Philippe Geubels

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Philippe Geubels
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Philippe Geubels (2009)
Born (1981-04-15) 15 April 1981 (age 44)
Dendermonde, Belgium
OccupationsActor, presenter, contestant, jury member
Years active2009–present

Philippe Geubels (born 15 April 1981) is a Flemish stand-up comedian and television presenter. He is known for his comedy shows and as jury member in the quiz show De Slimste Mens ter Wereld. He has also presented multiple television shows, including the show Taboe which received a nomination for an International Emmy Award.

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Career

Since 2009, Geubels appears as jury member in the De Slimste Mens ter Wereld television quiz show. [1] He also appeared as contestant in the show in 2008 and 2019. [1] Geubels appeared as contestant in the Dutch version of the quiz show, titled De slimste mens, in 2022. [2] [3]

In 2013 and 2014 he presented the television show Geubels en de Belgen, a Belgian remake of the British television show John Bishop's Britain . In 2014, he played the role of Danny in the comedy film K3 Dierenhotel . [4]

Geubels, Guido Weijers, Jandino Asporaat and Roué Verveer performed a comedy show titled Gabbers in 2016 and 2017 in the Ziggo Dome. [5] [6] They also performed a show in 2025. [7]

In 2018, he presented the television show Taboe (Dutch for Taboo) in which he explores humor and topics that tend to be taboo in comedy. [8] A year later, the show was nominated for an International Emmy Award in the category Non-Scripted Entertainment but did not win. The British show The Real Full Monty: Ladies' Night won the award instead. [9]

In 2019, Geubels presented the television show Is er een dokter in de zaal?, a game show about medical topics. [10] In the same year, Geubels played the lead role in the television series Geub in which he plays a fictional version of himself. [11] [12] On his 38th birthday, in 2019, he visited Philippe of Belgium, also born on 15 April, in his palace in Brussels. [13]

Geubels presented the first season of the quiz show Ik heb het u letterlijk juist gezegd in 2023. [14] [15] The show is similar to the British show I Literally Just Told You . Sven de Leijer presented the second season of the show in 2024. [14]

Filmography

As actor

As presenter

  • Geubels en de Belgen (2013, 2014)
  • Geubels en de Idioten (2015)
  • Taboe (2018)
  • Is er een dokter in de zaal? (2019)
  • Ik heb het u letterlijk juist gezegd (2023)

As jury member

  • De Slimste Mens ter Wereld (2009 – present)

As contestant

  • De Slimste Mens ter Wereld (2008, 2019)

References

  1. 1 2 Coenegracht, Mark (14 October 2019). "Philippe Geubels mag zich na tien jaar als jurylid nu bewijzen als kandidaat in 'De Slimste Mens ter Wereld': "Ik heb heel veel zin om mij te smijten"". HLN (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  2. "Philippe Geubels en Erik van Muiswinkel doen mee aan De slimste mens". NU.nl (in Dutch). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  3. van Houwelingen, Hanneke (11 August 2022). "Vlaams jurylid Philippe Geubels in Slimste mens: 'Wij hebben geen oude mannetjes'". AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  4. "Philippe Geubels speelt piccolo in nieuwe K3-film". VRT (in Dutch). 25 September 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  5. "Guido Weijers verwacht veel van komedieshow Gabbers". NU.nl (in Dutch). 7 April 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  6. "Komedieshow Gabbers ook in 2017 in Ziggo Dome". NU.nl (in Dutch). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  7. "Guido Weijers, Roué Verveer, Jandino en Philippe Geubels terug met Gabbers". NU.nl (in Dutch). 4 November 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  8. "In tranen lachen met Philippe in Taboe". Televizier (in Dutch). 30 August 2019. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  9. "Geen Emmy voor Taboe van Kat Steppe en Philippe Geubels". De Standaard (in Dutch). 26 November 2019. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  10. "Philippe Geubels presenteert gezondheidsquiz op RTL 4". NU.nl (in Dutch). 8 October 2018. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  11. "Bekijk hier de eerste beelden van 'Geub', de fictiereeks met Philippe Geubels". Nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  12. "Philippe Geubels zet eerste stappen als acteur: "Mijn leven riskeren voor een tv-reeks? Da's onnozel"". HLN (in Dutch). 5 April 2019. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  13. "Philippe Geubels op visite bij koning Filip". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 15 April 2019. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  14. 1 2 "Sven de Leijer vervangt Philippe Geubels voor nieuw seizoen van quiz 'Ik heb het u letterlijk juist gezegd'". VRT (in Dutch). 14 May 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  15. "Sven de Leijer volgt Philippe Geubels op als presentator van 'Ik heb het u letterlijk juist gezegd'". HLN (in Dutch). 14 May 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2025.