Jan Gintberg

Jan Michael Gintberg, born December 3, 1963, is a Danish stand-up comedian and television and radio host. He originally planned a farming career and holds a farming diploma from Kalo Landbrugsskole in Jutland. He went on to study at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, later merged into the University of Copenhagen, and holds a bachelor's degree in agronomy.

Gintberg started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1992, where he was number three in the competition to be the best Danish stand-up comedian. In 1997 he got his breakthrough with the radio programme Taeskeholdet on DR's P3, alongside Casper Christensen, Mads Vangso and Soren Sondergaard. Since then he has been part of many television comedy shows, as a writer or host, and has toured Denmark with a number of stand-up shows, including a double show with Jonathan Spang. In early 2006 he appeared on The Daily Show on Comedy Central during the Muhammed drawings crisis. He has counted five one-man stand-up shows between 1998 and 2007, including Det ligger i generne, Op pa fars jihad and Big Time Paranoia.

Gintberg is especially known for talking about politicians, political subjects and other current events, with the Danish Government often in his focus. On November 1, 2006, he published his first book, Dysfunktionel Far, about his life as a father, followed by Gintberg Verden in 2007. He also gave voice to Mushu in the movie Mulan. Gintberg married his longtime girlfriend Nina Sepstrup, and they have two children, Eline and August, with Eline born with Down syndrome.