Dynamo (magician) place of birth Bradford
Personal life
Frayne was born in Bradford, England, to an English mother and a father of Pakistani ancestry. Frayne is the eldest of four children, and his father was in prison for most of his childhood, where he grew up on the Delph Hill estate in Wyke, one of the most deprived areas in the UK at the time. Frayne suffered from bullying at school, and as a result, his grandfather taught him his first magic trick to make it seem like he was much heavier than he was in reality, so that other children couldn't pick him up. Frayne is a supporter of Bradford City A.F.C.Frayne was diagnosed with Crohn's disease when he was a teenager, and had part of his intestine removed when he was 17 years old. In 2018, he posted a video on Twitter discussing his struggles with the disease following a severe bout of food poisoning in 2017, which led to him suffering from severe arthritis, weight gain and rashes. In June 2020, Frayne issued a High Court writ for damages in excess of £200,000, against the franchise owners of a north London KFC for damages, alleging food poisoning, due to his consumption of uncooked chicken.In 2012, Frayne married his partner, whom he met at a music festival. The couple now live in a Grade II cottage in Hampstead, London. During a trip to South Africa in 2018, his London home was raided and robbed of £100,000 worth of watches and jewellery. The thief, a career criminal, was caught and convicted of the theft.
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