David Blaine White was born on April 4, 1973, in Brooklyn, New York to parents Patrice Maureen White and William Perez.
David as many professional magicians before him, developed an early interest in magic. At age four Blaine was at a subway station waiting for a train when began watching a street magician perform, young David fascinated.
David began to study magic and practice simple magic tricks and soon mastered the art of slight-of-hand. Blaine began his career performing card tricks, dazzling everyone who watched. He then began performing larger illusions, today Blaine is best know for his highly publicized endurance performances.
In 1996 ABC television network took note of David, and aired his first television special "David Blaine: Street Magic". David has followed up with the following TV specials David Blaine: Magic Man (1998), David Blaine: Frozen in Time (2000), David Blaine: Vertigo (2002), David Blaine: Dive of Death (2008), David Blaine: Beautiful Struggle (2010), David Blaine: What Is Magic? (2010) and David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013).
Blaine has appeared in the movies Celebrity (1998), Mister Lonely (2007) and The Great Buck Howard (2008). David has also made numerous talk show appearances including: Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Live with Kelly and Michael, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and many more.
Today David Blaine has focused his career on his endurance performances, he continues to entertain, amaze and surprise us.
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