Michael Vincent

Michael Vincent (born Michael Vincent Louis on 14 February 1964) is a British magician.

He first became interested in magic in 1970, after watching magicians David Nixon, Doug Henning, Fred Kaps and Slydini perform on television.

He was later mentored by escapologist and magician Alan Alan and studied with Slydini for 4 days.

In an interview with DMC, Michael is quoted as saying, "This happened over a four day period. Never saw him again."

"In that week, it was a mixture of Dingle, time at Harry Lorayne's place, time with Slydini, time with Richard Kauffman."

Vincent joined London's Magic Circle and was eventually awarded a life-membership of the club's Inner Magic Circle, with a Gold Star (for performing excellence).

He won The Magic Circle's Close-up Magician of the Year award three times (1983, 1991 and 2003).

In 2001, Vincent made the national newspapers in the United Kingdom, when he was hired by Scotland Yard to give a course to 20 top police chiefs involving the use of magic tricks to demonstrate communication skills.

He performed at Hollywood's Magic Castle in 2003, and his television appearances have included, Jim'll Fix It, The Paul Daniels Magic Show, Test the Nation (BBC 1) and Heroes of Magic - A Century of Wonder (Channel 4)

In 2011, Michael suffered from sudden overnight hearing loss leaving him partially deaf, a condition which remains to this day.

Michael appeared on Penn & Teller: Fool Us the on ITV1 on 7 January and again on 16 July 2011 demonstrating close up magic.

Although he did not outfox Penn & Teller with either of his magic tricks, he nevertheless won praise for his classical technique and exemplary sleight of hand and was regarded by Penn as one of his favorite performers.