Dan Chan is an American

United States

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 magician who specializes in magic

Magic (illusion)

Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...

, Bian lian

Bian Lian

Bian Lian is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the more general Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to quick, dramatic music. They also wear vividly colored masks, which they change within a fraction of a second....

 and pickpocketing

Pickpocketing

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Biography

Dan Chan, also known as Dan Chan the Magic Man, was born in San Francisco, California on October 22, 1977. Chan attended Lowell High a Bay Area magnet school in San Francisco. Chan later attended the University of California, Riverside majoring in Business. Prior to his career as a magician, Dan was an early employee at PayPal

PayPal

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, a leading online payment service that has revolutionized the way people do business. Chan is a graduate of the San Francisco Circus Center

Circus Center

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and the Chavez Course in magic taught by Dale Salwak

Dale Salwak

Dale Salwak is a professional magician, who resides in California. He is a regular performer at The Magic Castle and is known as the "The Gentleman of Magic". He has been the long-time director of the Chavez School of Magic...

. Chan is one of less than 200 masters of Bian lian

Bian Lian

Bian Lian is an ancient Chinese dramatic art that is part of the more general Sichuan opera. Performers wear brightly colored costumes and move to quick, dramatic music. They also wear vividly colored masks, which they change within a fraction of a second....

, a Sichuan performance art where vividly colored masks change within a fraction of a second. Chan is also known for his performance of the Bullet catch

Bullet catch

The bullet catch is a conjuring illusion in which a magician appears to catch a bullet fired directly at him—often in his mouth, sometimes in his hand or caught with other items such as a dinner plate...

. Dan has performed for Allen & Company

Allen & Company

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's elite gathering of 187 billionaires in Sun Valley, Idaho including Bill Gates

Bill Gates

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 and Warren Buffet. Dan has also performed for many socialites and Silicon Valley elite including SF Mayor Ed Lee, California Governor Jerry Brown, SF Giants, Warriors, 49er's, Oakland Raiders, Timothy Ferriss

Timothy Ferriss

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, Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul

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, Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown

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, John Madden

John Madden

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, George Lucas

George Lucas

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, Ken Howery

Ken Howery

Ken Howery is a co-founder and managing partner at Founders Fund.Howery graduated from Stanford University in 1998 with a B.A. in Economics. He was a co-founder of PayPal and served as the company's first CFO from 1998 until 2002. His partner within this Paypal project was Peter Thiel at Thiel...

, Eric Schmidt, Andy Rubin

Andy Rubin

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, Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer

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, and Larry Page

Larry Page

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. Dan is also a regular performer at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. Other magicians who have been performers at the Magic Castle include Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson (magician)

James "Mark" Wilson is an American magician and author. He is widely credited as becoming the first major "television magician" and in the process establishing the viability of illusion shows as a television format.-Early years:...

, Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Archibald Alexander Leach , better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor who later took U.S. citizenship...

, Steve Martin

Steve Martin

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, Johnny Carson

Johnny Carson

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, and recently Jason Alexander

Jason Alexander

Jay Scott Greenspan , better known by his professional name of Jason Alexander, is an American actor, writer, comedian, television director, producer, and singer. He is best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld, appearing in the sitcom from 1989 to 1998...

 of Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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. Chan is recognized for his pick-pocketing skills and was awarded International Brotherhood of Magicians

International Brotherhood of Magicians

International Brotherhood of Magicians is the world's largest organization for professional and amateur magicians, with approximately 15,000 members worldwide. The headquarters is in St...

 2007 San Jose Magician of the Year., 2009 Oakland Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year and 2009 OMC Bay Area Inter-club Contest.

Television appearances

Dan has appeared on numerous television programs, including MTV

MTV

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, KRON4, CBS

CBS

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, KMVT

KMVT

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, WBOC, KMVT 15 and Radio Disney

Radio Disney

Radio Disney is a radio network based in Burbank, California and headquartered out of the Disney Channel headquarters on West Alameda Ave., from where it has been based since November 2008. Prior to that, the network was based in Dallas, Texas...

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Filmography

• The Magic Back Yard DVD (2007
  2007 in film
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• NBC's Trauma Sleight of Hand and Magic Consultant

Books

When not performing, Dan Chan collects rare books pertaining to the variety arts. He has published:

• Magic Tricks to Fool Your Friends
• "Dan Chan Teaches You Mind Blowing Magic"

External links

• The Official Site Official site
• Videos of Dan Chan YouTube.