Mahdi Gilbert
{{Short description|Canadian magician}}
{{Notability|1=Biographies|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mahdi Gilbert
| image = Portrait of Mahdi Gilbert (2015).jpg
| nationality = Canadian
| occupation = Magician
| website = [http://mahdigilbert.com/ mahdigilbert.com]
}}
Mahdi Gilbert (born 1989) is a Canadian professional sleight of hand card magician.
Early life
He was born without hands and feet and so had to individually create all of the techniques he employs in his illusions.{{Cite web|title=Mahdi Gilbert|url=https://www.mahdigilbert.com/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Mahdi Gilbert|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://conjuringarts.org/2016/01/mahdi-gilbert/|title=Mahdi Gilbert {{!}} Conjuring Arts {{!}} Conjuring Arts|website=conjuringarts.org|date=17 January 2016 |access-date=2016-08-22}}
Filmography
Gilbert appeared on the third season of Penn & Teller: Fool Us. He performed a version of the card trick Oil and Water, which fooled Penn Jillette and Teller, granting him a trip to Las Vegas to appear for the duo's opening act.
Gilbert appeared in the documentary Our Magic, created by R. Paul Wilson.{{Cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2016/07/28/handless-magician-fools-penn.html|title=Handless magician fools Penn & Teller|date=2016-07-28|website=Boing Boing|access-date=2016-08-22}} He also contributed to the research of the book The Greatest German Living by Ricky Jay, which is about Matthias Buchinger, who was similarly born without hands or feet.
In 2018 Mahdi appeared on the BBC series The One Show.
References
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External links
- [http://mahdigilbert.com/ Official website]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RwY9iwEaSk Mahdi Gilbert performs on Penn & Teller's Fool Us]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlUGr_MPpA Excerpt from the film Our Magic featuring Mahdi Gilbert]
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