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. ==Personal life==