Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Film & TV
New York, USA
David Blaine is an American illusionist, endurance artist, and extreme performer. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance and has set and broken several world records. Blaine innovated the way magic is shown on television by focusing on spectator reactions.
Known for
- David Blaine: Do Not Attempt — Self2025
- David Blaine: The Magic Way — Self2020
- David Blaine: Ascension — Self2020
- Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself — Self - Audience Member (uncredited)2020
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
- How Magic Changed TV — Himself2017
- Drugs, Skate & Violence: Filmmaker Harmony Korine — Self - Archive Footage2017
- David Blaine: Beyond Magic — Self2016
- Kimbo Slice: One of A Kind — Self2016
- Horace and Pete — Magician at Bar (uncredited)2016
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- David Blaine White , ( 1973-04-04 ) April 4, 1973 (age 53) , New York City , U.S.
- Occupations
- Illusionist endurance artist
- Years active
- 1997–present
- Partner
- Alizée Guinochet (2008–2014)
- Channel
- David Blaine
- Genres
- Magic Stunts
- Subscribers
- 1.84 million
- Views
- 326 million
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- street magic
- Genre
- endurance art
- Official website
- davidblaine.com
- Image
- David Blaine by David Shankbone.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- Commons category
- David Blaine
- date of birth
- 1973-04-04
- birth name
- David Blaine White
- Commons Creator page
- David Blaine
- name in native language
- David Blaine White
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- social media followers
- 1850000
- writing language
- English language
- number of viewers/listeners
- 340700352
via Wikidata · CC0
~19 min read
Encyclopedic overview
David Blaine (born David Blaine White; April 4, 1973) is an American magician, mentalist, and endurance performer. Born in New York City, Blaine became interested in magic at a very young age. He gained prominence in 1997, when his first television special, David Blaine: Street Magic, aired on ABC. That year, he also appeared in Magic Man. He later starred in the television specials David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013), Beyond Magic (2016), and The Magic Way (2020). He has also appeared in the Epstein files.
Known for his dangerous stunts, in 2008 he attempted to break the Guinness World Record for breath holding. He succeeded in holding his breath for 17 minutes 4 seconds, setting a new world record for oxygen-assisted static apnea. He is the author of Mysterious Stranger: A Book of Magic (2002), an autobiography and armchair treasure hunt with instructions on performing magic tricks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “David Blaine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.