Frank-Markus Barwasser (born 16 February 1960 in Würzburg) is a German political satirist and journalist.

[1] 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.

Until 2013, he was co-host, with colleague Urban Priol, of the satirical ZDF show Neues aus der Anstalt and until 2015 he was host of a talk show for the same channel, "Pelzig hält sich".