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Ben Seidman

Ben Seidman (born December 1, 1984) is an American magician who has been described as a "sleight of hand expert" by Vanity Fair.[1]

Ben Seidman
Seidman in 2014
Born (1984-12-01) 1 December 1984 (age 41)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
OccupationMagician
Websitewww.benseidman.com

Live magic performance

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Seidman, along with Marcus Monroe and Luke Jermay, founded The Optical Delusions, a 2008 touring show that billed itself as "an evening of new-school variety."[2] Seidman spent the summer of 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden writing and directing Helt Magiskt for the Swedish channel SVT.[3] Helt Magiskt, the Swedish adaptation of the BBC show The Magicians, followed Charlie Caper, winner of Sweden's Got Talent, Michael Halvarson, Star of Cirque du Soleil’s Koozå, and large-scale illusionist Joe Labero, as they performed alongside celebrities.[4] Shortly after, Seidman returned to Stockholm to work with Charlie Caper creating a performance piece using iPads.[5][6] Seidman has headlined the Atlantis Casino in the Bahamas, performed at The Venetian in Macau, and was featured in a four-month run at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino.[7] Seidman was featured on two national comedy tours produced by Just For Laughs in 2010 and 2013. The 2013 tour spanned 21 cities throughout Canada.[8][9]

He is currently based in Los Angeles, where he performs at the Magic Castle in Hollywood and The Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach.[10][11] Seidman developed a touring live comedy act that involves sleight-of-hand and pickpocketing. In 2019 Seidman began performing a two-person show with Shin Lim, winner of America's Got Talent: The Champions.[12] He has performed a live show called Con Man: A True Crime Magic Show at various theaters across the United States in 2025 and 2026.[13][14][15]

Seidman was named entertainer of the year award for Princess Cruises, and the resident magician of Mandalay Bay casino in Las Vegas.[7][16]

Film and television

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In 2011, Seidman starred in a series of hidden camera videos called "I Was Framed", using his pick-pocketing skills to slip computers into people’s handbags without them knowing. It was directed by Jamie Kennedy and Michael Addis, and also featured magician Bob Arno.[17][18][19] Seidman has appeared in the Expert Reacts video series from Vanity Fair.[1][20][21] He was featured in a 2023 video on the "nine levels of pickpocketing" by Wired.[22]

He was a writer and adviser for three seasons of the A&E program Mindfreak, (2005–2010) starring Criss Angel.[23][16][10] Seidman taught Johnny Knoxville magic tricks for the 2013 film Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.[10] In 2013, Seidman co-starred in Magic Outlaws on the Travel Channel, which followed magicians on tour.[24][25][26][23] Since 2015, he has appeared twice on Penn & Teller: Fool Us. In 2021, he appeared on the season 9 premiere of Vanderpump Rules.[27] He guest starred on the 2018 Netflix educational show Brainchild.[28] Seidman appeared in the 2025 film Now You See Me: Now You Don't and served as a magic adviser and teacher to the cast.[29][30]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Vanity Fair". Magician Reviews Sleight of Hand and Visual Tricks In Movies & TV.
  2. ↑ "Optical Delusions Magician Mini-Trio hits Grand Little Theatre". VolumeOne. 8 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "Artist Diary: Ben Seidman in Stockholm". Theory 11. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23.
  4. ↑ sv:Helt magiskt
  5. ↑ "d1gits". Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  6. ↑ New iPad Act - Stockholm with Charlie Caper and Erik Rosales.
  7. 1 2 "Barry Ball Artists".
  8. ↑ "Just For Laughs". Comedy Tour '13.
  9. ↑ "Canada's National Arts Centre". Just For Laughs Comedy Tour.
  10. 1 2 3 "Showcase Talent Agency". Showcase Talent Agency: Ben Seidman. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Magic and Mixed Drinks: An ATOD Excursion to The Magic Castle". ATOD Magazine: A Taste of Dawn. 18 June 2013.
  12. ↑ Tuccio-Koonz, By Linda. "Ct Post". Shin Lim, winner of ‘America’s Got Talent: The Champions,’ to appear at Foxwoods.
  13. ↑ "San Francisco Magic Show".
  14. ↑ "Flying Monkey New Hampshire".
  15. ↑ "Cosmo's Magic Theater".
  16. 1 2 "Summit Comedy Inc".
  17. ↑ "Toshiba Launches Portégé Z830 Ultrabook". Little Black Book Online.
  18. ↑ "Kennedy & Addis helm "I Was Framed" campaign for launch of Toshiba & Intel's Portégé Z830 Ultrabook". First Wave TV. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25.
  19. ↑ "I Was Framed" The Ryan Setup. Archived from the original on June 30, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Vanity Fair". Magician Reviews Sleight of Hand and Visual Tricks In Movies & TV (Part Two).
  21. ↑ "Vanity Fair". Magician Reviews Sleight of Hand and Visual Tricks In Movies & TV (Part Three).
  22. ↑ "WIRED". 9 Levels of Pickpocketing: Easy to Complex.
  23. 1 2 "OnMilwaukee". Milwaukee native runs with "Magic Outlaws".
  24. ↑ "Travel Channel: Magic Outlaws".
  25. ↑ "Magic Outlaws on Travel Channel". TV Guide.
  26. ↑ "Internet Movie Database". Internet Movie Database: Ben Seidman.
  27. ↑ "IMDB".
  28. ↑ "TV Guide".
  29. ↑ "IMDB.com". Internet Movie Database: Now You See Me: Now You Don't.
  30. ↑ "One Ahead". Behind the Magic of Now You See Me 3.
  • Olig, Nick. "Ben Seidman's Sleight of Hand." Shepherd Express 3 October 2013. Express Milwaukee
  • Hintz, Martin. "Magic Man." M Magazine January 2013. GM Today
  • Nuñez, Candace. "Magician steals more than show." La Verne Campus Times 1 March 2013. Campus Times
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