David started learning magic at the age of 12 and became the youngest magician recognized by the American Society for Magic. He taught magic at New York University at the age of 16 and enrolled at Fulton University at the age of 18.
He became the protagonist of the Chicago musical “The Magic Man” three weeks after his freshman year. Copperfield, renamed David Copperfield, became the protagonist at the age of 19 at the Pagoda Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii.
David first played a magician named Ken in the horror film Terror Train in 1980, and he also made an unlisted appearance in the 1994 film The Storm. However, David mainly appears in TV specials or TV interview shows, and the magic used includes making the Statue of Liberty disappear out of thin air, flying, floating in the Grand Canyon of the United States, and crossing the Great Wall of China.
In 1982, David founded the “Magic Project”, mainly to help some disabled patients recover or restore their skills through magic tricks. Hospital use.
David was once engaged to supermodel Claudia Schiffel, but broke up in 1999 and ended their six-year relationship.
David once planned to open (Magic Underground) themed restaurants, and opened branches in New York and Disneyland. These restaurants will also use DAVID (Digital Audio-Video Interface Device) to indirectly interact with restaurant users. The installation is basically a high-tech TV telephone system, with other tricks such as the table floating in the air and the waiter doing some magic tricks while serving the food, but the plans for the two branches did not come to fruition.
In 1996, David collaborated with Dean Ray Kunz, Joyce Carroll Oates, and Ray Bradbury to write an anthology about world magic and illusion, with a second volume released the following year , named “David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination”.
Financial magazine “Forbes” once announced David’s annual income: $57 million in 2003 (10th highest), $57 million in 2004 (35th highest), 2005 $57 million USD (41st high). David performs at least 500 magic shows a year around the world.
David is best known for his award-winning work, as he was nominated for 38 Emmys and won 20. The Guinness Book of World Records estimates that David’s Magic Show has sold more tickets than any other show by an independent performer. His world records include being the most awarded magician in history and being the first to stay on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A famous living magician.
Madame Tussauds in London also produced a wax figure of David Copperfield. He is also the man who founded the International Magic Museum and Library. He once performed “Dreams and Nightmares” on Broadway, and it first opened at the box office in its first week. David has also appeared on the cover of Forbes Magazine, Architectural Digest Magazine, and Esquire Magazine.
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Floating the Grand Canyon and instantly “moving” Hawaii escaped from a demolition building. Became the first person in history to escape from the heavily guarded Alcatra federal prison in the United States. The “Magic Project” that uses magic to cure diseases and improve physical sensitivity In the TV special “Fire of Passion”, David escaped from the burning rope tied to his body and escaped from a height of tens of meters. He then tore up and restored a $1 million collectible card in the presence of a famous hockey star.
MOVIE:《Terror Train》 (1980年)
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