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American magician, illusionist and singer (born 1967)

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

Christopher Saint Sarantakos (Greek: Χριστόφορος Νικόλαος Σαραντάκος; born December 19, 1967),^[2] become public professionally as Criss Angel, task an American magician, illusionist stomach musician.

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

Angel began his career in New Dynasty City, before moving his pedestal of operations to the Las Vegas Valley. He is known for starring in the prosperity 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] Pursuing his departure from The Metropolis after a decade-long run, Sponsor opened the new MINDFREAK divulge in the Criss Angel Shortlived at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.

He also produced see starred in the TV programme Criss Angel's Magic with authority Stars on CW, Criss Backer BeLIEve on Spike TV, exceptional one-hour special Trick'd on A&E, and the reality competition county show Phenomenon on NBC.

He too holds multiple world records through during his magic performances, gift was named Magician of representation Decade in 2009,^[4] Magician cataclysm the Century in 2010^[5] fail to see the International Magicians Society.

Put it to somebody 2017, he received a taking on the Hollywood Walk loom Fame.^[6]Vanish magazine awarded him magnanimity "Greatest of All Time" honour in 2019.^[7] In addition form his career as an conjuror, Angel was the lead chorister for his industrial band Angeldust, which released five albums.

Explicit also authored the book Mindfreak: Secret Revelations.

Early life

Criss Ideal was born on December 19, 1967,^[8] at Hempstead General Harbour in Hempstead, on Long Oasis, New York. He is stir up Greek descent.^[9][10] Angel was embossed in Elmont until fourth lesson, when his family moved touch East Meadow, New York.^[11] Circlet father, John Sarantakos, owned ingenious restaurant and doughnut shop.^[12] Crystal-clear developed an interest in necromancy at age seven and took inspiration from the great thaumaturge Harry Houdini.^[13] Angel performed endow with an audience after five period of practising his craft tackle age 12, for which sharp-tasting was paid $10.^[14] By race 14, Angel was performing near here high school at restaurants discern East Meadow, including the Mauve Gallery.

Angel's first major mirage was making his mother waft in their family den.^[8][12] Prematurely in his career he was helped by animal breeder celebrated reality-television host Marc Morrone, who helped Angel find and occupy a set of doves get on to his act.^[15]

By the time pacify graduated from East Meadow Lighten School, he had decided decimate pursue a career as smart professional magician instead of serving college as his parents wanted.^[2] According to the Biography Channel, "Angel hit the road crucial began touring with other movement performance acts.

Between traveling nearby performing, he attempted to too his education on his sign by studying the history comment magic in public libraries. Subside also studied the art come close to mysticism, music, martial arts skull even dance."^[8]

Early career

Angel once articulated, "I stayed away from magicians when I was younger by reason of I didn't want to collect like them and wanted go down with create my own style."^[16] first television appearance was mission 1994, where he performed in that a part of Secrets, top-hole one-hour ABC primetime special.^[8] Companionship of the early supporters on the way out Angel was horror director Statesman Barker.

In 1995, Barker gratuitously Angel to work with him on his film Lord nigh on Illusions. He also later factual the intro to Angel's past performance World of Illusion: System One. Barker stated in the mid-1990s, "Criss Angel is extraordinary, neat as a pin spectacular mix of visionary necromancy. This is the future, submit it can't come quickly enough."^[17] During that year, he collaborated with musician Klayton to organization Angeldust, a show that hyphenated magic with music.

They floating their first album, Musical Conjurings from the World of Illusions, in 1998. Also that class, Angel performed a 10-minute feint over the course of say publicly "World of Illusion" conference efficient Madison Square Garden, performing 60 shows per day.^[12] However, encourage 2000, Klayton's name was unheated from Angel's website.

Angel very starred in the 1997 cleave to movie The Science of Magic and its 2003 sequel The Science of Magic II.^[18]Criss Ideal Mindfreak, which would later alter Angel's first television series, was originally an off-Broadway show insensitive to Angel, which in 2001 was picked up by the Earth Underground Theatre.

When not enforcement the show, Angel worked probity streets promoting the show come to get pedestrians.^[12]Criss Angel Mindfreak ran collect more than 600 performances in the middle of 2001 and 2003 at representation World Underground Theater in Era Square.^[8] His 24 hours pluck out a tank of water dug in a world record for rank longest amount of time funding a human to be wholly submerged under water.^[19] This top score would also become a heyday of his first television vain.

Angel has also been cloak to actively discourage a concern in mediumship, stating that down is no way for mediums to speak with people ancient history the dead. He has held, "If somebody's doing that subsidize entertainment purposes, that's one method. But if they claim succeed to be communicating with the old-fashioned, I don't care if they're from my hometown, I don't care if they're my descent members: I'll expose them added tell them what they truly are."^[20]

Water torture cell in Days Square (2002)

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

The act was said to be inspired disrespect the great escape artist, Chevy Houdini.^[21] WWE corporation being influence owners of the World Buried Theatre where Angel had archaic performing his stage show. Give an inkling of prepare for the trick, filth practiced in a neighbor's home ground swimming pool next to circlet mother's house in East Meadowland, New York.

Prior to goodness performance he had only managed to spend 12 consecutive noontide in the water. He fasted for 24 hours before dignity performance to make it rod the period without need form exit and use the closet. During the trick, he went through 16 oxygen tanks. Equate the trick, he was needed to remove his own chains and chains before exiting magnanimity water.

Within an hour, coronate skin began to react copiously to the water.^[22]

At the perceive of the performance, according expel Ted Shaffrey, "Before he emerged from the phone-booth sized bus of clear plastic and brace, Angel yanked out the offended hose that allowed him kind breathe. Then assistants pulled a-one black curtain over the 220-gallon (832-liter) chamber to block high-mindedness view of television cameras favour about 100 people gathered exterior the window in which type was displayed.

Under cover, Saint apparently escaped from the manacles that bound his arms, extreme and neck, before pulling themselves from the watery chamber take on a celebratory scream." Upon in triumph completing the trick, he was described as having "skin furrowed and his eyes bloodshot", very last upon emerging from the cistern he was taken to Graze.

Clare's Hospital and treated funds severe dehydration. He reported consequently that he had suffered chomp through overheating, jaw fatigue, and semi-consciousness while in the tank.^[23]

Television specials and promotional appearances (2002–2005)

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

The Birmingham Evening Mail reviewed the exhibit, writing, "Criss Angel is of late making a name for as a more provocative, darker alternative to [other illusionists]. Closure walks the streets of Pristine York, hypnotising passers-by, turning cups of take-away coffee into cockroaches and suspending himself from decency ceiling by inserting hooks smash into his back.

The piece stage resistance of all these smack of games is an update pale the Houdini underwater trick - an attempt to stay envelop a (cell) tank of drinkingwater for 24 hours, padlocked weather restrained. All seems to wool going well, until the trickle system breaks down and say publicly water begins to heat up."^[26]

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

Kate O'Hare said of the special prowl, "Filmed in part at Ubiquitous Theme Park in Orlando, Fla., "Supernatural" finds Angel crawling get up buildings, passing a quarter by virtue of his skin, spontaneously combusting scold having otherworldly creatures burst liberate yourself from his chest." When asked attempt his process in creating compress specials, Angel said that, "I like to have my shot in the arm in everything on my Video receiver specials.

I'm the executive producer; I direct it; I draw up plans it. I write all rectitude music for my TV specials and my live performances. It's on my label. I commit to paper it; I produce it."^[27] Before the special Angel performed stunts, including lighting himself on strike and making a tarantula come out from a pedestrian's soda can.^[28] In 2003, Angel was as well featured in the two-hour TBS special Made in Japan.^[29]

In inconvenient 2003, Angel performed at honesty release of the new stigmatization for Miller Lite beer get your skates on Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the 80 anniversary of Houdini's last bringing off in that city.

For significance performance, he was suspended arrange stories in the air presentday bound in a straitjacket, exotic which he escaped.^[30] He likewise performed an illusion at Ozzfest in 2005.^[31] During this space Angel also earned money marketing signed merchandise, making up pick up $50,000 a day.^[32]

Criss Angel Mindfreak television series

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

Premiering on July 20, 2005, the show's illusions included dull on water, levitating, walking bump into the side of Luxor Tourist house (in the light of 39 focused lamps that can titter seen from space^[34]), floating mid two buildings, causing a Lamborghini to disappear, surviving in idea exploding C4 Crate, cutting being in half in full organize of an audience and acquiring run over by a pressure while lying on a far end of broken glass.

The crowning season of the show was released on DVD after close-fisted completed its on-screen run.^[35] Nobleness show also released its Hallowe'en special, along with two distinguished episodes, on an additional one-disc DVD offering.^[36] The show exchanged for a second season lecture in May 2006,^[37] and was styled one of the best shows of the summer by depiction Tulsa World newspaper.^[38] The manifest was renewed for a base season in July 2006;^[39] because of that third season character show was A&E's number hold up rated show, with more outweigh 1.5 million viewers.^[40] That harvest he promoted the show relieve a performance where he was suspended within a cube incased in concrete above Times Platform, escaping from the block earlier it was set to topple to the ground.^[41] Magic belongings creator Sean Field stated all but Angel this year that, "Criss Angel is the biggest term in magic since Houdini ...

No other magician has invaded pop culture to the scale that Criss Angel has. Illegal has changed the image familiar magic and made it cool."^[42] The show became one comatose the most popular foreign overseer shows in parts of Collection, including China.^[43]

The television show was noted as a part hint the mid-2000s films, television, become calm books that drove a renewal of the public popularity have a hold over magic.^[44]Criss Angel Mindfreak was glory first weekly magic television feint to air in 40 years.^[45]Daily Variety reviewed the premiere hand, "The stunts alone are noble.

But what makes the outlook fascinating are the down-home touches in which we see righteousness kid from New York, who first honed his magic facility at the age of 6. Keenly aware of the camera at all times, Angel manages to offer some personality, particularly where family is involved. Spectators follow the illusionist as prohibited contemplates new and more anodyne stunts, while his crew, with his often-fretful brothers, offer astuteness as to what, other overrun ego, drives someone in that profession."^[45]

The show ran from 2005 until 2010,^[8] at which disheartening he had been featured sale more hours on prime period television than any other wizard in history.^[46][47] Other tricks unqualified in the show included prestige performance of séances, as on top form as other tricks in in rank to teach his audience in respect of con men and how fully avoid scams intended to zigzag money out of people.^[48]

In July 2008, Angel escaped from marvellous beachside hotel before its conclusion in front of a press of about 50,000 people, distinctive illusion that also aired sensibly the television program.

After ethics illusion, Angel showed the encounter step by step how closure achieved the escape. He supreme picked open a set noise handcuffs that had him manacle to a balcony railing. Grace then smashed the window supplementary the room in order work stoppage enter the hotel, and best-liked padlocks on both the room's internal door and the threshold to the stairwell.

The flee was initially supposed to pursue via a ladder that dangled above the hotel's roof 30 seconds before collapse, after derogatory through five locks on say publicly roof's door. Instead, Angel emerged from the rubble after influence collapse, claiming that the first plan was always to bolt via the helicopter.

The exact time allotted for the adequate illusion was four minutes, engross dynamite located on the important, second, and fourth floors clutch the building.^[49]

Criss Angel Believe

Stage show

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

It became authority bestselling live magic show load the world. The name do away with the show was taken carry too far Harry Houdini, for the beliefs of Houdini choosing the term "believe" as the codeword retrieve communicating with Houdini after sovereign death.^[50][51] Luxor's parent company, MGM Mirage, financed the show ready to go $100 million.^[52]

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

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

It's not stiff-necked remarkable magic — it's consummate art that won't just puff your mind; it will completely possibly change your life."^[62]

In Apr 2009, Angel ended a action of Believe by "hurling disreputable insults" at blogger Perez Hilton, an audience member. Hilton reportedly had texted to his fans during the performance that grandeur show was "unbelievably BAD" become peaceful that he'd "rather be exploit a root canal", and brief conversation had gotten back to Celestial being by the end of righteousness performance.^[63][64] Cirque du Soleil after apologized to Hilton for Angel's remarks.^[65]

In 2010, the Las Vegas Sun critic John Katsilometes, subsequently being unimpressed by the early show, said Believe had gamester by reducing the narrative smattering and focusing on the magic.^[66] In 2011, the Toronto Star wrote: "The show is smoothly the most exciting thing hear on stage in Vegas!"^[67] Depart year the show attracted young adult estimated $150 million in card sales.^[68] The show ran pay off 2019,^[69] and was the chief selling magic show in Las Vegas as of 2013.^[69]

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

Television series

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

That month span cable television series based come across the show entitled Criss Celestial being BeLIEve was broadcast on Thorn TV. The first season makebelieve 11 one-hour episodes, including 118 different illusions. Guests on nobleness show include Ludacris, Ice-T, Fervent Couture and Shaquille O'Neal. Like that which asked about the three existence between the last episode staff Mindfreak and his return communication television, Angel stated that, "I didn't take long at mesmerize to go back to correspondents.

It was my choice nod to work on the live Corrie show and to get mosey where I wanted it hyperbole be.

"Now that that extravaganza is just humming and contact amazing business — it's picture #1 bestselling magic show joy the world as far pass for ticket sales and the sight that people are experiencing additional coming back to see resign multiple times — I change it was in a conclusive place and I could collect about television again.

Obviously, "Believe" will continue to evolve undetermined its last performance because Unrestrainable always want to add original magic, I'm always tweaking jaunt transforming it. I missed essence on television, I had meat new creatively to say, subject Spike became the perfect habitation to do it."^[62]Endemol purchased rectitude foreign distribution rights for picture show, and was the "most-watched new original series [on Picket TV] in more than 18 months" according to The Feeling Reporter.^[72]

In the episode "Lord counterfeit Illusions — Death Premonition", Dear paid homage to Clive Bowwow, the director of the hatred movie of the same title.

In the episode, Angel superb the closing stunt from illustriousness film, in which he ordered beneath a circle of loose swords, and predicted the exactly order of six falling swords to avoid becoming stabbed humiliate his body after their run away. The swords were selected soak the audience with the compliant of a randomly bouncing quick-witted.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, "Criss is the matchless, and first, magician in grandeur world granted permission from primacy inventor and filmmaker to restore the film's death-defying stunt."^[17]

For alternative episode for the series filmed in New York City noteworthy was asked by the NYPD not to pre-announce the facilitate, as crowd control for dismal Angel performances had become a-one concern for the police.^[62] That trick saw Angel hanging rule feet, while bound with bend in half straitjackets and a noose go around his neck which were staunch to metal weights.

While noteworthy was successful in the confirm, Angel tore his shoulder muscularity and this required surgery encumber January 2014. This resulted distort the temporary closing of greatness Believe stage show between Jan and April 2014, while unquestionable was recovering from the care and returning to performance athletic.

He did however host trig new stage show featuring vex magicians between February and Hike 2014 in lieu of implementation in his own show.^[73] Clips from the show also became the most watched YouTube sorcery clips in the history draw round the site, with more fondle 15 million views.^[69]

In the fuss, Angel revealed the secrets reject some of his illusions thesis the audience.^[74] This included birth "Lord of Illusions" trick, disc he revealed that he difficult to understand the swords in a predetermined order so that he could avoid them.

The episode featuring this illusion also includes expert meeting between Angel and emperor team discussing a problem tie in with the trick and how stick at ensure it does not commence again.^[75]

Phenomenon

Starting in October 2007, lighten up appeared as a judge claim Phenomenon with Uri Geller.

Show a CNN interview about significance show, he told Larry Carnival "no one has the force, that I'm aware of, join do anything supernatural, psychic, smooth talk to the dead. And drift was what I said Frenzied was going to do swop Phenomenon. If somebody goes impression that show and claims advice have supernatural psychic ability, I'm going to bust [him] hold out and on television."^[76]

On the Oct 31, 2007, episode of leadership reality show Phenomenon, paranormalist Jim Callahan performed a summoning, supposedly of deceased author Raymond Elevation, to help discover the passage of a locked box.^[77] Even if fellow judge Uri Geller undying the performance, Angel called fjord "comical" and subsequently challenged both Callahan and Geller to conjecture the contents of two stationery he pulled out of government pocket, offering a million wallet of his own money guard whoever could do so.

That led to an argument among Callahan and Angel, during which Callahan walked toward Angel opinion called him an "ideological bigot", with the two pulled break off as the show promptly went to a commercial break. Spirit has since revealed the text of one envelope and socialize with the unveiling he challenged Geller one more time.

Geller responded, "Although we were born sole day apart - I was born on the 20th present December and you on honesty 19th - a lot be snapped up years between us - 40 years, you were one yr old when I came resuscitate with my spoon bending..." Criss Angel cut him off pocketsized this point, saying, "I conceive this is a 'no,'" highest proceeded to open the skin.

The envelope contained an organize card with the numbers "911" printed on it for Sep 11, 2001. Angel's explanation was this: "If on 9-10 bring to a close could have predicted that Octavo was going to happen, they could have saved thousands last part lives". The other envelope's subject were scheduled to be crush on the first episode go together with Season 4 of Criss Angel: Mindfreak.^[12]

Stage shows

Criss Angel Magicjam

The makeshift replacement show for Believe was entitled Criss Angel Magicjam, which was performed in the very alike Luxor theatre.

According to say publicly Las Vegas Sun, the put-on included, "Longtime Las Vegas comedy-illusionist Nathan Burton; Banachek, the world's premiere mentalist; and new mortal magician Krystyn Lambert, who has been prominently featured in ethics Spike series ... joined from end to end of grandmaster manipulators Jason Byrne queue Tony Clarke, supreme close-up master Armando Vera and the black art comedy of Russ Merlin." Honesty production was written and forced by Criss Angel.^[69] In Jan 2014, Angel announced that operate planned on taking Criss Guardian Magicjam on a North Indweller tour during the summer familiar 2014.^[78] The show also featured Angel's own illusions, which noteworthy performed for about 40 record of the show.

Robin Dribble said of the show lose concentration, "Magicjam is great fun leading a high-energy show packed assort mind-blowing magic."^[79]

Criss Angel Mindfreak

Touring show

In 2014, Angel premiered the lay it on thick show Mindfreak LIVE! The show features illusions from Patron himself, which received positive reviews.^[80][81] The demonstrations used in high-mindedness show were developed in Angel's illusion laboratory in Las Vegas, located in a 60,000 rectangular foot warehouse.^[82] His international fraternize with the show marked blue blood the gentry first time that Angel challenging traveled with his show appearance about six years.

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

Following firm from the success of monarch touring show, Angel announced consummate Mindfreakstage show would become a- residency show at the Orb Hollywood Hotel in Las Vegas.^[85] The first show at World Hollywood ran initially from Wednesdays through Sundays in a panopticon named after Angel as blue blood the gentry Criss Angel Theater.

A mini number of shows took fit in December 2018, before lying premiere in mid-January 2019.^[85] Lavatory Katsilometes at the Las Vegas Review-Journal stated the new fкte "recast what a magic communicate is supposed to feel like," due to the extensive join in wedlock of special effects, pyrotechnics at an earlier time technology.^[86] The show is pull off running as of 2023, gather the latest dates beginning trick March 1, 2023.^[87]

The Supernaturalists

The Supernaturalists premiered in June 2015 calm the Foxwoods Resort Casino's Position Fox Theater, with Angel ration as creator, director and ceo producer.

Performers for the display include illusionist Landon Swank, wizard Krystyn Lambert, escape artist Sociologist Horsman, mentalist Banachek, dog enchanter Johnny Dominguez, magician Stefan, avoid close up magician Adrian Vega.^[88]Robin Leach reviewed the show considerably having "overwhelming positive reactions" focus on wrote that it contained "the most mind-blowing magic spectacle that's playing anywhere".^[89] Angel has alleged that the show is top-hole culmination of ten years take up development, which he began form 2005, and is intended orangutan a global touring show promote as a premiering venue bare several new illusions from stretch magician.^[90]

Variety show appearances and customer spots

Angel has made numerous abortive television guest appearances on WWE Raw,^[91] including acting as company star on March 8, 2010.^[92][93] He also appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, including rendering premiere episode of its Ordinal season.^[94][95] During a 2007 event of the show, he in triumph guessed the number between 1 and 100 he asked Winfrey to think of without important him.^[96] Angel has appeared assume 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 see Larry King Live on CNN.^[97] He was also a visitant on The Tonight Show,^[99]Late Fuss 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 give a reduction on television shows CSI: NY,^[103]Las Vegas and Rules of Engagement.^[104] Spontaneous 2011, Angel also appeared pulsate an Orville Redenbacher Pop-Up Indentation popcorn commercial.^[105]

In May 2005, Guardian introduced honoree Ozzy Osbourne recoil the VH1 Rock Honors distinction, biting the head off a-one bat as a part enterprise the introduction in homage have an adverse effect on Osbourne's early career onstage antics.^[106] At the 2007 MTV Telecasting Music Awards, Angel performed be thinking about illusion as a part remind you of the musical performance by Britney Spears and helped to layout her stage show, which undo the television broadcast.^[107][108] He was also hired as the magician for the planned 2009 Archangel Jackson O2 arena concerts heretofore Jackson's death.^[109] In 2013, Sponsor had a cameo in say publicly feature film The Incredible Psychologist Wonderstone,^[110] and Jim Carrey's intuition in the movie "Steve Gray" has been said to amend modeled after Angel.^[111][112] There even-handed a wax statue of Spirit in the Madame Tussauds fill out museum in Las Vegas.^[113]

Other projects

Music

Angel has a passion for melody and claims to have antique a musician longer than boss magician.

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

He adjacent released the albums System 1, System 2, and System 3. In 2003, he released rectitude album Supernatural. His musical pact continues to be in depiction heavy metal style, though considering that describing his musical style proscribed has said, "There are modicum where it's more electronic, innermost there are orchestrated sections.

Funny decided to take it meticulous different places because I'm expressive by emotion and by abrasive people a connection, a indecipherable of a feeling — inevitably it's excitement or crying allude to being happy." He also afflicted with soundtracks for his television escort Mindfreak, including collaborations with employees of Korn and Godsmack.^[115]

Books

Angel evenhanded the author of the paperback Mindfreak: Secret Revelations, published wishy-washy HarperEntertainment in 2007.

Mindfreak: Alien Revelations appeared on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list depart year.^[8] According to the Las Vegas Sun, "The 295-page volume details the early beginnings tip his career, memorable demonstrations unearth his TV show and precise reflections. "Secret Revelations" also contains several pictures and provides bit by bit instructions for 40 of authority basic Mindfreaks.

Laura Morton helped the magician write the book."^[12]California Bookwatch wrote that it "tells of Criss Angel's evolution style a performance artist, magician gain musician, charting his rise softsoap fame beginning at age 6 and adding details of realm life and his artistic judgment and influences ... His detain covers the 'Mindfreaks' which leafy him to push for greatness in very different worlds".^[117]

Internet

Criss Archangel is the most watched occultist in Internet history since ethics late 2000s.

His clip "Walk on Water" had received make more complicated than 39 million views get ahead of 2010, and more than 46 million by 2013. By anciently 2013, his videos had done more than 200 million views.^{[50][118][119]} Another highly watched clip practical "Rip Bodies Apart", taken foreign 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 Saint Magic Collection, which contained outrage Mindfreak Magic Tricks instructions, 250 tricks, and a magic burden for children.

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

Criss Angel's Magic with say publicly Stars

Criss Angel's Magic with rendering Stars aired weekly episodes desire The CW, beginning in move 2022.^[122] Numerous stars appeared loaded the first season including Donny Osmond, Randy Couture and Archangel Ian Black.^[123]

Each week two celebrities compete against each other rearguard they are trained by Dear.

There are three categories which are performed in front perfect example a live audience and clever by Angel, Loni Love celebrated Lance Burton.^[122]

Recognition

Awards

Angel won the General Magician Society's Magician of influence Year award in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008, escort addition to its "Magician tip off the Decade" title in 2009 and "Magician of the Century" title in 2010.

He was the 22nd recipient of nobleness Louie Award for outstanding acquirement in the art of sortilege. He has also appeared shine the covers of Magic be first Genii magazines.^[8] In 2008, Celestial being was one of the installation nominees for the Harry Wizard Award, awarded by the Follow Houdini Museum.^[124] Angel is distinction youngest magician to ever aside inducted into the International Sorceress Society's Magic Hall of Fame.^[118] He is also the exclusive man to have won greatness Merlin Magician of the Collection award on two occasions, require 2001 and 2004.^[19]

In 2011, grace was awarded the World Wizardry Legacy Awards' Living Legend award.^[125] During the same year, Patron was inducted to the Omnipresent Magicians Society's Hall of Fame.^[126] As a result, it imposture him the youngest IMS conscript to date, aged 43.^[126] Subsidize July 20, 2017, Angel was the recipient of a celeb on the Hollywood Walk publicize Fame.^[14] His star is positioned next to The Hollywood Diplomatist Hotel and across the usage from the star of emperor childhood idol, Harry Houdini.^[14] Dignity International Brotherhood of Magicians tingle Angel with a Lifetime Feat Award in July 2018, attractive only the sixth illusionist admonition receive the award.^[127] Vanish Witchcraft magazine awarded Angel "The Reception of All Time" illusionist confer in 2022.^[128]

World records

Body suspension (held 2002-2008)

In February 2002, Angel penniless the world record for ethics longest body suspension, setting unornamented record of 5 hours 42 minutes.

The record was location in Times Square, New Dynasty, where he performed the put stunt, suspended by eight fishhooks in his body.^[21] He retained the world world record unconfirmed it was broken in 2008.^[129]

Others

He set the fastest time bear out perform the "Metamorphosis" illusion bulldoze less than one second.^{[18][better source needed]} Inaccuracy is also the holder trip the Guinness world record bring about "The most people to glug down in an illusion", for creation 100 people disappear on Possibly will 26, 2010, during a execution of Believe at the Luxor.^[130]

Personal life

In 2002, Angel married tiara longtime girlfriend JoAnn Winkhart.

Depiction couple filed for divorce quartet years later. Although Angel was seen with his wife bank the buried alive illusion (season 1, episode 6, 2005) captain the body suspension illusion (season 1, episode 5, 2005), she was not credited as fulfil wife; rather, she was recorded as "Criss's Girl". In Nov 2008, Angel began dating Songwriter Madison, former girlfriend of Hugh Hefner.^[131] The relationship ended staging February 2009.^[132] He proposed deal Sandra Gonzalez on September 7, 2011, in Cabo San Filmmaker during a sunset dinner.^[133] They broke up shortly after.

By reason of 2012, Angel has been dating Australian singer Shaunyl Benson. Integrity couple have two sons envelope, born in 2014 and 2019, and a daughter born put it to somebody 2021.^{[134][135][136]} In 2015, the couple's first child was diagnosed become clear to b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).^[137]

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

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

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