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Handsome Jack is a close-up magic and comedy magic and corporate events artist based in Los Angeles. Television achievements include winning Penn & Teller: Fool Us, successfully stumping the legendary duo with original deceptive artistry. Deeply revered across the craft, further industry distinctions include Academy of Magical Arts honors at The Magic Castle.
Handsome Jack is a comedy and close-up magician based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in close-up magic and comedy magic. Handsome Jack's career includes Academy of Magical Arts Parlour Magician of the Year honors at The Magic Castle, fooling Penn & Teller on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, and being billed 64 weeks at The Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Handsome Jack is a regular performer at the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, where he has been nominated each of the last eleven years as Parlour Magician of the Year — and, as he cheerfully points out, has lost eleven years in a row.
A former model who took up magic in mid-career after a photographer told him that "magicians get all the groupies", Jack brings genuine stagecraft to the close work: he holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of Washington in Seattle. At social events and corporate functions he has entertained guests including Michael Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Bill Pullman, Lucy Liu, Holly Hunter, Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie.
Honored by the Academy of Magical Arts at The Magic Castle Awards. Official honors roll published by the Academy of Magical Arts.
Official honor recorded in the Academy of Magical Arts Hall of Fame.
One appearance on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, and it fooled them.
Aired 20 July 2015
Fooled Penn & Teller
Watch performanceCastle debut 1999, last billed 2026, on the Castle’s published schedules as the archive records them — one of the 25+ club. Rooms: Parlour (43), Peller (9), Palace (5), Close-Up (4), Hat & Hare (3), Lunch & Brunch (1), Lectures (1). (66 room engagements across 64 weeks).
Sleight of hand at intimate distance — cards, coins, and sleight of hand.
Stand-up comedy integrated with high-level deception.
Tailored entertainment for corporate events, conferences, and celebrations.
Intimate salon theatre and storytelling for small gatherings.
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Award-winning Los Angeles comedy magician
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Close-Up Magic · Comedy Magic · Corporate Events View page →Award-winning Magic Castle comedy magician
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