Thanks to the good people over at Fortune, Celebritynetworth, and other sites, we have assembled this list for you of the Richest Magicians. To make it on the list this year, one needed to not just be a millionaire, but to actually go beyond and surpass the eight-figure mark for net worth! How is that for magic?
David Blaine became the antithesis to the glitz and glamor and over-the-top cheesy showmanship that helped define magic in the s by introducing a stripped-down version of magic at its core.
His television special, David Blaine: Street Magic , involved the magician roaming the streets of America and performing magic for surprised spectators. Blaine's style was a huge and often imitated hit and he went on to appear in various other television specials where he also worked to establish himself as an endurance artist, pushing the physical limits of human possibility including achieving a 17 minute, 4 second underwater breath hold.
Blaine is currently on tour with his live stage show, Real or Magic. Yes, he does hold his breath underwater onstage during the performance in front of the live audience and while it may sound like it would be something difficult to sit through, it is actually quite a remarkable event to witness. The Amazing Johnathan, known as "The Freddy Krueger of Comedy," performed his off-beat style of comedy magic for decades in his shows in Las Vegas , on tour, and on television.
The Amazing Johnathan combined his unique style of dark humor with blood and gore on stage and audiences often found it hard to cover their eyes to shield them from the horror since they were too busy laughing so hard.
To help round out the act, The Amazing Johnathan performed with Psychic Tanya and the pair created a hilarious satirical look at the typical Vegas performers one would usually find on the Strip. The Amazing Johnathan was diagnosed with a terminal heart condition and retired from performing, though he has since proven doctors wrong and is bringing his magic back to stage. Probably the most controversial name on the list, Uri Geller made a name for himself in the s performing his unique version of "magic" on numerous television shows.
Geller presented himself as a psychic and demonstrated his psychokinetic powers by bending spoons. The Israeli magician purposefully blurred the lines between what is real and what is magic, and audiences ate it up, wanting desperately to believe in the paranormal. Of course, many skeptics, including James Randi, crusaded against Geller's claims and insisted that his demonstrations could be explained and replicated using principles of magic. Still, people so wanted to believe. Billing himself as "The World's Fastest Illusionist," the Dutch magician, Hans Klok, has performed all over the world and has been seen by millions through his numerous television appearances and specials.
Klok has brought his magic to unique audiences ranging from World Cup football fans to fashion shows. He has previously served as the President of the Board of Directors at the world-famous private club for magicians, the Magic Castle, in Hollywood.
Angel moved into a new theatre at the Planet Hollywood casino in Las Vegas in to premiere his new show, entitled, you guessed it, Criss Angel Mindfreak. Before signing a record-breaking contract at the Monte Carlo Resort in Las Vegas back in , the Kentucky-born magician had already established himself as one of the best magicians in the world.
He was the youngest person to ever do so and was also the first American to take home the honor. Though now retired from performing full-time, Burton has recently brought a stage show to the Wild Horse Pass Casino in Phoenix. You may also be aware of one remarkably consistent part of their schtick: one of them never shuts up, and the other never speaks.
Teller who long ago had his name legally changed to that mononym has long served as the silent straight man to Penn Jillette's motor-mouthed funnyman, and in a recent Huffington Post interview, Jillette — speaking for Teller, as per usual — explained why this is.
And Teller just thought if he was quiet, they'd grow weary of heckling him. It sounds like a bit, but if it is, the duo have been consistent about it.
In fact, Teller — who apparently does speak very well — has told the same story himself. The "rough environments" Jillette was referring to? Frat houses. And I am a small man of not particularly imposing proportions or voice," Teller recalled in an interview with NPR. So I found that if I turned off all the lights except for a few lawn spotlights that I carried with me and put them on me, and then did creepy things like swallowing razor blades I found that when I did that sort of thing, they paid attention to me in a way that if I had tried to assert myself over them, they wouldn't have.
It sort of undercut any kind of heckling. Teller went on to say that although he's not the only magician to utilize silence as part of their act, he feels that the way in which he does it is unique.
I think that's cheating," he said. It's very deep.
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