Menu
David Copperfield

David Copperfield

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 16, 1956 (69)
Birthplace Metuchen, New Jersey, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Aug 21, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
Links TMDb IMDb
Biography

David Seth Kotkin, known professionally as David Copperfield, is an American magician, described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history. Copperfield's television specials have won 21 Emmy Awards and 38 nominations. Best known for his combination of storytelling and illusi ... on, Copperfield's career of over 40 years has earned him 11 Guinness World Records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a knighthood by the French government, and he has been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress. As of 2006, Copperfield has sold 33 million tickets and grossed over US$4 billion, more than any other solo entertainer in history. In 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at $63 million for the previous 12 months and ranked him the 20th highest-earning celebrity in the world. When not performing, he manages his chain of eleven resort islands in the Bahamas, which he calls "Musha Cay and the Islands of Copperfield Bay".

Known For

Filmography

7 Days in Hell

7 Days in Hell

2015

as David Copperfield

Unity

Unity

2015

as Narrator (voice)

Terror Train

Terror Train

1980

as The Magician

The Prestige

The Prestige

2006

Thanks

Now You See Me 2

Now You See Me 2

2016

Co-Producer

Magic with the Stars

Magic with the Stars

1982

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Simpsons

as David Copperfield (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 17, 1989

Scrubs

as David Copperfield

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 2001

The Crazy Ones

as David Copperfield

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2013

The Magic of David Copperfield

as Self

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Oct 27, 1978

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 25, 1992

The Big Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 04, 1980

CBS News Sunday Morning

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 28, 1979

Penn & Teller: Bull!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 24, 2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2003

The Tony Danza Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 2004

The View

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

The Colbert Report

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 17, 2005

The Colbert Report

as Self (archive footage)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 17, 2005

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1993

Viva el lunes

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 1995

Penn & Teller: Fool Us

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 2011

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 1975

Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 02, 1994

The Daily Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 22, 1996

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 14, 1981

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

An Audience with...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1978

Bambi Awards

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1948

Entertainment Tonight

as Self - Magician

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1981

The Amazing Race

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 2001

The Next Iron Chef

as Self - Guest Co-Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 2007

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 23, 1998

Wizards of Waverly Place

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 12, 2007

Taff

as self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 11, 1997

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 5 10 4
2024 7 8 14 2
2024 8 6 16 2
2024 9 7 23 1
2024 10 3 10 1
2024 11 2 6 1
2024 12 2 5 1
2025 1 6 21 1
2025 2 2 4 1
2025 3 1 2 1
2025 5 1 2 1
2025 6 1 1 1
2025 7 0 0 0
2025 8 0 5 0
2025 9 0 0 0
2025 10 0 0 0

Trending Rank


Year Month Avg Rank Max Rank
2025 8 92 9

Return to Top