Criss Angel - Makes a Girl Levitate [2005]
Name: Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos
Born: December 19, 1967, Long Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation: Magician/Entertainer/TV Personality
Years active: 1997–present
Angel is the only magician to have won the Merlin Magician of the Year award twice: in 2001 and 2004. He holds the world records for longest time submerged underwater (24 hours), the longest body suspension (5 hours, 42 minutes), fastest time to perform the "Metamorphosis" illusion (under a second) and the fastest straight-jacket escape (2 minutes & 30 seconds).
Cyril Takayama - Necklace Magic
Name: Cyril Takayama
Born: September 27, 1973, Hollywood, California
Occupation: Magician/Ilusionist
Years active: 1991–present
Since 2005, Cyril has been steadily increasing in popularity in Japan as well as on the Internet, due to many of his magic shows being uploaded and viewed on the popular video-sharing site YouTube. He has been dubbed Magic's first cyber celebrity.
Magic Trick Revealed - Coin Through Glass Table Trick
Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed
Starring: Val Valentino (Masked Magician)
Country: United States
Released: 1997-1998
Episodes: 13 + 5 specials
The series is made by production company Nash Entertainment. The title alluded to the magician's code: the promise by working magicians not to reveal the basis of their tricks, or else risk getting blackballed by fellow magicians. Fox returned on May 15, 2002, with Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed 5. A new magician was wearing a new mask with artificial hair, and a purple glistening outfit. It was never revealed who portrayed the magician in this episode.
Curt Anderson - The Magic
Name: Curt Anderson
Occupation: Magician/Ilusionist
Years active: 1982–present
Curt’s magical genius has not only amazed audiences of all ages, but also of disparate nationalities. His talents have been shared with young and old in many lands including Canada, a twenty-one show tour of Costa Rica, and, more recently, through 10 shows over 7 days in Venezuela, South America.
David Copperfield - Card Through Window [1991]
The Magic of David Copperfield XIII
Name: David Seth Kotkin
Born: September 16, 1956, Metuchen, New Jersey, US
Occupation: Magician, illusionist
Years active: 1974–present
Copperfield's television specials have won 21 Emmy Awards of a total 38 nominations. Best known for his combination of storytelling and illusion, Copperfield’s career of over 30 years has earned him 11 Guinness World Records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a knighthood by the French government; and he has been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress.
Yo Kato - - The Magic [2010]
Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde
Name: Yo Kato/加藤陽
Occupation: Magician
Years active: 2004–present
This amazing young man went from joining a magic club at university, to winning 3rd place in a F.I.S.M. event in less than FOUR YEARS! Now THAT'S impressive! We're sure you'll agree that this will be someone to watch in the future.
The Twins - Clearly Impossible [2009]
Harry Blackstone - Buzz Saw
Name: Harry Blackstone, Jr.
Born: June 30, 1934, Three Rivers, Michigan, USA
Died: May 14, 1997 (age 62), Loma Linda, California
Occupation: Magician, author and television performer
Years active: 1970–1997
He and his wife Gay created and produced the special effects for "The Magic Summer Tour" for New Kids on The Block, as well well as their "The No More Games Tour". He also did special effects for Alice Cooper, Michael Jackson "The Victory Tour", Earth, Wind and Fire, and Jane's Addiction with Perry Farrell. He received the Academy of Magical Arts Magician of the Year Award in 1979 and 1985. At the time of his death he was the most highly awarded magician of all times.
Tom Mullica - Smoking Magic
Name: Thomas Blaine Mullica
Born: 1948
Occupation: Magician, Pantomimist
Years active: 1976–present
Tom Mullica's love affair with show business began in 1953 in Waupun, Wisconsin when, as a five-year-old child, he decided to be a clown. Two years later he discovered magic and not long after combined the two. In addition to magic and clowning, he is a highly skilled ventriloquist and pantomimist. Tom is now CEO of Van Blaine Productions.
Paul Daniels - The Chop Cup
Name: Newton Edward Daniels
Born: 6 April 1938, South Bank, North Yorkshire, England
Occupation: Magician, Television illusionist
Years active: 1969–2012
Daniels was awarded the prestigious "Magician of the Year’" Award by the Hollywood Academy of Magical Arts in 1983, and was the first magician from outside the US to receive it. An Easter special of The Paul Daniels Magic Show won the Golden Rose of Montreux Award at the International TV Festival in Switzerland in 1985. Daniels was the first recipient of The Maskelyne, awarded for services to British Magic by The Magic Circle in 1988. More recently he was named "World's Greatest Magician" by students at Boston Spa School, Yorkshire. Daniels turned up to the ceremony and gave an impromptu show.
James Galea - Card Trick [2009]
James Galea at The 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala for Oxfam Australia.
Born: Sydney, Australia
Occupation: Magician/Actor
Years active: 2002–present
Galea was introduced into the art of magic at age 14. He spent most of his youth studying sleight of hand magic, practicing for eight hours a day. He also attended Marcellin College Randwick, graduating in 1998. Taken under the wing of a professional conman, it was not until recently that Galea discovered that what he was learning as magic his mentor was using to cheat people out of money in high-stakes poker games. At age 18, Galea performed at James Packer's first wedding - the same year that saw him open his own stage show in Japan. In 2002, Galea became the Australian Close-up Magic Champion.
Shahid Malik - Magician, Illusionist
Name: Shahid Malik
Born: Pakistan
Occupation: Magician, Illusionist, Escapologist
Years active: 1985–present
The magical talents of Shahid Malik have taken him around the globe - from prestigious After Dinner Cabaret performances to business Conferences and from intriguing Promotion campaigns to international Product Launches for top ‘blue chip’ clients. Shahid Malik’s stage & cabaret performance will add that ‘wow factor’ to your next Dinner, Gala or Awards event His talent has taken him around the globe; from Night Clubs & Theatres to Exhibitions & Outdoor Spectaculars; from Brighton to Bangkok, Iceland to India - Shahid is in demand by the top Shows, After-Dinner Gala Cabarets, Conferences and major Corporate clients.
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