hannibal & Jerry Wilke & Rasmussen 1997 Actor
Collector Lasse Spang Olsen 2004 Actor
The Boss of It All Lars von Trier 2006 Actor
Journey to Saturn 2008 Voice
Klovn Mikkel Nørgaard 2010 Actor, writer
I Sandhedens Tjeneste TBA 2011 Writer
Klown Forever Mikkel Nørgaard 2015 Actor, writer
Undercover [da] Nikolaj Peyk 2016 Writer
Dan-Dream Jesper Rofelt 2017 Actor, writer
The Hustle Chris Addison 2019 Actor
Klovn the Final Mikkel Nørgaard 2020 Actor, writer

Radio

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Show Broadcaster Year Credit
Tæskeholdet DR, P3 (1997) Host, writer
Kongen af Danmark TV2 Radio (2007) Host, writer

References

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  1. ^ Rabøl, Laura Byager (11 July 2021). "Casper Christensen frygter ikke at blive "cancelled": - Vi er ikke bange, men vi er bevidste". Underholdning. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Rakes' Debauched Progress in Denmark". 20 July 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Casper C. takker sine børn for at holde ryggen rank - trods". 28 August 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Casper Christensen afslører: Sofie Linde er med i "Klovn"". 2 July 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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