Magician or The Magician may refer to:

Performers

* A practitioner of

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* A practitioner of

magic (illusion) Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means. I ...

* Magician (fantasy), a character in a fictional fantasy context

Entertainment

Books

* ''The Magician'', an 18th-century novel by Leitch Ritchie * ''The Magician'' (Maugham novel), a 1908 novel by Somerset Maugham * ''The Magicians'' (Priestley novel), a 1954 novel by J. B. Priestley * ''The Magician'' (Stein novel), a 1971 young adult novel by Sol Stein * ''The Magicians'', a 1976 novel by

James E. Gunn James Edwin Gunn (July 12, 1923 – December 23, 2020) was an American science fiction writer, editor, scholar, and anthologist. His work as an editor of anthologies includes the six-volume ''The Road to Science Fiction, Road to Science Ficti ...

* '' The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel'', a 2008 novel by Michael Scott * ''The Magicians'' (Grossman novel), by Lev Grossman, published 2009 * ''Magician'' (Feist novel), a 1982 novel in the ''Riftwar'' series by Raymond E. Feist * ''The Magician'', a 2021 novel by Colm Tóibín

Films

* ''The Magician'' (1898 film), a French short directed by Georges Méliès * ''The Magician'' (1900 film), a silent film by Thomas Edison * ''The Magician'' (1926 film), a horror directed by Rex Ingram * ''The Magician'' (1949 film), a Mexican comedy * ''The Magician'' (1958 film), a drama directed by Ingmar Bergman * ''Magician'' (1967 film), a Soviet film directed by Pyotr Todorovsky * ''Magicians'' (1982 film), a Soviet film directed by Konstantin Bromberg * ''The Magician'' (1993 film), a crime drama directed by

Terry Winsor Terry Winsor is a British film director who has worked with such stars as Richard Harris, Sean Bean and Tom Wilkinson. He has directed a number of films, TV programs and even a game, which has led to a reasonable amount of success within the world ...

* ''Magicians'', 2000 film directed by

James Merendino James Anthony Merendino (born January 11, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter who is best known for directing the 1998 film ''SLC Punk!''. Life Merendino was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah whe ...

* ''The Magicians'', 2005 South Korean film directed by

Song Il-gon Song Il-gon (born January 1, 1971) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter known for his internationally award-winning early short films, and later feature films such as '' Spider Forest'' ( 2004) and '' Feathers in the Wind'' ( 2005). ...

* ''The Magician'' (2005 film), an Australian crime drama directed by Scott Ryan * ''The Magician'' (2006 film), a Turkish comedy drama directed by Cem Yılmaz * ''Magicians'' (2007 film), a 2007 comedy directed by Andrew O'Connor * '' Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles'', a 2014 documentary directed by Chuck Workman * ''The Magician'' (2015 film), South Korean period fantasy film directed by Kim Dae-seung

Television

* ''The Magician'' (American TV series), an American series that aired in 1973–1974 * ''The Magician'' (French TV series), an animated series that aired in 1999 * ''The Magicians'' (British TV series), a British series that aired from 2011 to 2012 * ''The Magicians'' (American TV series), a series based on the Lev Grossman novel that aired in 2015–20 * "Magician", the live-action segment of the 14th episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * "The Magician" (''Arrow'' episode), fourth episode of the third season of ''Arrow'' * The Magician (Arrowverse character), an alias of Malcolm Merlyn from the television series ''Arrow''

Music

* ''The Magician'' (album), a 1976 album by Timmy Thomas *

The Magician (musician) Stephen Fasano, better known by his stage name The Magician, is a Belgian DJ and record producer from Brussels, in Belgium. He is best known for his 2011 remix of Lykke Li's "I Follow Rivers", his single Sunlight feat. Years & Years and 2014 rem ...

, Belgian DJ and music producer Stephen Fasano * "Magician" (song), by Ice Prince from the 2011 album, ''Everybody Loves Ice Prince'' *

The Magicians (band) The Magicians were an American garage rock band formed in New York City, New York, in 1965. The group released four singles during their brief recording career with Columbia Records, with their most well-known song being "An Invitation to Cry". M ...

, American garage rock band * ''The Magician'' (EP), 2009 EP by Said the Whale

Other

Magician (Marvel Comics) The Magician is the name of three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The first version (Lee Guardineer) first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #56 (June 1964), and was created b ...

, fictional characters appearing in the comics * ''Magician'' (video game), a 1990 action role-playing game * Magician, a character from Douglas Adams' 1982 novel ''

Life, the Universe and Everything ''Life, the Universe and Everything'' (1982, ) is the third book in the six-volume ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' science fiction "trilogy of five books" by British writer Douglas Adams. The title refers to the Answer to Life, the Univ ...

Sport

Canterbury Magicians The Canterbury Magicians is the women's representative cricket team for the New Zealand region of Canterbury. They play their home games at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. They compete in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield one-day competition and the ...

, a New Zealand women's cricket team *

Harlem Magicians Harlem Magicians was a basketball enterprise founded in 1953 by Lon Varnell through his Varnell Enterprises, that was similar in fashion and activities to the famous exhibition basketball team the Harlem Globetrotters. The full name of the barnsto ...

, an American basketball entertainment enterprise similar to the Harlem Globetrotters *

Minnesota Magicians The Wisconsin Windigo are a Tier II junior ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's Midwest Division. Based in Eagle River, Wisconsin, the Windigo play their home games at Eagle River Stadium, affectitionately referred to as the "D ...

, an American ice hockey team *

Mumbai Magicians Mumbai Magicians (abbreviated as MM) was a field hockey team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra that played in the Hockey India League from 2012 to 2014. It was owned by Dabur India Ltd. Australian coach Ric Charlesworth served as the head coach fo ...

, an Indian field hockey team

Other uses

The Magician (nickname) As a nickname, The Magician may refer to: * Kenny Belaey (born 1983), Belgian mountain bike trials cyclist * John Dodson (fighter) (born 1984), American mixed martial artist * Antonio Esfandiari (born 1978), Iranian-born American poker player an ...

, a list of people * The Magician (Tarot card) * Magician (horse), an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse *

HTC Magician The HTC Magician is a Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition PDA-phone, manufactured by High Tech Computer Corporation HTC Corporation ( zh, t=宏達國際電子股份有限公司, s=宏达国际电子股份有限公司, p=Hóngdá Guójì Di� ...

, a mobile phone *

Operation Magician The Millennium Dome raid was an attempted robbery of the Millennium Dome's diamond exhibition in Greenwich, South East (London sub region), South East London occurring on 7 November 2000. A local gang planned to ram-raid the De Beers diamond exh ...

, a British police operation connected to the 2000 Millennium Dome attempted robbery