- David Blaine
David Blaine (born David Blaine White on April 4, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American illusionist and stunt performer. He made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic. His father was Spanish-Puerto Rican and his mother, Patrice White, was of Jewish and Russian origin. - Criss Angel
Criss Angel (born Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos on December 19 1967) is a Greek-American magician, musician, mentalist, hypnotist, escapologist, stunt performer, and actor. He is best known for starring in his own television show, "Criss Angel Mindfreak". - David Copperfield
David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin) is a multi Emmy Award winning, American magician and illusionist best known for his combination of illusions and storytelling. His most famous illusions include making the Statue of Liberty "disappear"; "flying"; "levitating" over the Grand Canyon; and "walking through" the Great Wall of China. - Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 - October 311926), whose real name was Ehrich Weiss (which was changed from Erich Weisz when he emigrated to America), was a Hungary-born American magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever), stunt performer, as well as an investigator of spiritualists, film producer, actor, and an amateur aviator. - Uri Geller
Uri Geller is an Israeli-British performer and celebrity famous for his claimed psychic powers. Geller rose to fame after performing a series of televised performances which he said were paranormal demonstrations of psychokinesis, dowsing and telepathy. His performance included bending spoons, describing hidden drawings, and making watches appear to stop or run faster. Geller says he performs these feats through willpower and the strength of his mind. - Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955 in Greenfield, Massachusetts) is an American illusionist, juggler and comedian known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team known as Penn & Teller. - Jeff McBride
Jeff McBride (also known as Magnus) is an American magician. He is known for his sleight of hand skills and specializes in the manipulation of playing cards, coins, and other small objects. His stage performances blend elements of kabuki, a Japanese theater form, with traditional conjuring. In addition, he is noted for his contributions to Bizarre magic. McBride is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. - Matthew McCoy
What up? My name is Matt and I am the biggest dork ever.(At least a hot one at that-that's what my girlfriend says.) I inspire to make to broadway one day. Just like the other 75,000 other people that are there right now. I hope I'm different enought to succeed and make it to the top. God, wouldn't that be great. I've loved musical theatre ever since I was 8 years old and did my first show. - Myke
Me in a nutshell? www.nosleevesmagic.com, www.niuactors.com, www.mywedding.com/mykeandlindsey That's it. - Jason Harrell
What can I say I have lived a live full of adventure. I am currently living in LA in pursuit of a lifelong dream of becoming an actor. After a career in sports broadcasting in SC I moved to New Orleans. My acting career was taking off as well as the experience of bartending in the French Quarter but of course Hurricane Katrina had her say and forced me to move to my hometown for the first time since high school. - Will Rothrock
- Tommy Wonder
Tommy Wonder (November 29, 1953 - June 26, 2006) was the stage name of Jacobus Maria Bemelman, a Dutch magician who performed both close-up and stage magic. Wonder performed in Las Vegas, Monte Carlo and on Fox television. Wonder developed an interest in conjuring at an early age. - Lewis Matthews
- Michael Ammar
Michael Ammar (b. June 25, 1956) is one of America's best-known close-up magicians, and is famous within the worldwide magical community. Ammar was born in Logan, West Virginia, and is the youngest of four children. His interest in magic began when he read a comic book and noticed an advertisement which read "500 tricks for 25 cents!". Ammar sent his quarter and received a catalog. He began ordering tricks and practicing. Before long, he had a full magic show, … - Ricky Jay
Ricky Jay (b. 1948) is an American professional sleight-of-hand artist, actor, and author. He is considered an expert on the history of magic and oddball, unusual entertainment. - Hans Klok
Hans Klok (born February 22, 1969) is a Dutch illusionist and actor. In June 2007 he performed in the show "The Beauty of Magic" in Las Vegas, with Pamela Anderson as one of his assistants. - Harry Anderson
Harry Anderson (born October 14, 1952) is an American actor and magician. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Anderson was a street magician before becoming an actor. He is famous for the role of Judge Harry Stone on the 1984-1992 television series "Night Court". In addition to eight appearances on "Saturday Night Live" between 1981 and 1985, Anderson had a recurring guest role as con man "Harry the Hat" on "Cheers", toured extensively as a magician, … - Bill Bixby
Bill Bixby was a popular three-time Emmy Award-nominated American film and television actor, director and frequent game show panelist. His career spanned over three decades, appearing on stage, in motion pictures and starring in five TV series. His lead television roles were as Ray Walston's young reporter, Tim O'Hara, … - David Mitchell
David Mitchell (born 14 July 1974 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is an English comedian, actor and writer. He is best known as one half of the comedic duo Mitchell and Webb, alongside Robert Webb whom he met at Cambridge University. There they were both part of the Cambridge Footlights, of which Mitchell became President. Together the pair are most famous for starring in the Channel 4 sitcom "Peep Show" in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan. - Tommy Cooper
Tommy Cooper (March 19, 1921 - April 15, 1984) was a Welsh prop comedian and magician born in Caerphilly, Wales. His family moved when he was a few months old, to Exeter, Devon, where he grew up. - Jerry Sadowitz
Jerry Sadowitz (sometimes billed as Gerry Sadowitz), (born 4 November 1961) is a Scottish card magician and stand-up comic. Born in New Jersey to a Jewish family, Sadowitz was brought up in Glasgow, Scotland. Following the breakdown of his parents' marriage, his mother returned to her native Scotland. A sickly child, Sadowitz took an interest in magic while still at school. He is today widely acclaimed as one of the best close-up magicians in the business. - Teller
Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller) February 14, 1948) is an American magician, best known as the smaller (5'9"/1.75 m compared to Penn's 6'6"/1.98 m and 300 pounds), silent half of the comedy magic duo known as Penn & Teller. He legally changed his name to "Teller" and possesses one of the few United States passports issued in a single name. - Ed Alonzo
Ed Alonzo is a comedian, actor and professional magician. He had various roles on "Saved by the Bell", "Head of the Class" and "Totally Hidden Video". He also had guest starring roles on "Full House", "Murphy Brown" and "Xuxa". Today Alonzo performs a special show incorporating his comedy and magic at Knott's Berry Farm in California, and at Valleyfair in Minnesota. - Steve Valentine
Steve Valentine (born October 26, 1966) is a British actor from London who has performed on stage and screen, but who is best known for his role as the eccentric Nigel Townsend on NBC's crime drama "Crossing Jordan". Steve has been seen in films such as Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks!" and "Foreign Correspondents", and has guest-starred on shows such as "Just Shoot Me", "Will and Grace", "Dharma and Greg" and "Charmed". - Billy McComb
Billy McComb (April 12, 1922 - April 30, 2006) was a magician and comedian. He was one of the United Kingdom's leading magicians in the 1950s and 1960s, before taking up residence in Los Angeles, California in the 1970s. - Carl Ballantine
Carl Ballantine (born September 27, 1922) is an American actor, magician and comic. He was born in Chicago. Under the guise of "The Amazing Ballantine", Ballantine's trademark involves magic tricks, which always flop in comedic fashion. He was the husband of actress Ceil Cabot (8 March 1927 - 24 January 2000) and is the father of actress Sara Ballantine. His most recent film appearance was in "Aimee Semple McPherson ", … - Ali Bongo
Ali Bongo (born 1929) is a British comedy magician who has an act in which he is known as the "Shreik of Araby". Bongo's real name is William Wallace, and he was born in India. Bongo has written many books on magic, many containing tricks of his own. As well as writing them he also illustrates them in his instantly recognisable style. He has acted as magic consultant for many TV shows, including the "Paul Daniels Magic Show" for the BBC. - Joshua Seth
Joshua Seth Freedman (born December 17, 1970) was born in Kent, Ohio and attended NYU film school. He has voiced several anime characters and is sometimes credited as "Jeremiah Freedman". In 2005, he became the announcer of "Kids WB's Aftertoons Show" block and "Saturdays: Unleashed" block. He also works as a comedy hypnotist and magician. - Channing Pollock
Channing Pollock (August 16 1926 in Sacramento, California, USA - March 18, 2006) was an American magician and film actor. Has one of the most sophisticated and charismatic practitioners of his craft; strikingly handsome with an enigmatic stage presence, he was best known for an act in which he would elegantly produce doves out of thin air and he was often billed as "the most beautiful man in the world". He first became interested in magic at the age of 21. - Milt Larsen
Milt Larsen (born April 9, 1931 in Los Angeles, California) is a writer, actor, performer, lyricist, magician, entrepreneur, speaker and the creator of The Magic Castle, Speaker. Larsen was originally a writer for the venerable audience participation Ralph Edwards TV classic, "Truth or Consequences" (1950) starring Bob Barker. He also wrote the "Malibu U" Television series (1967). Milt and his brother, the late Bill Larsen Jr., … - Christopher Hart
Christopher Hart is an American actor and magician, famous for playing Thing, the disembodied hand, in the 1991, 1993, and 1998 movies, "The Addams Family", "Addams Family Values", and "Addams Family Reunion". His hand found similar work in the 1999 horror spoof "Idle Hands", appearing alongside Devon Sawa and Seth Green. - John Henry Anderson
John Henry Anderson (1814 - 1874) was a professional magician, born in The Mearns, Scotland. Anderson is credited with helping bring the art of magic from street performances into theatres and presenting magic performances for the purpose to entertain and delight the audience. Orphaned at the age of ten, Anderson started his career working in a theatre and began an unsuccessful attempt at acting. At seventeen, he began performing magic and in 1837, … - Val Valentino
Val Valentino (born Leonard Montano on June 14 1956 in East Los Angeles, California) is a magician, illusionist and actor who gained notoriety by starring in four magic specials on the Fox Network. He goes by the stage name the Masked Magician or Mr M. - Larry Anderson
Larry Anderson (born in 1952 in Minnesota), is an American actor and magician. He originally started as an assistant to magician Mark Wilson in 1973, and was immediately put to work on the set of "The Magician" (Starring Bill Bixby), helping Mark Wilson as the magic coordinator for the show. He has since appeared in several television series and films. - Ali Cook
Ali Cook (also credited as Alistair Cook) is an English magician and actor originating from Yorkshire, UK. Cook is known best for writing and starring in seven British television magic shows for Channel 4, FIVE, and Sky One, produced by Objective Productions. - Joel Hodgson
Joel Gordon Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ("MST3K") and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. - Joe Ranft
Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft was a magician, animation storyboard artist, and voice actor who worked for Pixar and Disney. - Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley (born Paul Brown on February 22, 1928 in Parkersburg, West Virginia) is an American character actor. Dooley was a keen cartoonist as a youth and drew a strip for a local paper in Parkersburg. He joined the Navy before discovering acting while at college. Moving to New York, he soon found success as a regular on the stage. Also having an interest in comedy, Dooley was a standup comedian for five years, and a member of the Compass Players, … - Jerome Flynn
Jerome Flynn (b. March 16, 1963) is a British actor best known for his role as Corporal Paddy Garvey of the King's Fusiliers in the ITV series "Soldier Soldier". Flynn was born in Bromley, Kent, the son of actor and singer, Eric Flynn. Flynn had three UK number one hits with Robson Green (as Robson & Jerome) in 1995 and 1996 with "Unchained Melody", "I Believe" and "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted". - Rob Zabrecky
Rob Zabrecky is an American songwriter, actor, and magician. From 1989 to 1999 he was the singer/songwriter and bassist for the Los Angeles group Possum Dixon. During the mid 1990s, he stumbled into magic and has since become a performing member of the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. He is best known for an aberrant magician character he plays that applies mentalism and the artful use of elongated pauses during performances.
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