David Copperfield

David Seth Kotkin, known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American magician, described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history. Copperfield's television specials have won 21 Emmy Awards and 38 nominations. Best known for his combination of storytelling and illusion, Copperfield's career of over 40 years has earned him 11 Guinness World Records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a knighthood by the French government, and he has been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress. As of 2006, Copperfield has sold 33 million tickets and grossed over US$4 billion, more than any other solo entertainer in history. In 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at $63 million for the previous 12 months and ranked him the 20th highest-earning celebrity in the world. When not performing, he manages his chain of eleven resort islands in the Bahamas, which he calls "Musha Cay and the Islands of Copperfield Bay".

Known For: Acting

Born: Metuchen, New Jersey, USA, 1956-09-16

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	Terror Train	The Magician	57
2	1982	Magic with the Stars		0
3	1983	Grandpa, Will You Run with Me?	Self	0
4	1984	A Christmas Dream	Self	20
5	1994	David Copperfield - 15 Years of Magic	Self	60
6	1994	Prêt-à-Porter	Self (uncredited)	52
7	1997	Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life	Self	60
8	1999	Get Bruce!	Self	62
9	2004	David Copperfield: Illusion	Himself	60
10	2009	Oh My God	Self	55
11	2013	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone	Himself	57
12	2015	7 Days in Hell	David Copperfield	65
13	2015	Unity	Narrator (voice)	75
14	2018	Always Amazing	Himself	68
15	2018	Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson	Self	87
16	2023	Shari & Lamb Chop		0
17	2023	Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic	Self	75

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Bambi Awards	Self	90
2	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	69
3	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
4	1978	The Magic of David Copperfield	Self	67
5	1979	CBS News Sunday Morning	Self	66
6	1980	The Big Show	Self	0
7	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	53
8	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self - Magician	41
9	1989	The Simpsons	David Copperfield (voice)	80
10	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
11	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
12	1994	Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen	Self	0
13	1995	Viva el lunes	Self	20
14	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
15	1997	Taff	self	32
16	1997	The View	Self	45
17	1998	AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies	Self	81
18	2001	The Amazing Race	Self	69
19	2001	Scrubs	David Copperfield	80
20	2003	Penn & Teller: Bull!		77
21	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	58
22	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self	61
23	2005	The Colbert Report		68
24	2005	The Colbert Report	Self (archive footage)	68
25	2007	The Next Iron Chef	Self - Guest Co-Host	81
26	2007	Wizards of Waverly Place	Self	85
27	2011	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	Self	71
28	2013	The Crazy Ones	David Copperfield	61
29	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	54