Christian Geo Heltboe
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Christian Geo Heltboe is a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

. He is best known under his middle name Geo.

Biography

Geo debuted in 1996 as a comedian at Café Abbey Square home town of Aalborg. In 1999, Geo moved to Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 and captured the capital's scenes with stand-up in the classical style.

Geo's stand-up career took However, in earnest, when he reinvented himself in his own unique and very natural style, where improvisation and interaction with the audience plays a supporting role. Geo won hence Denmark Cup Stand-up in 2000.

Over a period of a few months in the same year, reported Geo together with Anders Matthesen
Anders Matthesen
Anders "Anden" Matthesen is a Danish stand-up comedian, actor and rapper. He is known for creating a wide array of memorable characters and stereotypes which he uses as alter-egos in performances....

 in radio program Oraklet on his various expeditions into the world, and he took the role Aikiko that removes Abel W. Dipp's (played by Frank Hvam) constipation in the Danish cult television series Kissmeyer Basic by Mikael Wulff
Mikael Wulff
Mikael Wulff is a Danish comedian, who appeared in television shows such as Dolph og Wulff, and is co-illustrator of the Wulffmorgenthaler comic strips, which he produces together with Anders Morgenthaler.-References:...

 and Christopher Boe.

Geo's big break came with a stand-up show Den ægte vare in 2002 when he joined with Rune Klan
Rune Klan
Rune Klan, is a Danish comedian and magician. He has conjured since 1987 and has released an instructional video for magicians called Three Pieces of Silver. Klan has lived in the Middle East and in Canada and has toured in the U.S. where he has taught other magicians...

, Jacob Tingleff, Mick Øgendahl, Anders Matthesen and Carsten Eskelund. Comedy remarks appeared in a total of 24 times with great success and sold out shows, and Geo had established itself as one of Denmark's funniest comedians.

Geo participated in 2004 in a section of the Danish version of the semi alternative BBC quiz Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its axing in 2011...

hosted by Casper Christensen
Casper Christensen
Casper Lindholm Christensen is a Danish comedian. He has hosted many shows including Casper & Mandrilaftalen, the Danish airing of Shooting Stars and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush , and the Danish version of Deal or No Deal...

 and Frank Hvam
Frank Hvam
Frank Hvam is a Danish stand-up-comedian.Hvam was born in Viborg and grew up on a farm in Ørum Sønderlyng. Shortly before completing training as a veterinarian, he dropped out to try his luck as a comedian....

.

During the show Talegaver til børn in 2003 toppled Geo Tivoli's concert hall with a breathless monologue about a relationship decay and bourgeois to follow.

Later came up with Geo permanent feature in the shows Rundfunk and Katapult. In 2004 he took over the job on the show "Zulu Bingo" after comedian Jan Elhøj. Where he host in one season.

In 2006 Geo part of the panel Sara Bro's love program Hjerteflimmer, and he debuted the same year as a stage actor at the Bellevue Teatret
Bellevue Teatret
The Bellevue Teatret is a theatre in Klampenborg at the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Opened in 1936 to the design of Arne Jacobsen, the building is considered one of his most important architectural works and examplar of Danish functionalism...

 together with Jacob Tingleff, Omar Marzouk, Michael Schøtt and Tobias Dybvad in the comedy show Ordet Er Mit. 2006 was also the year when Geo started as a columnist and supplier of hidden camera video clips to Ekstra Bladet
Ekstra Bladet
Ekstra Bladet is a Danish tabloid newspaper focusing on sensationalist stories. It gets a share of its income from sex ads. Since 1979 it has always had a partly or completely naked woman on page nine which is referred to as Side 9 Pigen , a Danish equivalent of the English Page Three girl...

. Additional he stood behind the 2007 Web TV Christmas calendar in 24 sections "Ekstra Bladet Christmas" and in the summer of 2008 behind "July calendar" in 12 sections.

In early 2006 came his first one-man show Geo's Garage on DVD. In late 2006 Geo took its stand-up scenes with his second one man show "Ego Geo '. This show was released on DVD summer 2008. As additional material contained "Ego Geo 'selected clips from Geo's role as consumer extended arm, columnist and hidden camera agent provocateur for Ekstra Bladet.

In early 2009 Geo starred in an episode of Frank Hvam and Casper Christensen's sitcom Klovn
Klovn
Klovn is a Danish sitcom, which first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It focuses on the life of the main character Frank and Casper...

. Further contributing to Geo children's book "Stå Op Historier" with a side acclaimed short story "Fiona Klarsyn". The novel which is written for children is also a political commentary on xenophobia especially represented by Danish politician Pia Kjærsgaard
Pia Kjærsgaard
Pia Merete Kjærsgaard is a Danish politician. She is a co-founder and current leader of the Danish People's Party, a nativist, national conservative political party in Denmark...

.

Geo went in autumn 2009 on tour with one man show "Mit Indre dyr" and has premiered on the serie "Hvor fanden er Herning" with comedian colleagues Mick Øgendahl and Linda P.

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