Apollo Robbins was born on May 23,1974 and is an American sleight-of-hand artist, security consultant, self-described gentleman thief and deception specialist.
12 Facts About Apollo Robbins
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Apollo Robbins gained notoriety after pickpocketing Secret Service agents accompanying former President Jimmy Carter.
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Apollo Robbins successfully stole, among other items, former President Carter's itinerary and the keys to his motorcade.
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Apollo Robbins is married to Vietnamese-American magician and mentalist Ava Do.
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Apollo Robbins was a guest on The View on January 22,2008.
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Apollo Robbins hosted TruTV's reality show, Real Hustle.
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Apollo Robbins served as technical advisor on TNT's series Leverage, a heist film TV show starring Timothy Hutton and Christian Kane, appearing in the 2nd Season's seventh episode, "The Two Live Crew Job".
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Apollo Robbins appeared on Nova ScienceNow to illustrate some features of "how the brain works" on a 2011 episode, alongside fellow magician Penn Jillette, roboticist Rodney Brooks, neuroscientist David Eagleman, and others.
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Also in 2011, Apollo Robbins appeared on the Australian television comedy series Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable, on an episode entitled "Magic," in which he was joined by stage magicians Lance Burton and Tim Ellis.
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Apollo Robbins was featured at TEDGlobal 2013 in June that year, and its YouTube video went viral, with over 20 million views.
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Apollo Robbins guest starred in the episode "Halloween II" on the FOX show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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Apollo Robbins served as technical advisor on Warner Bros's 2015 movie Focus which stars Will Smith and Margot Robbie, he was extensively featured in Blu-ray and DVD bonus features, and appears as man wearing a blue jacket in the scene where Margot Robbie's character does pickpocket from people in the street.