Criss angel age

Fast Facts

Full Name:

Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos

Birth date:

December 19, 1967

Relationship Status:

Married

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Background

Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos was born in New York on December 19, 1967, to Dimitra and John Sarantakos. Of Greek descent, his father managed a profitable doughnut shop and restaurant. When he was seven years old, one of his aunts taught him a card trick, which piqued his interest in magic. He began practicing magic tricks until he quickly mastered a number of them. At the age of 12, he performed his magic tricks at a birthday celebration.

In 1994, he made his first appearance on television in “Secrets.” Angel also collaborated with film director Clive Barker on the film “Lord of Illusions.” In 2001, he began performing in the stage production “Criss Angel Mindfreak” at the World Underground Theater doing over 600 performances between 2001 and 2003. In 2003, SciFi Channel aired his television show “Supernatural.” Turning “Criss Angel Mindfreak” into a television show in 2005, Angel “walked” on water, “split

Criss Angel
Magician
BornDec. 19, 1967
Hempstead, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican

Criss Angel is often considered a magician for a new generation. The classic image of a magician wearing a tuxedo and performing in a nightclub was somewhat shattered by Criss as he presented a much more cutting edge style and approach. His unique style helped make his television program – Criss Angel: Mindfreak enormously successful and entertaining.

Early Years

Criss Angel was actually born with the name Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos in Hempstead, NY, on December 19, 1967. At a very young age, he developed a huge interest in magic. When Angel was only seven years old, his aunt showed him a card trick and a lifelong interest in magic soon commenced after that. His professional career started at the age of ten when he charged $12 for a magic show in the neighborhood.

Angel began to study the art as a teen while enrolled in high school in Long Island. He was not pursuing a mere hobby in magic, but he was offering his services as a magician to local restaurants

About Criss Angel

For more than two decades, Criss Angel has dominated the world of magic as the biggest name on the planet.  From his role as star, creator, executive producer, and director of the most successful magic television series of all time, Criss Angel MINDFREAK on A&E Network, to his #1 best-selling Las Vegas stage show Criss Angel MINDFREAK, smash Broadway and tour runs of RAW, to countless critically acclaimed television specials and series, best-selling books, top-grossing retail products, music CDs and more, Angel is the most influential and imitated magician of the modern era. Hailing spectacular reviews from outlets such as Bloomberg Businessweek – who called him “the biggest name in Las Vegas magic” – Angel brings “an estimated $150 million a year into the local economy” (Newsweek) and generates a whopping “$70 million a year” personally (Businessweek), proving time and again that he is the most successful magician ever.

His hit series MINDFREAK on A&E is the most successful magic show in television histo

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