Casper Christensen

Infobox actor
name = Casper Christensen
imagesize = 135px
caption = Casper Christensen in the titlesequence of Klovn.
birthdate = birth date and age|1968|8|22
location =
notable role = himself in Husk lige tandbørsten, Tæskeholdet, Casper & Mandrilaftalen, Langt fra Las Vegas and Klovn.

Casper Lindholm Christensen (born August 22, 1968 in Birkerød) 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 Away from Las Vegas) and "Klovn" (Clown/Fool).

He started his TV-career in the Danish children's show "Hvaffor en Hånd" (Pick a 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 February 1, 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 has now left TV2 Radio and instead begun writing on the 5th season of Klovn with his long time colleague Frank Hvam. The new season of Klovn will be aired in the beginning of 2008.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159745/ IMDb's profile]