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Born on the 19th of December 1967, Criss Angel is now one of the most famous performers in the world today. He is a magician, an illusionist, an escapologist, a stunt performer, and last but not least a musician. It is a little known fact that criss is an accomplished drummer and vocalist.

Criss Angel is his stage name, his real name is Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos, he is of Greek decent but was raised in Long island, New York.

Criss took an interest in magic at an early age being greatly influenced by his then hero the great Harry Houdini. Criss began performing magic tricks from an early age and was soon hooked. He started off just doing small magic shows at birthday parties for local friends and neighbours but was soon getting a reputation for himself as the person to book if you want a really good show.

This then led to him being offered corporate jobs which in turn brought him bigger and bigger bookings.

With a background in gymnastics and dance and also a black belt in martial arts Criss Angel is certainly a man of many talents, He acquired his pyrotechnics licence at the age of eighteen and from then began to get a reputation as a magician who now works with big illusions.

Some of criss’ biggest illusions include walking on water, levitating above the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas, making a Lambourghini disappear, floating in between two buildings, being run over by a steam roller while laying on a bed of glass and cutting himself in half.

Criss Angel is the only magician ever to have won the prestigeous Merlin the Magician of the year award twice, in 2001 and 2004. Criss also has a tv show in the states called Chris Angel mindfreak in which he performs a mixture of magic, illusions, paranormal acts and street magic, it is one of the most successful shows in America and is about to go into series five.

Criss is said to have quoted when the mind, body and spirit come together anything is possible and with all the contributions to magic Criss has already made who could argue with him, he has easily surpassed the fame of his hero the great Houdini, we now have a new king, the great Criss Angel.

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