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Criss Angel (born Christopher N. Sarantakos on December 19, 1968 in East
Meadow, New York) is a musician, magician, illusionist, stunt performer, and
the creator and director of the Criss Angel Mindfreak television series on
A&E Network.
Criss Angel was in an industrial band called Angeldust, which he started
with Klay Scott (now known as Klayton of Celldweller) after Klayton's
previous band Circle of Dust broke up. Angeldust released an album called
Magical Conjurings from the World of Illusion in 1998 and performed in
Madison Square Garden. He has since dropped the name Angeldust and released
several more CDs as Criss Angel.
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Career as an illusionist
Angel has been doing his Mindfreak performances since 2001; his television
show debuted on July 20, 2005. Yet, his skills showcased on TV were
developed through stage magic and conjuring in clubs. He also did a
television special in 2003 called Supernatural. His brothers and mother are
also regulars on the Mindfreak television series.
Among the stunts Angel has performed for television audiences are being
towed 80 feet into the air while handcuffed inside a barrel filled with
water, then releasing the barrel after Angel had taken off the handcuffs and
tied himself to a safety rope; and laying on top of a bed of nails and
having a Hummer drive on top of him, levitating himself and strangers off
the street, also being hung from fish hooks into his back while being
dangled from a helicopter. People who are not professional magicians are
strongly discouraged from performing these stunts.
Angel won the Merlin Award from the International Society of Magicians in
2001, 2004 and now in 2005; he is the only three-time winner of that award.
He was named 2005 Magician of the Year by The Academy of Magical Arts (AMA)
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