Dan Meyer

Background

About Dan Meyer

Loser. Wimp. Child of Ridicule. Sword Swallower. StoryTeller. Believer in Miracles Growing up a scared shy, wimpy kid teased and beat up by bullies, Dan Meyer vowed to overcome his fears to do feats the bullies could not do."I wanted to find my purpose and calling, do something remarkable with my life, and change the world! I wanted to prove the impossible is NOT impossible!" Today Dan is a 40x world record sword swallower with 7 Guinness World Records, featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not books and museums, called the “World's Top Sword Swallower” by Ripley’s Believe It it Not, and seen by over 750 million on 60+ documentaries and TV programs in 50 countries around the world. As the world’s leading historical researcher on sword swallowing as President of the Sword Swallowers Assoc Int’l, founder of World Sword Swallower's Day, and winner of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard for medical research on sword swallowing, Dan is recognized as the world's leading expert in the art and science of the year old ancient art. As a performer, Dan is known worldwide for his extreme stunts: Swallowing swords underwater in a tank of sharks and stingrays for Ripley’s, swallowing swords heated 1500 degrees red hot for Stan Lee's Superhumans on History Channel, pulling cars by sword for Ripley’s and Got Talents worldwide, and breaking the Guinness World Record by swallowing 29 swords at once. As a global TED speaker on 4 continents, Dan is best-known for his inspirational viral TED talk “Cutting through Fear” that’s been seen over 1.6 Million times and translated into 85+ languages as the #2 Most Translated TED Talk in the world. As a performer, Dan is best-known as the “Most Dangerous Act" on America's Got Talent (Season 3) to the Finals, then back to blow the judges’ minds by pulling Nick Cannon in a car by swallowed sword on America’s Got Talent (Season 11), and on to appearances of Italy's Got Talent, France’s Got Talent, Israel’s Got Talent, and appearances on 13 episodes of Got Talents around the world. An inspirational clean comedy speaker, Dan enjoys inspiring corporate and family audiences to find THEIR purpose and calling, change the world and do the impossible in THEIR lives at fairs, festivals, casinos, comedy clubs, churches, family and corporate events in 50 countries around the world. If he’s good enough for them, why not have Dan at YOUR next event? Cutting Edge Innertainment Entertainment with an EDGE, a Program with a POINT! CuttingEdgeInnertainment.com