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Lieven Scheire

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Lieven Scheire
Born (1981-05-03) 3 May 1981 (age 43)
NationalityBelgian
OccupationComedian
Known forNeveneffecten

Lieven Scheire (born 3 May 1981) is a Belgian comedian and science communicator, mainly known for being a member of Neveneffecten.

Scheire on stage at the Wikimania 2014

Career

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Scheire attended secondary school at the Sint-Lodewijkscollege in Lokeren; he then began a physics degree at Ghent University, but dropped out to become a stand-up comedian. He won the Lunatic Stand-up Comedy Award in 2002. Scheire also did a year long stint as an exchange student in Reykjavík, Iceland where he attended Fjölbrautarskólinn í Breiðholti

Neveneffecten (founded by him and his cousin Jonas Geirnaert) won the jury prize at the Groninger Studenten Cabaret Festival in 2003. Since then they have been touring Flanders and The Netherlands with their comedy theatre show and making various sketch shows for Flemish television.

Television

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