Chris Geere

Career

Geere graduated from Guildford School of Acting and began his career on stage opposite Dame Judi Dench in Royal Shakespeare Company's All's Well That Ends Well.

Geere played Music and Drama teacher Matt Wilding in the BBC One school based drama series Waterloo Road. In January 2009, just as the fourth series of Waterloo Road began airing, and Geere said that he would not be returning for the fifth series after he left from the show at the end of fourth series. He later returned to the show for the seventh series in 2011. In 2012, he left Waterloo Road once again, after his character Matt Wilding decided to stay in Rochdale England instead of Scotland.

Geere was cast as King Edvard (replacing Luke Mably) in the romantic comedy film The Prince and Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon (2008) and The Prince and Me 4: The Elephant Adventure (2010) in the sequels The Prince and Me.

Geere broke out to American audiences as Jimmy Shive-Overly, one half of the toxic and self-destructive couple at the heart of Stephen Falk's critically acclaimed comedy You're the Worst for FX and FXX which received four Critic's Choice nominations including Best Comedy. You're the Worst ran for five seasons from 2014 to 2019.

In 2019, Geere joined the global Pokémon universe as Roger Clifford in Legendary Entertainment/Universal Pictures live-action film Pokémon Detective Pikachu alongside Justice Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Kathryn Newton and Bill Nighy.

Geere recurred on ABC's Modern Family as Haley and then Alex's love interest Professor Arvin Fennerman; as Joel, the well-meaning but toxic lead in the BBC and Showtime's dark comedic limited series, Ill Behaviour, opposite Tom Riley and Lizzy Caplan; Channel 4's This Way Up starring Sharon Horgan and Aisling Bea; The First Team with Will Arnett; and on A Million Little Things as Allison Miller's new roommate/love interest Jamie.

After recurring in season 5, Geere joined the cast of This Is Us as a series regular for their sixth and final season.

Personal life

Geere was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. He married Jennifer Sawdon, a singer-songwriter and pianist, in 2010. Their son was born in 2012.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

References

1. (4 October 2007). "BBC – Press Office – Waterloo Road series three: Chris Geere plays Matt Wilding". BBC.
2. "Chris Geere, Alumni".
3. Simonson, Robert. (18 February 2004). "Judi Dench Returns to West End in RSC's All's Well That End's Well, Feb. 18". Playbill.
4. "Waterloo Road Interview".
5. Pederson, Erik. (28 June 2017). "'You're The Worst' Renewed For Fifth & Final Season on FXX". Deadline Hollywood.
6. Holland, Patrick. (11 May 2019). "You're the Worst star Chris Geere talks Detective Pikachu and wanting to be Doctor Who".
7. N'Duka, Amanda. (30 January 2018). "Legendary's 'Detective Pikachu' Film Adds Bill Nighy & Chris Geere". Deadline Hollywood.
8. Fowle, Kyle. (17 October 2018). "Modern Family resolves its love triangle, and finds comfort in familiarity". AV Club.
9. Petski, Denise. (4 October 2017). "'Ill Behaviour': Showtime Acquires BBC Comedy Series Starring Chris Geere, Lizzy Caplan & Tom Riley". Deadline Hollywood.
10. Holmes, Linda. (21 August 2019). "'This Way Up' Deserves A Spot on Your Crowded Viewing List". NPR.
11. Munn, Patrick. (23 September 2019). "Chris Geere, Will Arnett & More To Star in BBC Two's 'The First Team'". TV Wise.
12. Petski, Denise. (25 September 2020). "'A Million Little Things': Chris Geere To Recur on Season 3 of ABC Drama Series". Deadline Hollywood.
13. (29 May 2021). "This Is Us – Season 6 – Chris Geere Promoted to Regular". Spoiler TV.
14. McKeegan, Alice. (23 January 2013). "Waterloo Road star and his wife backs 'breast is best' bid". [[Manchester Evening News]].
15. Hernandez, Helen. (16 March 2022). "The Kung Fu master returns, Po returns and in the form of an exclusive series for Netflix". OICanadian.