Wigald Boning

Wigald Boning (born 20 January 1967 in Wildeshausen) is a German comedian, television presenter, actor, and author. He has appeared in different TV and film productions in Germany, becoming famous as an actor in the television comedy programme RTL Samstag Nacht, which ran from 1993 to 1998. Together with Olli Dittrich, Boning sang in the music group Die Doofen, and he has also released several books.

Boning's television work spans decades, from early programmes such as Bonings Bonbons (1991) and Extra 3 (1992-1993) to the quiz show Clever! - Die Show, die Wissen schafft (2004-2008) and Extreme Activity (2006-2007). Since 2017 he has appeared on Genial Daneben, followed by Genial Daneben - Das Quiz from 2018. His film credits include Hard Days, Hard Nights (1989), Babes' Petrol (1996), and National Lampoon's Men in White (1998). As an author he published books including Fliegenklatschen in Aspik (1996), Bekenntnisse eines Nachtsportlers (2007), and In Rio steht ein Hofbräuhaus (2010).

With Die Doofen, Boning won a string of music honours in 1995, including the Goldene Stimmgabel, the Bambi Award, the ECHO, the Goldene Europa, and the Comet Award. Individually, he received the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 2004 for WIB-Schaukel: Wigald Boning trifft Jürgen Drews auf Mallorca, and the Deutscher Fernsehpreis in 2005 for Clever! In 2017, Boning married German opera singer Teresa Tièschky.