Jan Gintberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Danish comedian
Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1963
Place of Birth: Lynge, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Profession: actor, voice actor
Nationality: Denmark
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
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About 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.
- 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 Tæskeholdet (Danish for: The Thrashing Team) on DR's P3, along with Casper Christensen, Mads Vangsø, and Søren Søndergaard.
- 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' (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).
- 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.
- On 1 November 2006 Gintberg published is first ever book, Dysfunktionel Far, about his life as a father, seen from Gintberg's characteristic, and humorous, point of view.
- Gintberg Verden (Gintberg's World), a book collecting Gintberg's best columns from a variety of newspapers, was published in the fall of 2007. He also gave voice to Mushu in the movie Mulan.
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