Claus von Wagner
Claus von Wagner (born 28 November 1977) is a German Kabarett artist, a stand-up observational comic and political satirist. Early life. Born in Munich, von Wagner grew up in Miesbach, south-east of Munich. His father, originally from Prussia, was a lawyer, while his mother was a housewife. On completion of his final school exams he studied Communications Sciences, Modern History and Media Law at Ludwig-Maximillian-University in Munich. He graduated with the degree of "Magister Artium" in 2003. The subject of his master thesis was: "Political cabaret on German television. Between social criticism and  self-promotion. An expert survey." Before and during his university-level studies he set up his first "Kabaret" show, ""Warten auf Majola"", which premiered in 1997. In 2012 he joined German TV-show "heute-show". In 2014 he began co-hosting with Max Uthoff the popular television political satire Kabarett programme, "Die Anstalt". Parallel to the solo run, from 2004 to 2014 he was a member of the First German Forced Ensemble. The trio consisted of along with Mathias Tretter and Philipp Weber. Personal. Claus von Wagner lives in Munich and has a daughter.