Christopher William "Chris" Geere (born 18 March 1981) is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 actor. He best known for his role as King Edvard/Eddie in the The Prince and Me sequels.

Private life

Geere lives in Putney

Putney

Putney is a district in south-west London, England, located in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is situated south-west of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....

, London.

Geere attended Peter Symonds College

Peter Symonds College

Peter Symonds College is a sixth form college in Winchester, Hampshire, in the south of England. It is one of the largest sixth form colleges in Britain.-Admissions:...

. He was primarily interested in a career as an artist until a drama teacher at his school encouraged him to try out for a school play. He fell completely in love with acting and, as he put it, "haven't thought to do anything else since."
Chris married in 2010. Guests at the wedding included Denise Welsh, Richard Fleeshman

Richard Fleeshman

Richard Jonathan Fleeshman is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His television career began as a twelve year old, playing Craig Harris for four years in Coronation Street and most recently "All The Small Things"...

 and Jamie Archer.

Career

He portrayed the character of Matt Wilding on the BBC TV series Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road (TV series)

Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...

. In January 2009, just as the fourth series of Waterloo Road began airing, Geere said that he would not be returning for the fifth series. However, he has continued his role as Matt Wilding in the current series of Waterloo Road.

On week 2 of auditions on The X Factor

The X Factor (UK)

The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...

UK 2009 Chris is seen cheering on Jamie Archer.

In 2009, Geere reprised his role as King Edvard/Eddie in The Prince and Me 4.

In 2010, Geere played Pete's roommate Kurt in Pete Versus Life

Pete versus Life

Pete versus Life is a Channel 4 sitcom created by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore. It stars Rafe Spall and the first episode was aired on 6 August 2010...

.

2011 Sees the return of Chris to Waterloo Road as Matt Wilding.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Band of Brothers	German Soldier	unknown episodes
2002	TLC TLC (TV series) TLC was a darkly surreal farce-like sitcom set in a fictional NHS hospital called South Middlesex where coffee is traded like drugs and pretty much everyone has a personality problem. It was first broadcast on the BBC on 11 November 2002 and ran over six episodes until 16 December...	Medical Student	1 episode
2003	Danielle Cable: Eyewitness	Josh Harman
	Wondrous Oblivion Wondrous Oblivion Wondrous Oblivion is a 2003 British film directed and written by Paul Morrison and produced by Jonny Persey.Set in suburban south London in 1960, several themes run through the film, though the main storyline concerns the friendship between a young boy, David Wiseman who is the son of European...	Mrs. Wilson's grandson
	Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...	Longfellow	1 episode
	Trust Trust (TV series) Trust was a UK television program produced written and created by Simon Block for the BBC by Box TV Productions. It starred Robson Green and a cast of other British actors including Sarah Parish, Neil Stuke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Eva Birthistle and Ian McShane...	Andy Boyd	3 episodes
	Adventure Inc. Adventure Inc. Adventure Inc. is a dramatised adventure television series produced primarily in Canada which aired from September 30, 2002 to May 12, 2003. It was a co-production of Fireworks Entertainment , Tribune Entertainment Tribune Entertainment , M6 , Amy International , and Tele München...	Ben	2 episodes
	Reversals
2004	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	Michael Sparks	1 episode
2005	Family Affairs Family Affairs Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...	Joel Dobson	2 episodes
2006	Bombshell Bombshell (TV series) Bombshell is a British television drama series produced by Shed Productions, the company behind Footballers' Wives, Bad Girls and Waterloo Road...	Gunner Dean McGowan	7 episodes
2007	Blood and Chocolate Blood and Chocolate (film) Blood & Chocolate is a 2007 film directed by Katja von Garnier, produced by Lakeshore Entertainment and distributed by MGM. It is very loosely based on the young-adult novel of the same name by Annette Curtis Klause, which was adapted into a screenplay by Ehren Kruger. The movie was released on DVD...	Ulf
	Waterloo Road Waterloo Road (TV series) Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...	Matt Wilding	40 episodes, 2007–2009
2008	EastEnders EastEnders EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...	Anton	2 episodes
	The Prince and Me 3: Royal Honeymoon The Prince and Me 3: Royal Honeymoon The Prince and Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon is a 2008 romantic comedy film, directed by Catherine Cyran, which was released direct-to-video.- Plot :...	King Edvard/Eddie
2009	The X Factor The X Factor (UK) The X Factor is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. Created by Simon Cowell, it began in September 2004 and is contested by aspiring singers drawn from public auditions. It is the originator of the international X Factor franchise. The seven series of the show to date...	Himself	in the sidelines of the stage cheering on Jamie Archer
	The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure is a 2010 romantic comedy film, directed by Catherine Cyran.-Plot:...	King Edvard/Eddie	completed
2010	Hollyoaks Hollyoaks Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...	Dale Greer	1 episode
2011	Waterloo Road Waterloo Road (TV series) Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...	Matt Wilding	Reprised role

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