Acting
Dan Meyer
Born 1957-04-07
Michigan City, Indiana, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
Dan Meyer is an American sword swallower, inspirational TED speaker, and multiple Guinness World record holder in sword swallowing who has been featured on over 100 TV programs in 60 countries, 15 Got Talent competitions, as finalist on America's Got Talent Season 3 2008 and Golden Buzzer winner/finalist on Sweden's Talang Season 10 2023, who is internationally recognized as the world's leading expert in sword swallowing as a global TEDx speaker on 9 TED talks, for his award-winning medical research on sword swallowing published in the British Medical Journal that won him the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard University.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Dan Meyer
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America's Got Talent
2006
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Got Talent España
2016
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The Ricki Lake Show
2012
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Unwrapped
2001
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Sweden's Got Talent
2007
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Tú Sí Que Vales
2014
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Australia's Got Talent
2007
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Stan Lee's Superhumans
2010
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Supertalent
2009
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Huckabee
2008
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (17 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Got Talent España | Self - Tragasables | TV Series | 2016 |
 | The Day I Almost Died 那天我差点儿嗝屁 | Self - Sword swallower | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Tú Sí Que Vales | Self - Mangiaspade | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Freakshow | Self - Sword swallower | TV Series | 2013 |
 | The Ricki Lake Show | Self - Sword swallower | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Stan Lee's Superhumans | Self - Sword swallower | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Supertalent | Self - Sword swallower | TV Series | 2009 |
| La vie est un cirque | Self - avaleur de sabres | TV Series | 2009 | |
 | Huckabee | Self - Sword swallower | TV Series | 2008 |
 | American Carny: True Tales from the Circus Sideshow | Self / Sword swallower | Movie | 2008 |
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self - Ig Nobel Prize winning sword swallower | TV Series | 2007 | |
 | Sweden's Got Talent | Själv - Svärdslukare | TV Series | 2007 |
| Sweden's Got Talent | Själv - Svärdslukare Gulden Buzzer winner | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Australia's Got Talent | Self - Sword swallower | TV Series | 2007 |
 | America's Got Talent | Self | TV Series | 2006 |
| 99 Most Bizarre | Self - Sword swallower | TV Series | 2006 | |
 | Unwrapped | Self - sword swallower | TV Series | 2001 |