Honor Blackman

English actress best known for her performance as Cathy Gale from The Avengers and Pussy Galore in Goldfinger. Participated in a campaign against domestic violence by wearing makeup of cuts and bruises.

Harold Sakata

Japanese-American wrestler known for his iconic role as Oddjob in Goldfinger. Died of cancer in Hawaii at the age of 62.

Joseph Wiseman

Canadian actor. Best known for his role as Dr. No in the first bond film.

Richard Kiel

One of the icons of the James Bond legacy, Richard Kiel, American actor is a whopping 7 feet and 2 inches. He is famous for his role of Jaws.

Sean Connery

Knighted in 2000, Sean Connery is the first James Bond. Also known for his roles in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Entrapment, and Indiana Jones.

Roger Moore

Sir Roger Moore is known for his role as 007 in the 70's to 80's.

Judi Dench

Known for her role in 007 movies as M, Dame Judi Dench has been considered the world's best stage actor.

Romain Laurent

Surrealist photographer. Has worked with large corporations like Nissan and Microsoft.

Philippe Ramette

Surreal photographer. His work often includes himself in a black suit in impossible places.

Mike Stimpson

A photographer who recreates historical photographic moments in lego.

Vitas

Russian pop singer, also very popular in China. Known for his unique falsetto voice.

Rain

Korean pop singer as well actor. He took the lead  role in the movie Ninja Assasin.

Stephen Colbert

Political satyrist. Nightly show on comedy central. Good friends with Jon Stewart and Conan O'Brien.

Juliana Chen

Combines Chinese SiChuan Opera mask changing with card manipulation.

Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford)

Creator of many of the modern card manipulation techniques. Performs under the stagename, Cardini. Elevated card magic to an artform.

Eugene Burger

Known for his combination of storytelling with close up magic, and also his beard.

Tony Slydini

The Master of Misdirection, Tony Slydini was best known for his close-up work. Tony Clark was one of his students; he also served as the inspiration to other magicians such as Doug Henning.

Ed Alonzo

Max, from Saved by the Bell. Comedy magician who's worked with Britney Spears to create illusions for her past tours.

Clint Mansell

Musician and composer. Best known for his work in the music of Requiem for a Dream and The Fountain.

De'vo vom Schattenerich

A mysterious underground manipulation artist. De'Ring and Cradle to Grave, two of his most popular releases.

Jerry Cestkowski

AKA "The Flourishman." He wrote the Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes and specializes in playing card manipulations, rather than magic. Partners with De'vo vom Schattenreich and released XB, a wildly popular manipulation course.

Justin Miller

Contemporary magician. Known for his innovation to old sleight of hand techniques. Often partners with Ellusionist; released Silver Dream, a coin routine, as well as Factory Sealed and Bullet, both coin-in-bottle routines.

Wayne Houchin

One of the leading modern magicians. Wayne Houchin is the creator of Control, Sinful, and Thread. Many of his work has been featured on Criss Angel's A&E tv show.

Dirk Losander

Often known as the Master of the Art of Levitation. His signature pieces include the levitating table as another bit, in which he dazzles the audience with large bubbles, transitioning into the Zombie Ball.

Darren Aronofsky

Director, screenwriter, and producer. He is responsible for inspiring movies such as Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, and most recently, Black Swan.

Channing Pollock

Everything you may know about the "classical" style of magic comes from this man. He adopted a character in which he performs in; the tailcoat, the sophistication, and the doves. He's inspired many magicians like Lance Burton.

Zhang Huan

Known for his performance pieces involving meat-related "clothing". He usually stays motionless as if meditating in a prison-cell-like setting.

Li Wei

Utilizing wires, scaffolding, and mirrors, Li Wei, a Chinese performance artist creates gravity-defying pieces that are truly astonishing.

Sol Lewitt

His artwork emphasizes their own impermanence. They had been carefully planned out; so detailed that the execution of the piece can be easily done by other artists. His cubes at the VMFA were merely painted onto the walls, they were redone by his followers during rennovations.

Stan Winston - Special Effects Supervisor, Makeup Artist, Director

Known for his special effects work in major Hollywood productions such as, Terminator, Jurassic Park, Aliens, Predator, Iron Man, and Edward Scissorhands. He passed away peacefully in his home in 2008.

Penn & Teller - Comedians & Magicians

This quirky duo started out in the eighties. They're known for their headlining show in Las Vegas as well as their show called Penn & Teller: Bullsh!t.

Robert Rodriguez - Director, Screenwriter, Musician

Robert Rodriguez is a long-time collaborator and friend of Quentin Tarantino. He's directed titles such as Desperado, From Dusk 'Till Dawn, Spy Kids, and Sin City. In his early days of film making, he created what he now call the "Mariachi style." He takes on many of the roles within a film crew and solved budget problems with creativity.

Eli Roth - Director & Actor

American film director and actor, Eli Roth is known for his violent horror movies. Above is a trailer for one of his films, Hostel. Recently, he appeared as "The Bear Jew" in Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.

Sally Menke - Film Editor

The editor for all of Quentin Tarantino's films. She's won two awards for best editing in Kill Bill. Sally Menke recently died on a mountain climbing accident. Above is a video in which the crew of Inglourious Basterds saying hello.

Lucio Fontana

Argentinian painter, father of Spacialism, Lucio Fontana was most famous for his slashed canvases. He cut long slits in his often monochrome paintings and named it "art for the Space Age."

Sven Prim

His work are often quite clever and sometimes humorous. He describes himself as a "technology geek who loves to create strange and surreal situations."

George Steinmetz

His birds-eye view photography is visually stunning. George Steinmetz specializes in travel, aerial, and landscape photography.

Peter Callesen

Peter Callesen's paper art is unparalleled. Recently, most of his work have been done using sheets of standard letter sized paper. These sculptures explore the possibilities of transforming a traditionally 2 dimensional object into something more.

Jonas Samson - Designer

Jonas Samson and the light-emitting wallpaper. Tiny LED's are embedded into the wallpaper and consume very little power. Gives a whole new dimension to interior design.

Jean Yves Lemoigne - Photographer

Jean Yves Lemoigne has done many commercial artwork for large corporations such as HP, Visa, and Volkswagen. His work is often very outlandish which is reflected in both his personal and commissioned pieces.

Jeff McBride

Known for his signature mask routine and card manipulations. Also a well known Las Vegas headliner.

Lu Chen

Originally from Taiwan, Lu Chen is very well known throughout China. He is well-versed in a variety of types of magic, most prominently, manipulations.

Luna Shimada

Daughter of Japanese magician, Haruo Shimada. She's followed in her father's footsteps and brought parasol magic to life. Her act is titled "Dance of the Planets".

Tom Mullica

Warning: May be painful to watch. Tom Mullica is a comedy magician. And you thought your friends smoked too much.

The Amazing Johnathan

Las Vegas headliner, The Amazing Johnathan is known for his comedy "magic". Watch it, love it.

Liu Bolin

From ShanDong, China, Liu Bolin is known as the human chameleon. He covers himself in paint and photographs himself while blended into his surroundings. Passers by often can't see through his urban camouflage until he moves. Can you spot him in each of the photos?