Dean Carnegie

Dean Alan Carnegie is an American stage magician, escape artist and painter.

[1] Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he grew up on a horse and cattle farm in Fauquier County, Virginia.

[2] He became interested in magic at the age of 8 after watching the movie Houdini starring Tony Curtis.

Later a performance of the Houdini Water Torture Cell by magician Doug Henning helped to seal his fascination of the art of magic.

In 2001, Carnegie held the office of Mid-Atlantic Regional Vice President for the Society of American Magicians.

The Washington Post wrote about him, "Take Howie Mandel's boyish bald charm, mix it with David Copperfield's magical charisma and poof!