Jan Gintberg

Jan Michael Gintberg (born 3 December 1963 in Lynge, Allerød Municipality, Denmark) is a Danish stand-up comedian and television and radio host.

In 1997 he got his breakthrough with the radio-program Tæskeholdet (Danish for: The Thrashing Team) on DR's P3, along with Casper Christensen, Mads Vangsø, and Søren Søndergaard.

In early 2006 he appeared on The Daily Show on Comedy Central during the Muhammed drawings crisis.

Has now a count of 5 oneman stand-up shows, from 1998 to 2007: 'Det ligger i generne' (It's in the genes)(1998), 'Gearet 2 tænder' (Geared 2 tacks)(2000), 'Op på fars jihad' (Onto dad's jihad)(2002), 'Den grimme melding' (The ugly announcement)(2004) and 'Big Time Paranoia' (2007).

Despite a lot of joking about marriage, Gintberg married his longtime girlfriend Nina Sepstrup.