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Criss Angel
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American illusionist (born 1967)
Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos , ( 1967-12-19 ) December 19, 1967 (age 58) , Hempstead, New York , US
- Occupations
- Magician, entertainer, musician, TV personality
- Years active
- 1994–present
- Spouse
- JoAnn Winkhart ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 – 2005 )
- Partner
- Shaunyl Benson (2012–present)
- Website
- crissangel .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christopher
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- East Meadow
- Occupation
- television director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- yoga
- Record label
- MNRK Music Group
- Official website
- www.crissangel.com
- Image
- Headshot of Criss Angel.png
- Residence
- Las Vegas
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- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos
- Commons category
- Criss Angel
- date of birth
- 1967-12-19
- birth name
- Χριστόφορος Νικόλαος Σαραντάκος
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- social media followers
- 153000
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos (born December 19, 1967), known professionally as Criss Angel, is an American magician, illusionist and musician.
Angel began his career in New York City, before moving his base of operations to the Las Vegas Valley. He is known for starring in the hit television show Criss Angel Mindfreak and the stage show Criss Angel MINDFREAK LIVE! (previously Criss Angel Believe) at the Luxor casino in Las Vegas. Following his departure from The Luxor after a decade-long run, Angel opened the new MINDFREAK show in the Criss Angel Theater at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. He also produced and starred in the TV series Criss Angel's Magic with the Stars on CW, Criss Angel BeLIEve on Spike TV, a one-hour special Trick'd on A&E, and the reality competition show Phenomenon on NBC.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Criss Angel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.