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American comedian-magician

Matt Marcy (born 1976, Los Angeles, California) is an American comedian-magician known for his original, comedy illusions. 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. He was a Master of Ceremonies at Wizardz Dinner Theater at Universal Studios Hollywood. He is now primarily a corporate entertainer, and has performed for a variety of celebrities and dignitaries, including Prince Faisel of Saudi Arabia. He was also an opening act for The Amazing Johnathan at the Sahara Hotel and Casino and the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, and recently appeared on the A&E TV show Magic Castle After Dark.

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. He has also written for Magic Magazine.

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

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.

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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
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