David Blaine

Acting

David Blaine

Born April 4, 1973 · New York, USA (age 53)

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

The Great Buck HowardThe Great Buck Howard · 2008
The Great Buck Howard
★ 6.02008
MovieComedy
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.
David Blaine: Real or MagicDavid Blaine: Real or Magic · 2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
★ 6.82013
MovieTV MovieFamily
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Ricky Gervais, Katy Perry, Woody Allen, and Robert DeNiro, to name a few. He goes to the homes of Kanye West and Harrison Ford, Will Smith and Olivia Wilde. He pays a visit to Stephen Hawking at his office in Cambridge University. Blaine also travels the world, astonishing people from all walks of life with never-before seen, inconceivable magic.
Mister LonelyMister Lonely · 2008
Mister Lonely
★ 6.62008
MovieComedyDrama
In Paris, a young American working as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.
David Blaine: The Magic WayDavid Blaine: The Magic Way · 2020
David Blaine: The Magic Way
★ 6.62020
MovieDocumentary
Magician David Blaine performs reality-defying magical acts; featured celebrities include Odell Beckham Jr., Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Dave Chappelle, James Corden, Bryan Cranston, David Dobrik, Dr. Dre and Jamie Foxx.
David Blaine: Beyond MagicDavid Blaine: Beyond Magic · 2016
David Blaine: Beyond Magic
★ 7.12016
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
In his most revealing performance yet, the one-hour special features an exploration into Blaine’s trademark style of street magic as he once again stuns his audience.
David Blaine: Magic ManDavid Blaine: Magic Man · 1998
David Blaine: Magic Man
★ 6.91998
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
In Magic Man, Blaine is shown traveling across the country, entertaining unsuspecting pedestrians in New York City, Atlantic City, Dallas, San Francisco, Compton, and the Mojave Desert recorded by a small crew with handheld cameras. Jon Racherbaumer commented, "Make no mistake about it, the focus of this show, boys and girls, is not Blaine. It is really about theatrical proxemics; about the show-within-a-show and the spontaneous, visceral reactions of people being astonished."
David Blaine: What Is Magic?David Blaine: What Is Magic? · 2010
David Blaine: What Is Magic?
★ 7.22010
MovieDocumentary
David Blaine travels around America to perform tricks in the UK premiere of his show What Is Magic? He visits New Orleans where he carries out a money trick in front of locals, producing hundreds of dollars at their fingertips before stopping off at New York to conduct magic in front of Orlando Bloom. But the jewel in David's crown is his shot at the infamous The Bullet Catch; a trick which sees a 22 calibre bullet being fired at point blank range directly at the magician who then has to catch the bullet in a small metal cup in his mouth. The stunt is filmed using Phantom Camera technology which shoots 10,000 frames per second so that not a fraction of the action is missed.
David Blaine: Above the BelowDavid Blaine: Above the Below · 2003
David Blaine: Above the Below
★ 9.02003
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
In part concerns David Blaine's 2003 stunt in which he was sealed in a transparent case suspended 30 feet in the air near the River Thames, London, without food, for a period of 44-days. Beyond that there are scenes of strange spectators and Blaine wandering the streets of London making pranks and so forth...

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David Blaine: FearlessDavid Blaine: Fearless · 2002
David Blaine: Fearless
★ 7.32002
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
The magic, wonder, and intrigue of the mystifying David Blaine are now on video with the best of his three TV specials, "Street Magic," "Magic Man," and "Frozen In Time." The world is his stage, and watching Blaine's mastery is a magical mystery tour de force whether he is on the streets of New York City or in the primitive jungles of South America. Prepare to meet ordinary passersby as they encounter extraordinary one-on-one magic as never seen before. Inexplicable, curious, captivating, astounding -- don't miss your chance to see some of the most mystifying magic ever spontaneously captured on film. You'll keep watching, you'll keep wondering. Magic has a new master. He is fearless, and his name is David Blaine.

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