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David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin on September 16, 1956) is an American magician and illusionist best known for his combination of illusions and storytelling.
Born in Metuchen, New Jersey as David Seth Kotkin to Russian parents, Hyman and Rebecca [1][2], Copperfield began practicing magic at the age of 12, and became the youngest person ever admitted to the Society of American Magicians.[3] By age 16, he was teaching a course in magic at New York University.[4] At age 18, he enrolled at Fordham University, and was cast in the lead role of the Chicago-based musical The Magic Man (directed by Holland, MI's John Tammi) three weeks into his freshman year,[citation needed] adopting his new stage name "David Copperfield" from the Charles Dickens book of the same name. At age 19, he was headlining at the Pagoda Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii.[3]

David Copperfield played the character of Ken the magician in the 1980 horror film Terror Train. He also made an uncredited appearance in the 1994 film Prêt-à-Porter. Most of his media appearances have been through television specials and guest spots on television programs. His illusions have included making the Statue of Liberty disappear, flying, levitating over the Grand Canyon, and walking through the Great Wall of China.

In 1982, Copperfield founded Project Magic,[5] a rehabilitation program to help disabled patients regain lost or damaged dexterity skills by using sleight-of-hand magic as a method of physical therapy. The program has been accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association, and is in use in over 1100 hospitals throughout 30 countries worldwide.

Copperfield met supermodel, Claudia Schiffer in 1993 at a Berlin celebrity gala when he brought her on stage to participate in a mind reading act. They were engaged three months later, but the couple parted ways in the fall of 1999 never having set a wedding date.[6] Copperfield has also been romantically linked to models, Ambre Frisque and Terry Holladay.[7]

David Copperfield at one time was ready to open a theme restaurant called "Magic Underground." There were to be two locations, one in New York City and one in Walt Disney World (built in the shape of a Hidden Mickey). These locations would allow "D.A.V.I.D" (Digital Audio-Video Interface Device) to remotely interact with the guests in the restaurant. It was basically a high tech videophone system. Other things such as the very table you were sitting at might "Float" around the room and even the waiters were to be involved performing magic as they brought your order to you. Eventually the New York project ran into trouble and the Walt Disney World location was aborted.

In 1996, Copperfield joined forces with Dean Koontz, Joyce Carol Oates, Ray Bradbury and others for “David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible,” an anthology of original fiction set in the world of magic and illusion. A second volume was later published in 1997, called “David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination.”

Forbes Magazine reported that Copperfield earned $57 million in 2003, making him the tenth highest paid celebrity in the world. It also estimated that he made $57 million in 2004 (35th) and $57 million in 2005 (41st) in merchandise and tour revenue.[8] Copperfield performs over 500 shows per year throughout the world

Television specials
The Magic of ABC Starring David Copperfield (1977)
The Magic of David Copperfield (1978) (With special guest Orson Welles)
The Magic of David Copperfield II (1979) (With special guest Bill Bixby)
The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari (1980) (With special guest Jack Clugman)
The Magic of David Copperfield IV: The Vanishing Airplane (1981)
The Magic of David Copperfield V: Vanishing the Statue of Liberty (1983)
The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984) (with special guest Bonnie Tyler theme Holding Out For A Hero)
The Magic of David Copperfield VII: Familiares (1985) (With special guest Angie Dickinson)
The Magic of David Copperfield VIII: Walking Through the Great Wall of China (1986) (with special guest Ben Vereen)
The Magic of David Copperfield IX: Escape From Alcatraz (1987) (With special guest Ann Jillian)
The Magic of David Copperfield X: The Bermuda Triangle (1988)
The Magic of David Copperfield XI: Explosive Encounter (1989) (with special guest Emma Samms) Filmed at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Orange County, California
The Magic of David Copperfield XII: The Niagara Falls Challenge (1990) (with special guest Kim Alexis) Filmed at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Orange County, California
The Magic of David Copperfield XIII: Mystery On The Orient Express (1991) (with special guest Jane Seymour) Filmed at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa Bay, Florida
The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live The Dream (1992) (with special guest James Earl Jones) Filmed at the Broward Center for Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires Of Passion (1993) (with special guest Wayne Gretzky) Filmed in part at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa Bay, Florida
David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic (1994) (with special guest Claudia Schiffer)
The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces (1995)
David Copperfield: The Great Escapes
The Magic of David Copperfield XVII: Tornado Of Fire (2001) (with special guest Carson Daly) - Filmed in at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee & live Tornado stunt performed at Pier 94 New York City, NY
The Magic of David Copperfield XVII: Tornado of Fire (2001) - European Edition - Filmed at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee & live Tornado stunt performed at Pier 94 New York City, NY
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Hugely admired by Tolstoy, David Copperfield is the novel that draws most closely from Charles Dickens's own life. Its eponymous hero, orphaned as a boy, grows up to discover love and happiness, heartbreak and sorrow amid a cast of eccentrics, innocents, and villains. Praising Dickens's power of invention, Somerset Maugham wrote: "There were never such people as the Micawbers, Peggotty and Barkis, Traddles, Betsey Trotwood and Mr. Dick, Uriah Heep and his mother. They are fantastic inventions of Dickens's exultant imagination...you can never quite forget them."
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