Mahdi Gilbert

Mahdi Gilbert
NationalityCanadian
OccupationMagician
Websitemahdigilbert.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.[1][2]

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.[3] 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.[2]

In 2018 Mahdi appeared on the BBC series The One Show.

References

  1. ^ "Mahdi Gilbert". Mahdi Gilbert. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  2. ^ a b "Mahdi Gilbert | Conjuring Arts | Conjuring Arts". conjuringarts.org. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  3. ^ "Handless magician fools Penn & Teller". Boing Boing. 2016-07-28. Retrieved 2016-08-22.