Rob Lake (born December 30, 1982) is an American magician and illusionist known for his original grand illusions and elaborate theatrical interactive performances. Rob Lake was a quarter-finalist on America's Got Talent (season 13) in 2018. Rob has performed his illusion shows all over the USA, Japan, Australia, Europe, Guam, and Thailand. He currently performs his show on television, in casinos, and theaters around the world.

Career

Rob Lake became interested in magic at age 10 when he saw the Kirby VanBurch show in

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. VanBurch soon became Rob's mentor along with another Oklahoma magician, Jim Smithson. In 2005 at age 22, Rob embarked on his first international tour, performing in Japan for several months. Back in the USA, Rob started performing his theatrical show for casinos and cruise ships, including

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and

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. In 2008 Rob became the youngest magician ever to receive a

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as the International Stage Magician of the Year. Rob Lake performed several of his illusions for the international program, Great Magicians of the World that aired internationally in 2008 & 2009. Rob Lake has toured his show consistently at theatres and casinos in the USA and abroad, spending at least 75% of his year on the road. Rob Lake has performed across the USA, from the Florida Keys to California. Notable performances include 3 tours in Japan, 4 tours in Europe including England, France, Germany, Norway, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, as well as Australia, Guam, Thailand, Hawaii, and even at The

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. In 2012, Rob Lake performed to great reviews at Harrah's Casino. On March 29, 2013, Rob Lake made an armored truck containing $1,000,000 cash magically appear outside of the

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in Memphis TN in front of over 15,000 audience members. Rob Lake created this illusion for

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with less than 3 weeks notice as part of the summer promotion Millionaire Maker. Caesars was so impressed that they bought airtime and played video of the feat in

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and on the

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. Rob has performed his illusions on television. In 2013 Rob performed 8 illusions for

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airing in 2014. Rob Lake was featured on

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syndicated television series in 2013 and 2014. Rob Lake is known for his large scale illusions and theatrical presentations at theatres and casinos around the world. In April 2014 Rob Lake brought his grand scale illusions to Resorts World New York City Casino. Rob Lake appeared nightly at the

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casino in

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in July and August 2014. The

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Resort in

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has announced that Rob Lake will appear nightly June through September, 2015 in the Atlantis Theatre. After a sold-out summer, Rob Lake was extended to perform his production at the Atlantis Resort through fall, 2016. In 2016-2017, Rob Lake performed nightly at

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. Rob Lake to return to the Atlantis Resort in the summer of 2018. Rob Lake was a featured act and quarter-finalist on season 13 of ''America's Got Talent'', where approximately 60-million people saw him on the initial broadcasts, and over 16 million more have watched his performances on online videos.

Operation Magic

Rob Lake performs an annual multi-month-long international tour to entertain US military, bringing magic to troops and their families overseas. Rob Lake brings his shows to troops stationed at bases in remote areas in Europe and the Pacific, and donates of magic tricks to the troops and their families.

Oklahoma Benefit Shows

On August 24, 2013, Rob Lake performed a benefit show in his hometown of

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to raise funds and awareness for local charity groups helping the thousands of pets left homeless after the

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. Will Sealy of Houston, TX was selected to join Rob on stage during the Norman benefit show, assisting in several illusions. After the performance, Rob Lake was recognized with a citation from the

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praising Rob for his commitment to helping the citizens and animals of Oklahoma. Rob Lake was also recognized on Oklahoma Magazine's 40 under 40 list In 2017 and 2018, Rob Lake returned to his hometown of Norman, Oklahoma to again raise funds for local animal shelters and organizations. Rob Lake is joined in his performances and traveling by his own rescue dog, a

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In addition to performing, Rob Lake designs and creates special effects and illusions for film, TV, plays and musicals. Over 2.6 million people saw Rob Lake's illusions on Season 2 of

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Rob Lake has designed and created the magic onstage for over 1,000 productions of

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around the world, dozens of productions of

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, and numerous other productions including

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, A Christmas Carol,

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and more.

References

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