Career
On stage, he almost always acts as the character of Erwin Pelzig, wearing a corduroy hat. Barwasser grew up in Würzburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria. After working for the local newspaper, Main-Post, he studied political science, history and ethnology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Salamanca.
From 1985, he began his career on stage as a satirist.
In 1993, he invented the character of Erwin Pelzig, which has been his most popular character ever since.
