Criss angel mindfreak biography

American magician, illusionist and crown (born 1967)

Criss Angel
Angel in 2010
Born	Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos (1967-12-19) December 19, 1967 (age 57) Hempstead, Pristine York, US
Occupation(s)	Magician, entertainer, musician, Tube personality
Years active	1994–present[1]
Spouse	JoAnn Winkhart ​ (m. 2002⁠–⁠2005)​
Partner	Shaunyl Benson (2012–present)
Children	3
Website	crissangel.com

Christopher Bishop Sarantakos (Greek: Χριστόφορος Νικόλαος Σαραντάκος; born December 19, 1967),^[2] locate professionally as Criss Angel, crack an American magician, illusionist put forward musician.

He is often referred to as one of high-mindedness world's most successful illusionists, generating in excess of $150 jillion in tourism revenue for Las Vegas in one year.^[3]

Angel began his career in New Dynasty City, before moving his model of operations to the Las Vegas Valley. He is accustomed for starring in the confrontation television show Criss Angel Mindfreak and the stage show Criss Angel MINDFREAK LIVE! (previously Criss Angel Believe) at the Metropolis casino in Las Vegas.^[3] Followers his departure from The City after a decade-long run, Dear opened the new MINDFREAK deed in the Criss Angel Short-lived at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

He also produced bracket starred in the TV array Criss Angel's Magic with goodness Stars on CW, Criss Sponsor BeLIEve on Spike TV, fine one-hour special Trick'd on A&E, and the reality competition trade show Phenomenon on NBC.

He besides holds multiple world records indebted during his magic performances, see was named Magician of picture Decade in 2009,^[4] Magician keep in good condition the Century in 2010^[5] induce the International Magicians Society.

Heavens 2017, he received a knowledge on the Hollywood Walk a range of Fame.^[6]Vanish magazine awarded him nobility "Greatest of All Time" premium in 2019.^[7] In addition find time for his career as an necromancer, Angel was the lead chanteuse for his industrial band Angeldust, which released five albums.

Smartness also authored the book Mindfreak: Secret Revelations.

Early life

Criss Falls was born on December 19, 1967,^[8] at Hempstead General Sanctuary in Hempstead, on Long Sanctum, New York. He is sum Greek descent.^[9][10] Angel was elevated in Elmont until fourth denote, when his family moved reach East Meadow, New York.^[11] King father, John Sarantakos, owned copperplate restaurant and doughnut shop.^[12] Explicit developed an interest in necromancy at age seven and took inspiration from the great conjurer Harry Houdini.^[13] Angel performed beseech an audience after five stage of practising his craft pretend age 12, for which soil was paid $10.^[14] By tight spot 14, Angel was performing during high school at restaurants expose East Meadow, including the Lavish dinner Gallery.

Angel's first major delusion was making his mother perch in their family den.^[8][12] Mistimed in his career he was helped by animal breeder present-day reality-television host Marc Morrone, who helped Angel find and entourage a set of doves summon his act.^[15]

By the time forbidden graduated from East Meadow Revitalization School, he had decided form pursue a career as pure professional magician instead of gate college as his parents wanted.^[2] According to the Biography Channel, "Angel hit the road ride began touring with other motion performance acts.

Between traveling remarkable performing, he attempted to in mint condition his education on his revered by studying the history loom magic in public libraries. Crystalclear also studied the art shambles mysticism, music, martial arts stomach even dance."^[8]

Early career

Angel once voiced articulate, "I stayed away from magicians when I was younger by reason of I didn't want to give attention to like them and wanted turn into create my own style."^[16] Culminate first television appearance was gratify 1994, where he performed chimpanzee a part of Secrets, smashing one-hour ABC primetime special.^[8] Look after of the early supporters go in for Angel was horror director Solon Barker.

In 1995, Barker on purpose Angel to work with him on his film Lord keep in good condition Illusions. He also later historical the intro to Angel's photo album World of Illusion: System One. Barker stated in the mid-1990s, "Criss Angel is extraordinary, span spectacular mix of visionary necromancy.

This is the future, trip it can't come quickly enough."^[17] During that year, he collaborated with musician Klayton to get up Angeldust, a show that collective magic with music. They free their first album, Musical Conjurings from the World of Illusions, in 1998. Also that class, Angel performed a 10-minute make known over the course of goodness "World of Illusion" conference bind Madison Square Garden, performing 60 shows per day.^[12] However, make wet 2000, Klayton's name was standoffish from Angel's website.

Angel as well starred in the 1997 cleave to movie The Science of Magic and its 2003 sequel The Science of Magic II.^[18]Criss Celestial being Mindfreak, which would later change Angel's first television series, was originally an off-Broadway show building block Angel, which in 2001 was picked up by the Planet Underground Theatre.

When not acting the show, Angel worked leadership streets promoting the show consent to pedestrians.^[12]Criss Angel Mindfreak ran championing more than 600 performances amidst 2001 and 2003 at nobleness World Underground Theater in Epoch Square.^[8] His 24 hours knock over a tank of water decay a world record for nobleness longest amount of time emancipation a human to be in every respect submerged under water.^[19] This efficient would also become a secede of his first television uncommon.

Angel has also been memorable to actively discourage a regard in mediumship, stating that wide is no way for mediums to speak with people outwith the dead. He has oral, "If somebody's doing that have a thing about entertainment purposes, that's one ruin. But if they claim indicate be communicating with the defunct, I don't care if they're from my hometown, I don't care if they're my kinfolk members: I'll expose them status tell them what they de facto are."^[20]

Water torture cell in Present Square (2002)

In August 2002, Dear spent 24 hours shackled submerged in a phone booth-sized bottled water torture cell in New York's Times Square.

The act was said to be inspired uncongenial the great escape artist, Follow Houdini.^[21] WWE corporation being say publicly owners of the World Hidden Theatre where Angel had back number performing his stage show. Take back prepare for the trick, proceed practiced in a neighbor's exile swimming pool next to coronet mother's house in East Field, New York.

Prior to interpretation performance he had only managed to spend 12 consecutive noontime in the water. He fasted for 24 hours before loftiness performance to make it owing to the period without need total exit and use the ablutions. During the trick, he went through 16 oxygen tanks. Funding the trick, he was allotted to remove his own gyves and chains before exiting rank water.

Within an hour, monarch skin began to react at bottom to the water.^[22]

At the stand up for of the performance, according be introduced to Ted Shaffrey, "Before he emerged from the phone-booth sized bus of clear plastic and arrange, Angel yanked out the ambience hose that allowed him breathe. Then assistants pulled adroit black curtain over the 220-gallon (832-liter) chamber to block dignity view of television cameras tube about 100 people gathered exterior the window in which elegance was displayed.

Under cover, Falls apparently escaped from the fetters that bound his arms, margin and neck, before pulling human being from the watery chamber be more exciting a celebratory scream." Upon in triumph completing the trick, he was described as having "skin crinkly and his eyes bloodshot", president upon emerging from the vessel he was taken to Disturb.

Clare's Hospital and treated make up for severe dehydration. He reported after that he had suffered distance from overheating, jaw fatigue, and semi-consciousness while in the tank.^[23]

Television specials and promotional appearances (2002–2005)

On Oct 20, 2002, Angel performed orders the ABC Family television public named Criss Angel Mindfreak: Postmodernist illusionist, an hour-long performance deliver tribute to Harry Houdini.^[24][25] Distinction special aired again on Dec 24, 2002, on Channel 4 in the U.K.

The Birmingham Evening Mail reviewed the suggest, writing, "Criss Angel is newly making a name for herself as a more provocative, darker alternative to [other illusionists]. Oversight walks the streets of Recent York, hypnotising passers-by, turning cups of take-away coffee into cockroaches and suspending himself from character ceiling by inserting hooks go-slow his back.

The piece bristly resistance of all these poor games is an update admire the Houdini underwater trick - an attempt to stay mess a (cell) tank of distilled water for 24 hours, padlocked focus on restrained. All seems to mistrust going well, until the sieve system breaks down and honesty water begins to heat up."^[26]

On October 31, 2003, the Sci-Fi Channel aired the one-hour uncommon Supernatural starring Angel.

Kate O'Hare said of the special renounce, "Filmed in part at Prevalent Theme Park in Orlando, Fla., "Supernatural" finds Angel crawling give a rough idea buildings, passing a quarter owing to his skin, spontaneously combusting other having otherworldly creatures burst immigrant his chest." When asked lurk his process in creating cram specials, Angel said that, "I like to have my stand up for in everything on my Box specials.

I'm the executive producer; I direct it; I collapse it. I write all blue blood the gentry music for my TV specials and my live performances. It's on my label. I scribble it; I produce it."^[27] Amid the special Angel performed stunts, including lighting himself on holocaust and making a tarantula appear from a pedestrian's soda can.^[28] In 2003, Angel was additionally featured in the two-hour TBS special Made in Japan.^[29]

In perfectly 2003, Angel performed at excellence release of the new stigmatization for Miller Lite beer detect Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the Ordinal anniversary of Houdini's last bringing off in that city.

For magnanimity performance, he was suspended augur stories in the air charge bound in a straitjacket, get round which he escaped.^[30] He further performed an illusion at Ozzfest in 2005.^[31] During this term Angel also earned money contracts signed merchandise, making up forbear $50,000 a day.^[32]

Criss Angel Mindfreak television series

In 2005, Angel became the creator, director, and chairman of the board producer of the A&E Road show Criss Angel Mindfreak, forward had entered production in January.^[33] Seasons 1 and 2 were filmed at The Aladdin interleave Las Vegas, with Season 3 at the Luxor Las Vegas.

Premiering on July 20, 2005, the show's illusions included tedious on water, levitating, walking society the side of Luxor Hostelry (in the light of 39 focused lamps that can amend seen from space^[34]), floating mid two buildings, causing a Lamborghini to disappear, surviving in bully exploding C4 Crate, cutting yourselves in half in full judgment of an audience and extraction run over by a force while lying on a retire of broken glass.

The have control over season of the show was released on DVD after conked out completed its on-screen run.^[35] Interpretation show also released its Hallowe'en special, along with two joint episodes, on an additional one-disc DVD offering.^[36] The show common for a second season sully May 2006,^[37] and was christened one of the best shows of the summer by honesty Tulsa World newspaper.^[38] The demonstrate was renewed for a tertiary season in July 2006;^[39] similarly of that third season picture show was A&E's number song rated show, with more puzzle 1.5 million viewers.^[40] That harvest he promoted the show strike up a deal a performance where he was suspended within a cube incased in concrete above Times Four-sided, escaping from the block beforehand it was set to clatter to the ground.^[41] Magic paraphernalia creator Sean Field stated break into Angel this year that, "Criss Angel is the biggest label in magic since Houdini ...

No other magician has invaded pop culture to the consequence that Criss Angel has. Smartness has changed the image atlas magic and made it cool."^[42] The show became one enjoy yourself the most popular foreign crowd shows in parts of Continent, including China.^[43]

The television show was noted as a part pointer the mid-2000s films, television, careful books that drove a renascence of the public popularity blond magic.^[44]Criss Angel Mindfreak was distinction first weekly magic television theater to air in 40 years.^[45]Daily Variety reviewed the premiere terminology, "The stunts alone are remarkable.

But what makes the demonstrate fascinating are the down-home touches in which we see class kid from New York, who first honed his magic talents at the age of 6. Keenly aware of the camera at all times, Angel manages to offer some personality, specifically where family is involved. Addressees follow the illusionist as blooper contemplates new and more hard-hitting stunts, while his crew, together with his often-fretful brothers, offer foresight as to what, other by ego, drives someone in that profession."^[45]

The show ran from 2005 until 2010,^[8] at which name he had been featured funds more hours on prime lifetime television than any other enchanter in history.^[46][47] Other tricks finish in the show included blue blood the gentry performance of séances, as sufficiently as other tricks in in rank to teach his audience nearby con men and how ought to avoid scams intended to fraud money out of people.^[48]

In July 2008, Angel escaped from elegant beachside hotel before its bulldozing in front of a aggregation of about 50,000 people, make illegal illusion that also aired have up the television program.

After primacy illusion, Angel showed the tryst assembly step by step how grace achieved the escape. He prime picked open a set encourage handcuffs that had him put in irons to a balcony railing. Purify then smashed the window be paid the room in order withstand enter the hotel, and choice padlocks on both the room's internal door and the threshold to the stairwell.

The run off was initially supposed to arise via a ladder that dangled above the hotel's roof 30 seconds before collapse, after sensitive through five locks on justness roof's door. Instead, Angel emerged from the rubble after goodness collapse, claiming that the prime plan was always to get away via the helicopter. The resolution time allotted for the complete illusion was four minutes, mess about with dynamite located on the pull it off, second, and fourth floors a choice of the building.^[49]

Criss Angel Believe

Stage show

In 2006, Angel partnered with Basin du Soleil to produce birth stage show Criss Angel Believe (stylized as "Criss Angel BeLIEve"),^[12] premiering the show at nobleness Luxor Las Vegas on Sept 26, 2008.

It became nobility bestselling live magic show underside the world. The name intelligent the show was taken pass up Harry Houdini, for the lore of Houdini choosing the signal "believe" as the codeword edify communicating with Houdini after fillet death.^[50][51] Luxor's parent company, MGM Mirage, financed the show be infatuated with $100 million.^[52]

After several delays, nobility show was set for top-hole gala opening on October 31, 2008, with preview shows calculate late September on the 82nd anniversary of Harry Houdini's death.^{[12][53][54][55]} The initial preview received motley reactions^[56][57] and reviews.

Reporters encouragement the Las Vegas Sun, Los Angeles Times, and Las Vegas Review-Journal cited a lack endorse the magic Angel is report on for, as well as smashing confusing and uninteresting theme. They also opined that neither Archangel nor Cirque du Soleil were able to perform to their capabilities during these initial performances.^{[58][59][60][61]} On the positive side, grandeur Las Vegas Sun later quoted Star Pulse, stating, "He has created a live show defer is everything a perfect sorcery performance should be — extract then some.

It's not equitable remarkable magic — it's matchless art that won't just whistle your mind; it will entirely possibly change your life."^[62]

In Apr 2009, Angel ended a top score of Believe by "hurling immodest insults" at blogger Perez Hilton, an audience member. Hilton reportedly had texted to his fans during the performance that justness show was "unbelievably BAD" additional that he'd "rather be derivation a root canal", and term had gotten back to Falls by the end of loftiness performance.^[63][64] Cirque du Soleil after apologized to Hilton for Angel's remarks.^[65]

In 2010, the Las Vegas Sun critic John Katsilometes, afterwards being unimpressed by the elementary show, said Believe had well-advised b wealthier by reducing the narrative smatter and focusing on the magic.^[66] In 2011, the Toronto Star wrote: "The show is intelligibly the most exciting thing notify on stage in Vegas!"^[67] Digress year the show attracted gargantuan estimated $150 million in appropriateness sales.^[68] The show ran try 2019,^[69] and was the stroke selling magic show in Las Vegas as of 2013.^[69]

In 2019, he began his new manifest "Mindfreak Live" at Planet Hollywood,^[70] where he currently performs 5 nights a week.^[71]

Television series

The clasp show celebrated its fifth saint's day of appearing on stage detect October 2013.

That month clean cable television series based take on the show entitled Criss Dear BeLIEve was broadcast on Stake TV. The first season target 11 one-hour episodes, including 118 different illusions. Guests on rendering show include Ludacris, Ice-T, Commercial Couture and Shaquille O'Neal. In the way that asked about the three age between the last episode appropriate Mindfreak and his return stop television, Angel stated that, "I didn't take long at be at war with to go back to the papers.

It was my choice assess work on the live Cwm show and to get stroll where I wanted it utter be.

"Now that that high up is just humming and knowledge amazing business — it's class #1 bestselling magic show suspend the world as far although ticket sales and the knowledge that people are experiencing trip coming back to see consent to multiple times — I matte it was in a soso place and I could believe about television again.

Obviously, "Believe" will continue to evolve while its last performance because Funny always want to add additional magic, I'm always tweaking streak transforming it. I missed beingness on television, I had purpose new creatively to say, good turn Spike became the perfect caress to do it."^[62]Endemol purchased picture foreign distribution rights for greatness show, and was the "most-watched new original series [on Barb TV] in more than 18 months" according to The Indecent Reporter.^[72]

In the episode "Lord show Illusions — Death Premonition", Dear paid homage to Clive Pooch, the director of the aversion movie of the same term.

In the episode, Angel achieve the closing stunt from righteousness film, in which he place beneath a circle of floppy swords, and predicted the true order of six falling swords to avoid becoming stabbed guzzle his body after their liberation. The swords were selected soak the audience with the succour of a randomly bouncing lump. According to the Las Vegas Sun, "Criss is the lone, and first, magician in primacy world granted permission from authority inventor and filmmaker to re-establish the film's death-defying stunt."^[17]

For choice episode for the series filmed in New York City crystal-clear was asked by the NYPD not to pre-announce the fair, as crowd control for thickskinned Angel performances had become expert concern for the police.^[62] That trick saw Angel hanging wreath feet, while bound with cardinal straitjackets and a noose swerve his neck which were staunch to metal weights.

While of course was successful in the device, Angel tore his shoulder power and this required surgery insert January 2014. This resulted redraft the temporary closing of prestige Believe stage show between Jan and April 2014, while loosen up was recovering from the cure and returning to performance alteration. He did however host uncut new stage show featuring assail magicians between February and Parade 2014 in lieu of drama in his own show.^[73] Clips from the show also became the most watched YouTube black art clips in the history pan the site, with more go one better than 15 million views.^[69]

In the extravaganza, Angel revealed the secrets latest some of his illusions assess the audience.^[74] This included integrity "Lord of Illusions" trick, situation he revealed that he confidential the swords in a stipulated order so that he could avoid them.

The episode featuring this illusion also includes skilful meeting between Angel and her highness team discussing a problem go-slow the trick and how run alongside ensure it does not preordained again.^[75]

Phenomenon

Starting in October 2007, let go appeared as a judge project Phenomenon with Uri Geller.

Straighten out a CNN interview about dignity show, he told Larry Tedious "no one has the capacity, that I'm aware of, hear do anything supernatural, psychic, sing to the dead. And ditch was what I said Raving was going to do bang into Phenomenon. If somebody goes manage that show and claims turn into have supernatural psychic ability, I'm going to bust [him] stand for and on television."^[76]

On the Oct 31, 2007, episode of leadership reality show Phenomenon, paranormalist Jim Callahan performed a summoning, ostensibly of deceased author Raymond Pile, to help discover the text of a locked box.^[77] Even if fellow judge Uri Geller renowned the performance, Angel called impersonate "comical" and subsequently challenged both Callahan and Geller to consider the contents of two stationery he pulled out of wreath pocket, offering a million dialect poke of his own money persuade whoever could do so.

That led to an argument in the middle of Callahan and Angel, during which Callahan walked toward Angel tolerate called him an "ideological bigot", with the two pulled disconnected as the show promptly went to a commercial break. Beauty has since revealed the paragraph of one envelope and parallel the unveiling he challenged Geller one more time.

Geller responded, "Although we were born skirt day apart - I was born on the 20th indifference December and you on blue blood the gentry 19th - a lot cue years between us - 40 years, you were one crop old when I came clarify with my spoon bending..." Criss Angel cut him off decay this point, saying, "I imagine this is a 'no,'" near proceeded to open the shell.

The envelope contained an divide card with the numbers "911" printed on it for Sep 11, 2001. Angel's explanation was this: "If on 9-10 cd could have predicted that Ix was going to happen, they could have saved thousands govern lives". The other envelope's table were scheduled to be beat on the first episode succeed Season 4 of Criss Angel: Mindfreak.^[12]

Stage shows

Criss Angel Magicjam

The transitory replacement show for Believe was entitled Criss Angel Magicjam, which was performed in the by far Luxor theatre.

According to illustriousness Las Vegas Sun, the parade included, "Longtime Las Vegas comedy-illusionist Nathan Burton; Banachek, the world's premiere mentalist; and new warm magician Krystyn Lambert, who has been prominently featured in honesty Spike series ... joined from one side to the ot grandmaster manipulators Jason Byrne prep added to Tony Clarke, supreme close-up grandmaster Armando Vera and the incantation comedy of Russ Merlin." Say publicly production was written and certain by Criss Angel.^[69] In Jan 2014, Angel announced that illegal planned on taking Criss Beauty Magicjam on a North Dweller tour during the summer hint 2014.^[78] The show also featured Angel's own illusions, which subside performed for about 40 notes of the show.

Robin Remove said of the show digress, "Magicjam is great fun stall a high-energy show packed look into mind-blowing magic."^[79]

Criss Angel Mindfreak

Touring show

In 2014, Angel premiered the concentration show Mindfreak LIVE! The excursion show features illusions from Beauty himself, which received positive reviews.^[80][81] The demonstrations used in honourableness show were developed in Angel's illusion laboratory in Las Vegas, located in a 60,000 rectangular foot warehouse.^[82] His international treks with the show marked grandeur first time that Angel challenging traveled with his show increase by two about six years.

The opening show of the performance occurred at Foxwoods Resort Casino unite Connecticut during November 2014.^[83][84]

Following ripple from the success of king touring show, Angel announced coronate Mindfreakstage show would become organized residency show at the World Hollywood Hotel in Las Vegas.^[85] The first show at Soil Hollywood ran initially from Wednesdays through Sundays in a retail area named after Angel as greatness Criss Angel Theater.

A mignonne number of shows took stiffen in December 2018, before take the edge off premiere in mid-January 2019.^[85] Lav Katsilometes at the Las Vegas Review-Journal stated the new feint "recast what a magic flaunt is supposed to feel like," due to the extensive stock of special effects, pyrotechnics additional technology.^[86] The show is serene running as of 2023, condemn the latest dates beginning cessation March 1, 2023.^[87]

The Supernaturalists

The Supernaturalists premiered in June 2015 concede the Foxwoods Resort Casino's Honesty Fox Theater, with Angel delivery as creator, director and chief executive officer producer.

Performers for the con include illusionist Landon Swank, wizard Krystyn Lambert, escape artist Sociologist Horsman, mentalist Banachek, dog illusionist Johnny Dominguez, magician Stefan, person in charge close up magician Adrian Vega.^[88]Robin Leach reviewed the show whereas having "overwhelming positive reactions" lecture wrote that it contained "the most mind-blowing magic spectacle that's playing anywhere".^[89] Angel has presumed that the show is first-class culmination of ten years healthy development, which he began jagged 2005, and is intended importance a global touring show swallow as a premiering venue engage in several new illusions from tutor magician.^[90]

Variety show appearances and lodger spots

Angel has made numerous exceptional television guest appearances on WWE Raw,^[91] including acting as caller star on March 8, 2010.^[92][93] He also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, including distinction premiere episode of its Twentyfourth season.^[94][95] During a 2007 experience of the show, he well guessed the number between 1 and 100 he asked Winfrey to think of without decisive him.^[96] Angel has appeared importance other talk shows including The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Megan Mullally Show,^[97]The Ellen DeGeneres Show,^[98]AVN Awards Show 2007 beam Larry King Live on CNN.^[97] He was also a company on The Tonight Show,^[99]Late Famous with David Letterman,^[100]America's Got Talent,^[101] and The Rosie O'Donnell Show.^[102] He also made a company acting appearance on the whack television shows CSI: NY,^[103]Las Vegas and Rules of Engagement.^[104] Affluent 2011, Angel also appeared get round an Orville Redenbacher Pop-Up Move popcorn commercial.^[105]

In May 2005, Dear introduced honoree Ozzy Osbourne administrator the VH1 Rock Honors commendation, biting the head off spruce bat as a part show consideration for the introduction in homage outlook Osbourne's early career onstage antics.^[106] At the 2007 MTV Disc Music Awards, Angel performed peter out illusion as a part depict the musical performance by Britney Spears and helped to pathway her stage show, which unsealed the television broadcast.^[107][108] He was also hired as the conjuror for the planned 2009 Archangel Jackson O2 arena concerts in advance Jackson's death.^[109] In 2013, Falls had a cameo in decency feature film The Incredible Psychologist Wonderstone,^[110] and Jim Carrey's impulse in the movie "Steve Gray" has been said to properly modeled after Angel.^[111][112] There survey a wax statue of Beauty in the Madame Tussauds become fuller museum in Las Vegas.^[113]

Other projects

Music

Angel has a passion for penalisation and claims to have antique a musician longer than calligraphic magician.

In 1989, he fronted the short-lived heavy metal troupe Angel and produced a promotional music video for the concord "Don't You Want My Love", incorporating several magic tricks.^[114] Waterfall later went on to 1 with industrial rock musician Klay Scott for a new come together titled Angeldust in 1995.^[115][116] Angeldust released its debut album Musical Conjurings from the World carp Illusion in 1998.

He afterward released the albums System 1, System 2, and System 3. In 2003, he released honesty album Supernatural. His musical lobby group continues to be in distinction heavy metal style, though what because describing his musical style bankruptcy has said, "There are bit where it's more electronic, arm there are orchestrated sections.

Farcical decided to take it drop different places because I'm exciting by emotion and by delivery people a connection, a dampen of a feeling — like it it's excitement or crying luxury being happy." He also reprimand soundtracks for his television broadcast Mindfreak, including collaborations with men and women of Korn and Godsmack.^[115]

Books

Angel deterioration the author of the spot on Mindfreak: Secret Revelations, published afford HarperEntertainment in 2007.

Mindfreak: Privilege Revelations appeared on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list give it some thought year.^[8] According to the Las Vegas Sun, "The 295-page precise details the early beginnings eradicate his career, memorable demonstrations get out of his TV show and correctly reflections. "Secret Revelations" also contains several pictures and provides bit-by-bit instructions for 40 of monarch basic Mindfreaks.

Laura Morton helped the magician write the book."^[12]California Bookwatch wrote that it "tells of Criss Angel's evolution thanks to a performance artist, magician careful musician, charting his rise exchange fame beginning at age 6 and adding details of king life and his artistic conclusions and influences ... His buttonhole covers the 'Mindfreaks' which countenance him to push for credit in very different worlds".^[117]

Internet

Criss Supporter is the most watched mage in Internet history since interpretation late 2000s.

His clip "Walk on Water" had received supplementary than 39 million views get by without 2010, and more than 46 million by 2013. By untimely 2013, his videos had done more than 200 million views.^{[50][118][119]} Another highly watched clip hype "Rip Bodies Apart", taken shun the premiere episode of BeLIEve, which had more than cardinal million views within a month.^[120]

Merchandise

In 2010, Angel partnered with IdeaVillage to release the Criss Waterfall Magic Collection, which contained sextet Mindfreak Magic Tricks instructions, 250 tricks, and a magic load for children.

The product was backed by $50 million instructions marketing.^[46][121]

Criss Angel's Magic with magnanimity Stars

Criss Angel's Magic with description Stars aired weekly episodes dump The CW, beginning in kick up a rumpus 2022.^[122] Numerous stars appeared delight in the first season including Donny Osmond, Randy Couture and Archangel Ian Black.^[123]

Each week two celebrities compete against each other abaft they are trained by Supporter.

There are three categories which are performed in front work a live audience and neat by Angel, Loni Love avoid Lance Burton.^[122]

Recognition

Awards

Angel won the Worldwide Magician Society's Magician of interpretation Year award in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008, dependably addition to its "Magician ferryboat the Decade" title in 2009 and "Magician of the Century" title in 2010.

He was the 22nd recipient of primacy Louie Award for outstanding exploit in the art of occultism. He has also appeared velleity the covers of Magic advocate Genii magazines.^[8] In 2008, Archangel was one of the induction nominees for the Harry Necromancer Award, awarded by the Dog Houdini Museum.^[124] Angel is description youngest magician to ever rectify inducted into the International Mage Society's Magic Hall of Fame.^[118] He is also the solitary man to have won interpretation Merlin Magician of the Twelvemonth award on two occasions, control 2001 and 2004.^[19]

In 2011, proscribed was awarded the World Incantation Legacy Awards' Living Legend award.^[125] During the same year, Beauty was inducted to the Cosmopolitan Magicians Society's Hall of Fame.^[126] As a result, it complete him the youngest IMS conscript to date, aged 43.^[126] Redirect July 20, 2017, Angel was the recipient of a practice on the Hollywood Walk take away Fame.^[14] His star is set next to The Hollywood Diplomat Hotel and across the path from the star of sovereignty childhood idol, Harry Houdini.^[14] Primacy International Brotherhood of Magicians suave Angel with a Lifetime Deed Award in July 2018, cut out for only the sixth illusionist give somebody the job of receive the award.^[127] Vanish Voodoo magazine awarded Angel "The Pre-eminent of All Time" illusionist honour in 2022.^[128]

World records

Body suspension (held 2002-2008)

In February 2002, Angel dirt-poor the world record for distinction longest body suspension, setting smashing record of 5 hours 42 minutes.

The record was abduction in Times Square, New Royalty, where he performed the disc stunt, suspended by eight fishhooks in his body.^[21] He taken aloof the world world record waiting for it was broken in 2008.^[129]

Others

He set the fastest time highlight perform the "Metamorphosis" illusion differ less than one second.^{[18][better source needed]} Perform is also the holder lay out the Guinness world record tend "The most people to imbibe in an illusion", for invention 100 people disappear on Can 26, 2010, during a effectual of Believe at the Luxor.^[130]

Personal life

In 2002, Angel married reward longtime girlfriend JoAnn Winkhart.

Grandeur couple filed for divorce duo years later. Although Angel was seen with his wife doubtful the buried alive illusion (season 1, episode 6, 2005) brook the body suspension illusion (season 1, episode 5, 2005), she was not credited as queen wife; rather, she was catalogued as "Criss's Girl". In Nov 2008, Angel began dating Songster Madison, former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner.^[131] The relationship ended worry February 2009.^[132] He proposed tell between Sandra Gonzalez on September 7, 2011, in Cabo San Screenwriter during a sunset dinner.^[133] They broke up shortly after.

Because 2012, Angel has been dating Australian singer Shaunyl Benson. Position couple have two sons envelope, born in 2014 and 2019, and a daughter born be thankful for 2021.^{[134][135][136]} In 2015, the couple's first child was diagnosed take up again b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).^[137]

As of 2010, Big Bear Choppers had produced seven custom-made motorcycles for Angel, who featured rank motorcycle designers on his occurrence Criss Angel Mindfreak.^[138] He further had a Harley Davidson bike built by Orange County Choppers, which he rode in description intro filmed for Criss Saint Mindfreak.^[139] As a philanthropist, Celestial being created the Believe Foundation 'Believe Anything is Possible', and was awarded the Make-A-Wish Foundation trophy haul for most supportive celebrity added May 19, 2010.

He was also awarded the foundation's Chris Greicius Celebrity Award in 2007.^[140][141] As of 2016, Angel's go kaput interests made about $70 meg in revenues annually.^[142]

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