Matt Marcy

American comedian-magician

Matt Marcy (born 1976, Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian-magician known for his original, comedy illusions.[1] In 1997 he was named by the Academy of Magical Arts (The Magic Castle) as its top ranking young magician when he was just 20 years old.[2] He was a Master of Ceremonies at Wizardz Dinner Theater at Universal Studios Hollywood.[citation needed] He is now primarily a corporate entertainer, and has performed for a variety of celebrities and dignitaries, including Prince Faisel of Saudi Arabia.[3] He was also an opening act for The Amazing Johnathan at the Sahara Hotel and Casino and the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas,[4] and recently appeared on the A&E TV show Magic Castle After Dark.[5]

Marcy wrote and consulted for Walt Disney Imagineering in the Theme Park Productions department, including for the Thea award-winning CinéMagique at Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Resort Paris.[6] He has also written for Magic Magazine.[7]

In 2006, Marcy released his own instructional DVD, Simple Tricks...To Blow Their Minds![8]

In 2018, Marcy performed on the show Penn & Teller: Fool Us, but failed to fool the hosts.

He has a political science degree from Brown University.

References

  1. ^ Review from Magic Castle Magician Member
  2. ^ Magic Castle Junior Society Newsletter, September 1997
  3. ^ "Bio". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
  4. ^ Marcy Resume
  5. ^ Matt Marcy at IMDb
  6. ^ "2003 Thea Awards". Archived from the original on 2007-01-25. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
  7. ^ MAGIC, The Magazine For Magicians Archived 2007-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Simple Tricks...To Blow Their Minds". Archived from the original on 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2007-09-17.

External links

  • Official website
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Academy of Magical Arts Junior Achievement Award
  • 1976: Dirk Arthur
  • 1977: Robbie Millman
  • 1978: Geoffrey Williams
  • 1979: Mark Kalin
  • 1980: The Magic Company (Bob Pickens, Jim Heckle, Yvonne Pickens, Rita Nessett), Mark Van Buren
  • 1981: Scott Cervine, Michael Weber
  • 1982: Ed Alonzo, Lorenzo Clark, Bill Godwin
  • 1984: Ray Kosby, Danny Scott
  • 1985: Scott Tokar
  • 1988: David Doyle
  • 1989: Jason Alexander, Mark Matsumoto
  • 1990: Steve Barnes
  • 1992: Michael J. Battistoni
  • 1995: Chris Gongora
  • 1996: Matt Marcy
  • 1997: Wesley Edberg
  • 1998: Danny Cole, Thomas Meier, Bryan Stoops
  • 1999: James Holgun
  • 2000: Joseph Tran
  • 2001: Jason Latimer
  • 2002: David Stryker
  • 2003: Jonathon Dabach, Matthew Grunwald, Joel Ward
  • 2004: Tony Elias
  • 2005: Jessica Phillips
  • 2006: Nathan Gibson
  • 2007: Edsel Chiu, Michael Jacobson
  • 2008: Farrah Siegel
  • 2009: Max Goodwin, Aaron Rabkin
  • 2010: Jeff Black
  • 2011: Krystyn Lambert, Tricky Devil, Sean Trinh
  • 2013: John Accardo, Kyle Eschen, Akinobu Mitsui, Hyuma Miyahara
  • 2014: Mark A. Gibson
  • 2015: Jesus (Nexxus) Flores, Frankie Foti, Paul Robaia
  • 2016: Collins Key
  • 2017: Kevin Li, Griffin Barry
  • 2018: Franco Pascali, Fernando Velasco, Rabby Yang