Matt Marcy
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
- ^ Review from Magic Castle Magician Member
- ^ Magic Castle Junior Society Newsletter, September 1997
- ^ "Bio". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
- ^ Marcy Resume
- ^ Matt Marcy at IMDb
- ^ "2003 Thea Awards". Archived from the original on 2007-01-25. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
- ^ MAGIC, The Magazine For Magicians Archived 2007-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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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- 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