16 September 1956, Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
Birth Name
David Seth Kotkin
Height
Trade Mark
Famous assuming abracadabra appearance acts on a amazing calibration such as authoritative the Statue of Liberty disappear. Trivia
Ended 5-year-old assurance to Claudia Schiffer, answer that assignment had got in the way of their relationship. [November 1999]
Youngest being anytime to be accepted to the Society of American Magicians. At age sixteen, he accomplished abracadabra at New York University.
Started his archimage career billed as "Davino, Boy Magician"
One of his agents aback in New Jersey academy canicule was ABC News contributor Judy Muller.
Appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) area he presented his accumulating of turn-of-the-century antic devices. One, a paddle that back acclimated to belt addition exploded powder, was acclimated afield by host O'Brien. Copperfield's pants (and behind) bent on fire, an blow from which he still carries a scar.
He has said he brand roller coasters.
His admired movies are Citizen Kane (1941) and The Wizard of Oz (1939).
In 1993 David was accomplishing an on-stage apparition in which he weightlessly flew with a adult from the admirers in his arms. His flight apparition was advised by experts and historians of abracadabra to be the greatest apparition anytime performed on stage.
He gave his aboriginal achievement as a archimage in 1968 back he was alone 12 years old.
He was a Professor of Abracadabra at New York University at alone 16 years old.
He was a apprentice at Fordham University in New York City in 1974.
He was called "Magician of the Year" in 1980 and 1987 by the Academy of Magical Arts.
Owns one adaptation of Edgar Bergen's copy of "Charlie McCarthy". He purchased "Charlie" at an bargain for $110,000.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Owns the "Buzz Saw" adaptation of the "sawing a woman in half" apparition that acclimated to accord to Orson Welles, and that Welles acclimated to saw Rita Hayworth, Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe in half. Copperfield maintains the apparition in abounding alive order, and has occasionally acclimated it to saw in bisected assorted celebrity "assistants" including Claudia Schiffer, Penélope Cruz and Cat Deeley.
Fan of Carl Ballantine.
While she was affianced to David, Claudia Schiffer sometimes acclimated to arise in his date shows as a appropriate bedfellow abettor in a cardinal of illusions. First, he would bewitch her aerial in the air afore authoritative her vanish and reappear. Then he would use a ample decollate to decollate her. Finally, he would saw her in bisected central a glass-sided box in what has sometimes been voted by added magicians as one of the best abstract versions of the sawing in bisected anytime performed.
Personal Quotes
(On alive with Claudia Schiffer in his abracadabra shows) I absolutely adulation accepting Claudia with me in my shows. She's a abundant aerialist and a absolute accustomed with the illusions. And she's absolutely dupe too - It's not every woman who'll assurance addition like me abundant to let me band her to a decollate and chop her arch off. But the best affair about accepting her in my shows is that I can say that I absorb my evenings sawing the best admirable woman in the apple in half.
Where Are They Now
(June 2006) He is assuming his abracadabra shows in Las Vegas, Nevada.
(April 2010) Appearing at the Hollywood Theater, at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Youngest being anytime to be accepted to the Society of American Magicians. At age sixteen, he accomplished abracadabra at New York University.
Started his archimage career billed as "Davino, Boy Magician"
One of his agents aback in New Jersey academy canicule was ABC News contributor Judy Muller.
Appeared on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) area he presented his accumulating of turn-of-the-century antic devices. One, a paddle that back acclimated to belt addition exploded powder, was acclimated afield by host O'Brien. Copperfield's pants (and behind) bent on fire, an blow from which he still carries a scar.
He has said he brand roller coasters.
His admired movies are Citizen Kane (1941) and The Wizard of Oz (1939).
In 1993 David was accomplishing an on-stage apparition in which he weightlessly flew with a adult from the admirers in his arms. His flight apparition was advised by experts and historians of abracadabra to be the greatest apparition anytime performed on stage.
He gave his aboriginal achievement as a archimage in 1968 back he was alone 12 years old.
He was a Professor of Abracadabra at New York University at alone 16 years old.
He was a apprentice at Fordham University in New York City in 1974.
He was called "Magician of the Year" in 1980 and 1987 by the Academy of Magical Arts.
Owns one adaptation of Edgar Bergen's copy of "Charlie McCarthy". He purchased "Charlie" at an bargain for $110,000.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Owns the "Buzz Saw" adaptation of the "sawing a woman in half" apparition that acclimated to accord to Orson Welles, and that Welles acclimated to saw Rita Hayworth, Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe in half. Copperfield maintains the apparition in abounding alive order, and has occasionally acclimated it to saw in bisected assorted celebrity "assistants" including Claudia Schiffer, Penélope Cruz and Cat Deeley.
Fan of Carl Ballantine.
While she was affianced to David, Claudia Schiffer sometimes acclimated to arise in his date shows as a appropriate bedfellow abettor in a cardinal of illusions. First, he would bewitch her aerial in the air afore authoritative her vanish and reappear. Then he would use a ample decollate to decollate her. Finally, he would saw her in bisected central a glass-sided box in what has sometimes been voted by added magicians as one of the best abstract versions of the sawing in bisected anytime performed.
Personal Quotes
(On alive with Claudia Schiffer in his abracadabra shows) I absolutely adulation accepting Claudia with me in my shows. She's a abundant aerialist and a absolute accustomed with the illusions. And she's absolutely dupe too - It's not every woman who'll assurance addition like me abundant to let me band her to a decollate and chop her arch off. But the best affair about accepting her in my shows is that I can say that I absorb my evenings sawing the best admirable woman in the apple in half.
Where Are They Now
(June 2006) He is assuming his abracadabra shows in Las Vegas, Nevada.
(April 2010) Appearing at the Hollywood Theater, at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Click the link to see your favorite celebrity image collection.
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