Gérard Majax

Biography

Gérard Faier, known as Gérard Majax (April 28, 1943) is a French illusionist. He has appeared in many television programs, magic demonstrations, and movies. From 1987 until 2002 he, along with Jacques Théodor and Henri Broch of the Laboratoire de Zététique at the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, oversaw the International Zetetic Challenge. During the 1990s, on a late night television show by Thierry Ardisson Majax gave a demo of the "rotating table" supernatural phenomenon: a group of "randomly" selected people from the audience stood around a round table, put their hands on it, and the table went up and started rotating. Observation of a video recording made of this event showed that some participants had metal hacks hidden in the sleeves of their jackets. When the participants put the hands on the table, the hacks "pinched" the table underneath, allowing it to be lifted. In 2000, he created a new theme park attraction called The Hallucinoscope Source: Article "Gérard Majax" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe

as Spy magician

The Wild Goose Chase

as Le pickpocket

Astrid et Raphaëlle

as Carmine

Vivement dimanche

as Self

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

as Self (archive footage)

Bang Bang

as Pickpocket Teacher

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

30 millions d'amis

as Self

Sacrée soirée

as Self

Samedi soir

as Self