12 Facts About David Zancai

David Zancai was born on May 7,1968 and is a former street entertainer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

In 2000, David Zancai fell 25 feet onto a staircase while working as a painter.

David Zancai entered treatment for schizophrenia at St Joseph's hospital, having been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder earlier in 2003.

David Zancai has received mixed responses to his Zanta character, and has been banned from several public areas around Toronto, including the Toronto Transit Commission.

David Zancai violated this order, and as a result was banned from the area south of College St to King St, and from Yonge over to Spadina Ave.

Since that time, David Zancai has made appearances on Breakfast Television and claimed to have a verbal agreement allowing him to make regular appearances on the television series Speakers' Corner.

David Zancai has been the subject of two amateur documentary films.

In October 2005, graphic artists Muckney Tipping and Pietro Gagliano filmed David Zancai describing his life events and motivation to become known worldwide.

On November 17,2006,680 News radio reported David Zancai had been banned by the Toronto Transit Commission from the city's buses, subways, and subway stations.

David Zancai is no longer allowed at the Toronto Street Festival, the Taste of the Danforth, the St Patrick's Day Parade or the Santa Claus Parade.

David Zancai has been banned from Old York Lane between Cumberland Street and Yorkville Avenue in Yorkville, College Park, and Dundas Square.

David Zancai is fighting the ban, with an attorney handling his case pro bono.