CRISS ANGEL Criss Angel CRISS
ANGEL CRISS
Angel -
CRISS ANGEL was
born on 19 December 1967 and raised in
East Meadow,
New York. He grew up
loving music, (playing the drums) and always having an interest in
magic. Two of his biggest
Magic influences are
Harry Houdini and Richiardi. His father was also a
big influence on him, especially after battling cancer before finally dying in 1998. As a teenager, he performed at
birthday parties, night clubs, and private
events doing magic. He got his pyrotechnics license at age 18. He also has a 7th degree
black belt and a background in
dance and gymnastics. Criss played in a
band called AngelDust with
friend Klay
Scott who produced and helped arranged his
cds and music for his Mindfreak
show. He performed in World Of
Illusion at
Madison Square Garden in 1998. Criss then scored a show
on Broadway titled \"Mindfreak\" which ran up until
Jan. 6, 2003 with almost 600 shows performed. He has had many television appearances and
specials such as The Science Of Magic, More Science Of Magic, the ABC Family television special Mindfreak which premiered on October
20, 2002, and another television special on the Sci-fi channel called Supernatural later on. He then transformed into a household
name nation wide by scoring a
deal with the A&E channel to do Mindfreak as a television series every Wednesday night.
Seasons 1 & 2 were filmed at the
Aladdin Hotel in
Las Vegas with Season 3 currently being filmed at
the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas.
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 time (5 hours, 42 mins), fastest time to perform the \"
Metamorphosis\"
illusion (under a second) and the fastest straight jacket
escape (2 mins 30 seconds).
One of his favorite musicians is
Korn and he is now a
personal friend of
Jonathan Davis who has appeared on his television series.
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 time (5 hours, 42 mins), fastest time to perform the "
Metamorphosis"
Illusion (under a second) and the fastest straight jacket
escape (2 mins 30 seconds).
One of his favorite musicians is
Korn and he is now a
personal friend of
Jonathan Davis who has appeared on his television series.
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