Criss Angel
Criss Angel was bornon 19 December 1967 in Town of Hempstead, American, is Magician. Criss Angel is an award-wining American magician and illusionist best known for his live performance illusion show ‘Criss Angel Believe’ in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil at the Luxor casino in Las Vegas. He also hosts some very popular stage and television shows, and has been on primetime television for more hours than any other magician in history. One of the most successful magicians in the world in the contemporary era, he is also a singer who once served as the frontman for the heavy metal band Angel and collaborated with industrial rock musician Klay Scott for Angeldust. Growing up in New York, he developed an early interest in magic and performed his first show when he was 12. He continued performing throughout high school and became quite popular within the local community. As a teenager, he was greatly inspired by the legendary magician Harry Houdini. He decided to pursue a career as a magician straight out of high school instead of going to college as his parents wished. He began performing at restaurants and took to touring with other magicians. Destiny led him to Las Vegas where he found resounding success. He soon started appearing on television which further increased his popularity. One of the best known magicians today, he also holds multiple world-records made during his magic performances.
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In 2013, the fifth anniversary of the stage show, a cable television series based upon the show titled ‘Criss Angel BeLIEve’ was broadcast on Spike TV
In 2006, Angel teamed up with Cirque du Soleil to produce the stage show ‘Criss Angel Believe’ which premiered at the Luxor Las Vegas on September 26, 2008
In 2005, Angel transformed the stage show ‘Criss Angel: Mindfreak’ into an A&E Network show
His one-hour television special ‘Supernatural’ was aired by SciFi Channel in 2003
Angel married his longtime girlfriend JoAnn Winkhart in 2002
In 2001, he also started performing in the stage show ‘Criss Angel Mindfreak’ which ran for more than 600 performances between 2001 and 2003 at the World Underground Theater
A naturally talented performer with a knack for creating credible illusions, he soon became a popular magician and illusionist and received an opportunity to perform on television in 1994
He made several television appearances in the late 1990s and starred in the 1997 television movie ‘The Science of Magic’ and its 2003 sequel ‘The Science of Magic II’
He was born as Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos on December 19, 1967, in New York to Dimitra and John Sarantakos
