Jan Michael Gintberg is a Danish stand-up comedian and television and radio host. He 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-program T�skeholdet on DR's P3, along with Casper Christensen, Mads Vangs�, and S�ren S�ndergaard. Since then he has been a part of many television comedy shows, either as a writer or host, and has toured Denmark with a number of stand-up shows, among them a double show with Jonathan Spang. In early 2006 he appeared on The Daily Show on Comedy Central during the Muhammed drawings crisis. He is currently the host of the Danish version of the game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. Has now a count of 5 oneman stand up shows, from 1998 to 2007: 'Det ligger i generne', 'Gearet 2 t�nder', 'Op p� fars jihad', 'Den grimme melding' and 'Big Time Paranoia'. Gintberg is especially known for talking about politicians, political subjects and other current events in his shows. Mostly it's the Danish Government that's in his focus. 

December 3rd, 1963 in Lynge, Allerod (Age 60)