David Copperfield ( illusionist ) - wikipedia David Copperfield ( illusionist ) David Copperfield Copperfield in 2010 David Seth Kotkin ( 1956 - 09 - 16 ) September 16, 1956 ( age 61 ) Metuchen, New Jersey, U.S. Residence Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Occupation Magician Years active 1974 -- present Partner ( s ) Claudia Schiffer ( 1994 -- 1999 ) Chloe Gosselin ( 2006 -- present ) Children Website www.davidcopperfield.com David Seth Kotkin ( born September 16, 1956 ), known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American magician, described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history. Copperfield 's television specials have won 21 Emmy Awards of a total 38 nominations. Best known for his combination of storytelling and illusion, Copperfield 's career of over 40 years has earned him 11 Guinness World Records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a knighthood by the French government, and he has been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress. Copperfield has so far sold 33 million tickets and grossed over $4 billion, more than any other solo entertainer in history. In 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at $63 million for the previous 12 months and ranked him the 20th highest - earning celebrity in the world. When not performing, he manages his chain of eleven resort islands in the Bahamas, which he calls `` Musha Cay and the Islands of Copperfield Bay ''. Contents 1 Early years 2 Career and business interests 2.1 International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts 2.2 Musha Cay and the Islands of Copperfield Bay 2.3 `` Magic Underground '' restaurant 2.4 Recorded message for expanded gambling in Maryland 2.5 Accidents and injuries 3 Litigation 3.1 Sexual assault allegations 4 Personal life 5 Earnings 6 Charitable activities 6.1 Project Magic 7 Achievements and awards 7.1 Guinness World Records 8 Television specials 9 Worldwide tours 10 Plans for new illusions 11 Filmography 12 Notable illusions 13 See also 14 References 15 External links Early years Copperfield was born David Seth Kotkin in Metuchen, New Jersey, the son of Jewish parents, Rebecca, an insurance adjuster, and Hyman Kotkin, who owned and operated a men 's haberdashery in Warren, New Jersey, called Korby 's. Copperfield 's mother was born in Jerusalem while his paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from USSR ( present - day Ukraine ). In 1974, Copperfield graduated from Metuchen High School. When Copperfield was 10, he began practicing magic as `` Davino the Boy Magician '' in his neighborhood, and at age 12, he became the youngest person admitted to the Society of American Magicians. Shy and a loner, the young Copperfield saw magic as a way to fit in and, later, to meet women. As a child, Copperfield attended Camp Harmony, a day camp in nearby Warren, New Jersey, where he began practicing magic and ventriloquy, an experience to which he credits his creative style. `` At Camp Harmony, we spent two weeks searching for a guide who 'd been kidnapped by Indians. It was just a game, but I was living it. My whole life goes back to that camp experience when I was three or four. '' As a teenager, Copperfield became fascinated with Broadway and frequently sneaked into shows, especially musicals featuring the work of Stephen Sondheim or Bob Fosse. By age 16, he was teaching a course in magic at New York University. Career and business interests At age 18, Copperfield enrolled at New York City 's Jesuit - based Fordham University, but three weeks into his freshman year he left to play the lead role in the musical The Magic Man in Chicago. It was on this occasion that he adopted the stage name `` David Copperfield '', taken from the famous Charles Dickens novel because he liked the sound of it. Copperfield sang, danced and created most of the original illusions used in the show. The Magic Man became the longest - running musical in Chicago 's history. At age 19, he headlined and created the first `` Magic of David Copperfield '' at the Pagoda Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii with the help of Audio / Lighting Designer Willy Martin for several months. Copperfield performing for the 1977 ABC special Copperfield 's career in television began in earnest when he was discovered by Joseph Cates, a producer of Broadway shows and television specials. Cates produced a magic special in 1977 for ABC called The Magic of ABC, hosted by Copperfield, as well as several The Magic of David Copperfield specials on CBS between 1978 and 2001. There have been 17 Copperfield TV specials and 2 documentaries between September 7, 1977, and April 3, 2001. Copperfield also played the character The Magician in the 1980s horror film Terror Train and had 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 the disappearance of a Learjet ( 1981 ), the vanishing and reappearance of the Statue of Liberty ( 1983 ), levitating over the Grand Canyon ( 1984 ), walking through the Great Wall of China ( 1986 ), escaping from Alcatraz prison ( 1987 ), the disappearance of an Orient Express dining car ( 1991 ) and flying on stage for several minutes ( 1992 ). One of his most famous illusions occurred on television on April 8, 1983 : A live audience of 20 tourists was seated in front of a giant curtain attached to two lateral scaffoldings built on Liberty Island in an enclosed viewing area. Copperfield, with help from Jim Steinmeyer and Don Wayne, raised the curtain before lowering it again a few seconds later to reveal that the space where the Statue of Liberty once stood was empty. A helicopter hovered overhead to give an aerial view of the illusion and the statue appeared to have vanished, with only the circle of lights surrounding it still present and visible. Before making the statue reappear, Copperfield explained in front of the camera why he wanted to perform this illusion. He wanted people to imagine what it would be like if there were no liberty or freedom in the world today and what the world would be like without the freedoms and rights we enjoy. Copperfield then brought Lady Liberty back, ending the illusion by saying that `` our ancestors could n't ( enjoy rights and freedoms ), we can and our children will ''. Both the disappearance and the reappearance of the statue were filmed in long take to demonstrate the absence of camera tricks. In 1996, in collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola, David Ives, and Eiko Ishioka, Copperfield 's Broadway show Dreams & Nightmares broke box office records in New York at the Martin Beck Theatre. Reviewer Greg Evans described the sold - out show in Variety magazine : `` With a likable, self - effacing demeanor that rarely comes across in his TV specials, Copperfield leads the audience through nearly two hours of truly mind - boggling illusions. He disappears and reappears, gets cut in half, makes audience members vanish and others levitate. Copperfield climaxes his show with a flying routine, seven years in the making, that defies both logic and visual evidence, he could probably retire just by selling his secrets to future productions of Peter Pan ''. Also 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, David Copperfield 's Beyond Imagination, was published in 1997. In addition to the two books, Copperfield wrote an essay as part of NPR 's `` This I Believe '' series and This I Believe, Inc. In May 2001, Copperfield entertained guests at a White House benefit for UNICEF by performing an illusion in which he sawed singer and actress Jennifer Lopez into six pieces. This illusion was an update of one he performed in one of his early TV specials on actress Catherine Bach. In 2002, he was the subject of an hour - long biographical special on A&E 's `` Biography '' channel. On April 5, 2009, Copperfield made his first live TV appearance for some time when he entertained the audience at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards with two illusions. First, he made singer Taylor Swift appear inside an apparently empty translucent - sided elevator as it was lowered from the ceiling ; he then sawed her in half in his Clearly Impossible illusion. On May 7, 2009, Copperfield was dropped by Michael Jackson from Jackson 's residency at the O2 Arena after a disagreement over money. Copperfield wanted $1 million ( £ 666,000 ) per show. Copperfield denied the reports of a falling - out, saying `` do n't believe everything you read. '' News of Copperfield 's collaboration with Jackson first surfaced on April 1, 2009, and has since been described as a possible April Fool 's prank. In August 2009, Copperfield took his show to Australia. In January 2011 Copperfield joined the cast of the feature film Burt Wonderstone with Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini and Olivia Wilde. Copperfield and his team developed illusions used in the film. He also coached Carell and Wilde on how to perform the ' Impossible Sawing ' illusion, in which Wilde 's character is sawed in half and her halves separated without the use of any covering or camera tricks. In July 2012, OWN - TV network aired a one - hour special and interview with Copperfield as part of the network 's Oprah 's Next Chapter series. The show featured many aspects of Copperfield 's personal life and family -- with tours of his island home and Las Vegas conjuring museum -- and a sampling of his illusions and magic effects. During the interview, he and his girlfriend Chloe Gosselin, a French fashion model, announced their engagement and appeared together briefly with their young daughter, strolling down the beach on the island. Copperfield notes that his role models were not magicians, that `` My idols were Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and Orson Welles and Walt Disney... they took their individual art forms and they moved people with them... I wanted to do the same thing with magic. I wanted to take magic and make it romantic and make it sexy and make it funny and make it goofy... all the different things that a songwriter gets to express or a filmmaker gets to express... '' This approach, despite its obvious popularity with audiences, has its share of detractors within the profession. One magician has described Copperfield 's stage presentations as `` resembling entertainment the way Velveeta resembles cheese ''. International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts Copperfield owns the International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts, which houses the world 's largest collection of historically significant magic memorabilia, books and artifacts. Begun in 1991 when Copperfield purchased the Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts, which contained the world 's largest collection of Houdini memorabilia, the museum comprises approximately 80,000 items, including Houdini 's Water Torture Cabinet and Metamorphosis Trunk, Orson Welles ' Buzz Saw illusion, and automata created by Robert - Houdin. Copperfield 's 1991 Mulholland purchase, which formed the core of his collection, engendered criticism from some magicians. One told a reporter, `` David Copperfield buying the Mulholland Library is like an Elvis impersonator winding up with Graceland. '' In 1992, Copperfield agreed to purchase the largest private magic collection in the world from Dr. Robert Albo to add to the museum. It houses the world 's largest collection of `` Houdiniana '' ( the second largest being Houdini Museum of New York ). The museum is not open to the public ; tours are reserved for `` colleagues, fellow magicians, and serious collectors ''. Located in a warehouse at Copperfield 's headquarters in Las Vegas, the museum is entered via a secret door in what was described by actor Hugh Jackman as a `` sex shop '' and by Forbes as a `` mail - order lingerie warehouse '' `` ' It does n't need to be secret, it needs to be respected, ' he said. ' If a scholar or journalist needs a piece of magic history, it 's there. ' ''. Musha Cay and the islands of Copperfield Bay In 2006, Copperfield bought eleven Bahamian islands called Musha Cay. Renamed `` The Islands of Copperfield Bay '', the islands are a private resort. Guests have reportedly included Oprah Winfrey and John Travolta. Google co-founder Sergey Brin was married there. Copperfield has said that the islands may contain the Fountain of Youth, a claim that resulted in him receiving a Dubious Achievement Award from Esquire Magazine in 2006. `` Magic Underground '' restaurant Photo of illusionist David Copperfield, taken in March 2014, on Musha Cay and the Islands of Copperfield Bay David Copperfield 's Magic Underground was planned to be a restaurant based on Copperfield 's magic. At Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, a sign on Hollywood Boulevard during the late 1990s indicated the restaurant was coming soon. Signs also appeared around Pleasure Island and outside Disney - MGM Studios. A Magic Underground restaurant was also to open in New York 's Times Square. Plans included eventual expansion into Disneyland in Anaheim, California, as well as Paris and Tokyo. The restaurants were to have magic props and other items on the walls ; magicians would go around to tables doing sleight of hand tricks. There was also to be a larger stage for larger stunts. The restaurant in Times Square was 85 % completed, but amid disputes between the creative team and the financial team and enormous cost overruns, finances dried up from the investors, the project was canceled, and Disney canceled the lease. Copperfield was not an investor in the project ; the investors reportedly lost $34 million, and subcontractors placed $15 million in liens. Recorded message for expanded gambling in Maryland In October 2012, Maryland residents received a robocall from Copperfield supporting a ballot initiative that would expand gambling in the state. Accidents and injuries On March 11, 1984, while rehearsing an illusion called `` Escape From Death '' where he was shackled and handcuffed in a tank of water, Copperfield became tangled in the chains and started taking in water and banging into the sides of the tank. He was pulled from the water after 80 seconds, hyperventilating and in shock, taken to a Burbank hospital, and found to have pulled tendons in arms and legs. He was in a wheelchair for a week and used a cane for a period thereafter. While doing a rope trick at a show in Memphis in 1989, Copperfield accidentally cut off the tip of his finger with sharp scissors. He was rushed to the hospital and the fingertip was reattached. On December 17, 2008, during a live performance in Las Vegas, a 26 - year - old assistant named Brandon was sucked into the spinning blades of a 12 feet ( 3.7 m ) high industrial fan that Copperfield walks through. The assistant sustained multiple fractures to his arm, severe bleeding, and facial lacerations that required stitches. Copperfield canceled the rest of the performance and offered the audience members refunds. Litigation On July 11, 1994, Copperfield sued magician and author Herbert L. Becker in order to prevent publication of Becker 's book which reveals how magicians perform their illusions. Becker won the lawsuit but, because of a secrecy agreement Becker signed with Copperfield and an independent finding that Becker 's description of Copperfield 's methods was inaccurate, the publisher removed the section on Copperfield from the book before publication. In 1997, Becker sued Copperfield and Lifetime Books for $50 million for breach of contract between himself and Lifetime Books, the publisher of his book All the Secrets of Magic Revealed. Becker won this lawsuit when Copperfield settled at the last moment and the publisher lost during the court trial. In 1997, Copperfield and Claudia Schiffer sued Paris Match for $30 million after the magazine claimed their relationship was a sham, that Schiffer was paid for pretending to be Copperfield 's fiancée and that she did n't even like him. In 1999, they won an undisclosed sum and a retraction from Paris Match. Herbert L. Becker, whom Copperfield asked to testify to the validity of the relationship, did so. Copperfield 's publicist confirmed that Schiffer had a contract to appear in the audience at Copperfield 's show in Berlin where they met but was not under contract to be his `` consort ''. On August 25, 2000, Copperfield unsuccessfully sued Fireman 's Fund Insurance Company for reimbursement of a $506,343 ransom paid to individuals in Russia who had commandeered the entertainer 's equipment there. In 2004, John Melk, co-founder of Blockbuster Inc., and previous owner of Musha Cay, sued Copperfield for fraud after Copperfield purchased the island chain, alleging that Copperfield had deliberately obscured his identity during the purchase and that he would not have sold the island to Copperfield. Copperfield claimed that Melk had agreed to sell the property to Copperfield 's Imagine Nation Company, and that Copperfield negotiated the deal through a third party because he feared Melk was `` seeking to exploit '' Copperfield 's celebrity status by demanding an unfair price. The case was settled in 2006. The terms of the settlement are undisclosed. On November 6, 2007, Viva Art International Ltd and Maz Concerts Inc. sued Copperfield for nearly $2.2 million for breach of contract and the Indonesian promoter of Copperfield 's canceled shows in Jakarta held on to $550,000 worth of Copperfield 's equipment in lieu of money paid to Copperfield that had not been returned. Copperfield countersued, and the dispute was resolved in July 2009. As of 2018, an ongoing lawsuit alleges that audience member Gavin Cox was injured during a November 2013 performance. The case is in trial before a Las Vegas jury. Sexual assault allegations Copperfield was accused of sexual assault in 2007 by Lacey L. Carroll. A federal grand jury in Seattle closed the investigation in January 2010 without bringing charges. In January 2010, the Bellevue City Prosecutor 's Office brought misdemeanor charges against Carroll for prostitution and allegedly making a false accusation of rape in another case. Carroll filed a civil lawsuit against Copperfield, which was dropped in April 2010. In January 2018, Copperfield was accused of drugging and assaulting a teenager in 1988. Copperfield published a statement in response on January 24, 2018. Personal life In 1993 at a Berlin celebrity gala Copperfield met German supermodel Claudia Schiffer when he brought her on stage to participate in a mind - reading act and his flying illusion, and in January 1994 they became engaged. During the engagement, Schiffer sometimes appeared on stage with Copperfield to act as his special guest assistant in illusions including being sawn in half. She also appeared alongside Copperfield in David Copperfield : 15 Years of Magic ( 1994 ), a documentary in which she played the role of a reporter interviewing him, and at the end of which they reprised their performance of the `` Flying '' illusion. After a nearly six - year engagement, in September 1999 they announced their separation, citing work schedules. In April 2006, he and two female assistants were robbed at gunpoint after a performance in West Palm Beach, Florida. His assistants handed over their money, passports, and a cell phone. According to his police statement, Copperfield did not hand over anything, claiming that he used sleight of hand to hide his possessions, although later admitting that doing so was `` very stupid. It was a reflex that could have got me shot ''. One of the assistants wrote down most of the license plate number, and the suspects were later arrested, charged, and sentenced. Copperfield and his girlfriend Chloe Gosselin, a French fashion model 28 years his junior, had a daughter, Sky, in February 2010. The news did not break until over a year later, when The New York Post reported it in August 2011, and it was confirmed by Copperfield 's publicist. In July 2016, Copperfield purchased a mansion in Las Vegas 's affluent Summerlin community for $17.55 million. Earnings David Copperfield on the Forbes Celebrity 100 List Year ( June -- June ) Pay ( USD, millions ) Power Rank Pay Rank 1999 -- 2000 not on list 60 23 5 2002 not on list 2003 55 43 10 57 35 10 2005 57 41 10 2006 -- 2008 not on list 2009 30 80 50 Forbes magazine reported that Copperfield earned $55 million in 2003, making him the tenth highest paid celebrity in the world ( earnings figures are pre-tax and before deductions for agents ' and attorneys ' fees, etc. ). He earned $57 million in 2004 and 2005, and $30 million in 2009 in entertainment earnings, according to Forbes. Copperfield performs over 500 shows per year throughout the world. Charitable activities Project Magic In March 1982, Copperfield founded Project Magic, a rehabilitation program to help disabled patients regain lost or damaged dexterity skills by using sleight of hand as physical therapy. The program has been accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association, and is in use in over 1100 hospitals in 30 countries. Copperfield made an appearance on Oprah Radio in April 2008 to talk with host Dr. Mehmet Oz about how magic can help disabled people. In 2007, he organized and performed at a charity show for UNICEF in Los Angeles, along with a number of celebrity guests. During the show, he used his ex-Orson Welles Buzz Saw illusion to saw British TV presenter Cat Deeley in half. Achievements and Awards David Copperfield 's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The hand prints of David Copperfield in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World 's Disney 's Hollywood Studios theme park. The Society of American Magicians, `` Magician of the Century '' and `` King of Magic ''. Nominated 38 times for Emmy Awards and has won 21 times. Received a Living Legend Award from the Library of Congress. First living magician to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Recognized by the French government, receiving the Chevalier of Arts and Letters, the first one ever awarded to a magician. Named `` Magician of the Year '' in 1979 and 1986 by the Academy of Magical Arts. Forbes 's `` The Celebrity 100 '' for 2009 ranks Copperfield as the 80th most powerful celebrity, with earnings of $30 million. Inducted into New York City 's Ride of Fame on September 11, 2015 Guinness world Records This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( November 2014 ) Copperfield holds 11 Guinness World Records, including : Most magic shows performed in a year Most tickets sold worldwide by a solo entertainer Highest career earnings as a magician Largest international television audience for a magician Highest annual earnings for a magician ( current year ) Largest Broadway attendance in a week Largest magic work archive Most expensive poster depicting magic sold at auction Largest illusion ever staged Television specials The Magic of ABC ( September 7, 1977 ) ( With special guests Fred Berry, Shaun Cassidy, Howard Cosell, Kate Jackson, Hal Linden, Penny Marshall, Kristy McNichol, Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Parker Stevenson, Dick Van Patten, Adam Rich, Abe Vigoda and Cindy Williams ) The Magic of David Copperfield ( October 27, 1978 ) ( With special guests Orson Welles, Carl Ballantine, Valerie Bertinelli, Sherman Hemsley, Bernadette Peters and Cindy Williams ) 1 Emmy Nomination : Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork The Magic of David Copperfield II ( October 24, 1979 ) ( With special guest Bill Bixby, Loni Anderson, Valerie Bertinelli, Robert Stack and Alan Alan ) 1 Emmy Nomination : Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork The Magic of David Copperfield III : Levitating Ferrari ( September 25, 1980 ) ( With special guest Jack Klugman, Debby Boone, Mary Crosby, Louis Nye, Shimada, Cindy Williams and David Mendenhall ). 2 Emmy Nominations : Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction ; Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork The Magic of David Copperfield IV : The Vanishing Airplane ( October 26, 1981 ) ( With special guest Jason Robards, Susan Anton, Audrey Landers, Catherine Bach, David Mendenhall, Barnard Hughes, Clark Brandon and Elaine Joyce ) The last illusion, Lear Jet Vanish, has been filmed in long take at the Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles, California 1 Emmy Win : Outstanding Technical Direction and Electronic Camerawork The Magic of David Copperfield V : The Statue of Liberty Disappears ( April 8, 1983 ) ( With special guests Morgan Fairchild, Michele Lee, Eugene Levy, William B. Williams and Lynne Griffin ) The Magic of David Copperfield VI : Floating Over the Grand Canyon ( April 6, 1984 ) ( With special guests Ricardo Montalban, Bonnie Tyler and Heather Thomas ) 1 Emmy Win : Outstanding Technical Direction / Camerawork / Video for a Limited Series or a Special 2 Emmy Nominations : Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction ; Outstanding Live and Tape Sound Mixing and Sound Effects for a Limited Series or a Special The Magic of David Copperfield VII : Familiares ( March 8, 1985 ) ( With special guest Angie Dickinson, Teri Copley and Peggy Fleming ) 1 Emmy Win : Outstanding Technical Direction / Electronic Camera / Video Control for a Limited Series or a Special The Magic of David Copperfield VIII : Walking Through the Great Wall of China ( March 14, 1986 ) ( With special guest Ben Vereen ) -- This is the only special that was filmed outside the United States. At the end of the special, Copperfield says that he hopes this will be the first of many `` magical journeys '', announcing that the following year 's special will take place in Egypt ; however the political situation in Egypt changed his plans 2 Emmy Nominations : Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program ; Outstanding Technical Direction / Electronic Camera / Video Control for a Miniseries or a Special The Magic of David Copperfield IX : The Escape From Alcatraz ( March 13, 1987 ) ( With special guest Ann Jillian ) -- the television show used the soundtrack of Back to the Future, unedited and in its entirety, something for which the show was later lampooned. 2 Emmy Nominations : Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program ; Outstanding Lighting Direction ( Electronic ) for a Miniseries or a Special The Magic of David Copperfield X : The Bermuda Triangle ( March 12, 1988 ) ( With special guest Lisa Hartman ) Filmed at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas 2 Emmy Nominations : Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program ; Outstanding Technical Direction / Electronic Camera / Video Control for a Miniseries or a Special The Magic of David Copperfield XI : Explosive Encounter ( March 3, 1989 ) ( With special guest Emma Samms ) Filmed at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Orange County, California 2 Emmy Wins : Outstanding Costume Design for a Variety or Music Program ; Outstanding Lighting Direction ( Electronic ) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries or a Special 2 Emmy Nomination : Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program ; Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or a Special The Magic of David Copperfield XII : The Niagara Falls Challenge ( March 8, 1990 ) ( With special guest Kim Alexis and Penn & Teller ) Filmed at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Orange County, California 1 Emmy Win : Outstanding Technical Direction / Camera / Video for a Miniseries or a Special The Magic of David Copperfield XIII : Mystery On The Orient Express ( April 3, 1991 ) ( With special guest Jane Seymour ) Filmed at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa Bay, Florida 4 Emmy Wins : Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects ; Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program ; Outstanding Lighting Direction ( Electronic ) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries or a Special ; Outstanding Technical Direction / Camera / Video for a Miniseries or a Special 1 Emmy Nomination : Outstanding Editing for a Miniseries or a Special -- Multi-Camera Production The Magic of David Copperfield XIV : F L Y I N G -- Live The Dream ( March 24, 1992 ) ( With special guest James Earl Jones and a special appearance by the late Orson Welles ) Filmed at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 3 Emmy Win : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program ; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special -- Multi-Camera Production ; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction ( Electronic ) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries or a Special The Magic of David Copperfield XV : Fires Of Passion ( March 30, 1993 ) ( With special guest Wayne Gretzky ) Filmed in part at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa Bay, Florida 3 Emmy Win : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program ; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special -- Multi-Camera Production ; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Technical Direction / Camera / Video for a Miniseries or a Special David Copperfield : 15 Years of Magic ( May 12, 1994 ) ( With special guest Claudia Schiffer as `` The Reporter '', and appearances of various guests from previous specials via archive footage, as James Earl Jones and Joanie Spina ). In the international version, in addition to reprising their `` Flying '' illusion, Copperfield and Schiffer also reprised the performance of the Clearly Impossible illusion from Copperfield 's stage shows in which Schiffer was sawed in half inside a transparent box. 1 Emmy Win : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special -- Multi-Camera Production The Magic of David Copperfield XVI : Unexplained Forces ( May 1, 1995 ) -- Filmed at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa Bay, Florida 3 Emmy Wins : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special -- Multi-Camera Production ; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction ( Electronic ) for a Drama Series, Variety Program, Miniseries or a Special ; Outstanding Technical Direction / Camera / Video for a Miniseries or a Special 2 Emmy Nominations : Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program ; Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or a Special David Copperfield : the great escapes ( April 26, 2000 ) Copperfield -- Tornado of Fire ( April 3, 2001 ) ( With special guests Carson Daly and, only in the international version, Whoopi Goldberg. Carson Daly was replaced by Hans Kazàn in the Dutch version and Marco Berry in the Italian version ) -- Filmed in January 2001 in a surrounded stage at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, and a live ( in USA only ) tornado stunt performed at Pier 94 in New York City, NY ( North America version 60 minutes, European version 90 minutes ) 1 Emmy Nomination : Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program Worldwide tours The Magic of David Copperfield : Live on Stage ( 1983 -- 1986 ) The Magic of David Copperfield : Radical New Illusions ( 1987 -- 1989 ) David Copperfield : Magic for the 90 's ( 1990 -- 1994 ) David Copperfield : Beyond Imagination ( a.k.a. The Best of David Copperfield ) ( 1995 -- 1996 ) David Copperfield : Dreams and Nightmares ( a.k.a. The Magic is Back ) ( 1996 -- 1998 ) David Copperfield : Journey of a Lifetime ( a.k.a. U ! ) ( 1999 -- 2000 ) David Copperfield : Unknown Dimension ( a.k.a. Global Encounter ) ( 2000 -- 2001 ) David Copperfield : Portal ( 2001 -- 2002 ) David Copperfield : An Intimate Evening Of Grand Illusion ( a.k.a. World of Wonders ) ( 2003 -- present ) Plans for New illusions Copperfield declared that amongst the new illusions he plans to create, he wants to put a woman 's face on Mount Rushmore, straighten the Leaning Tower of Pisa and even vanish the moon. He also wants to make an island disappear. Filmography Terror Train ( 1980 ) as The Magician Mister Rogers ' Neighborhood ( 1997 ) as himself Scrubs, episode `` My Lucky Day '' ( 2002 ) as himself Oh My God ( 2009 ) as himself America 's Got Talent ( 2010 ) as himself The Simpsons, episode `` The Great Simpsina '' ( 2011 ) as himself ( voice ) Wizards of Waverly Place, episode `` Harperella '' ( 2011 ) as himself Burt Wonderstone ( 2013 ) as himself The Amazing Race 24 ( 2014 ) American Restoration ( 2014 ) Unity ( 2015 ) as narrator 7 Days in Hell ( 2015 ) as himself Notable illusions Laser illusion Portal Walking Through the Great Wall of China Death Saw Flying illusion Squeeze box See also American Museum of Magic Congressional Resolution 642 Joanie Spina List of magic museums References Jump up ^ Tablang, Kristin ( July 9, 2016 ) `` Inside David Copperfield 's New $17.55 Million Mansion in Las Vegas ''. Forbes.com. Retrieved on 2018 - 02 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Why David Copperfield Is Afraid of Marriage ''. Oprah.com. 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Question: magician who made the statue of liberty disappear
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