David Copperfield

American illusionist

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Born 1956
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Updated 2026-06-09

He made the Statue of Liberty vanish on live television and walked through the Great Wall of China — illusions so large they required network specials and industrial logistics. The most commercially successful magician in history, by a mile, and now the subject of decades of allegations that followed him offstage.

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David Seth Kotkin, born September 16, 1956, became David Copperfield and turned stage magic into stadium-scale spectacle. Through the 1980s and '90s he levitated over the Grand Canyon, escaped Alcatraz, made a Learjet disappear, and flew across stages for minutes at a time — illusions that earned 21 Emmys, 11 Guinness records, and a star on the Walk of Fame. By 2006 he had sold 33 million tickets and grossed over $4 billion, more than any solo entertainer in history; Forbes listed his 2015 earnings at $63 million. But in 2007 a federal investigation opened into sexual misconduct allegations, c…

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