Drummond Money-Coutts

The Hon. Drummond William Thomas Money-Coutts (born 11 May 1986), also known as DMC, is an English magician and specialist card shark, and the heir apparent to the Latymer Barony. His first professional performance came in 2000 while he was still at school, at the Royal Horticultural Society.[1]

The Honourable

Drummond Money-Coutts
Money-Coutts in 2008
Born
Drummond William Thomas Money-Coutts

(1986-05-11) 11 May 1986
Westminster, London, England
NationalitySouth African
Occupation
  • Magician
  • card shark
Parent(s)The 9th Baron Latymer
Lucy Deedes
Websitewww.dmcmagic.com

Film productions

In August 2007, Money-Coutts travelled to Kenya with Tom Lyon to film Kenyan Conjurations: the School Built By Magic, a DVD documentary released in early 2008. It was produced to raise funds to build a primary school on the Kenyan coast.[2]

In June 2013, his first mainstream television special was aired worldwide on the National Geographic Channel. Card Shark follows the story of the Three-Card Monte in which he travels from London to Paris and Bangkok to both perform and to meet with international card masters.[3] Later that year, he began his second mainstream television series with the channel named Beyond Magic with DMC in which he traveled to various destinations around the world including London, Barcelona, Mexico City and Singapore and performed illusions on the streets along with card tricks.[4]

Death by Magic

In November 2018, Netflix released a series created by DMC titled Death by Magic. In the 8-episode series, Money-Coutts visits "Magic Acts" that have in the past been known for causing the death of the performer. The series was released on Netflix on 30 November 2018.[5]

Public stunts

On 11 July 2011, he announced a public treasure quest to take place in London's Natural History Museum.[6] Towards the end of the week, an eleventh envelope would then be concealed somewhere in the museum by an anonymous assistant - inside which was £1,000 in cash.[7] As he states in an online video - the contents and money would belong to whosoever located each envelope.

Once hidden in the museum, the £1,000 envelope was not found for 72 hours but was finally located by Chris Howard and Javier Trapero on the first floor of the Central Hall, on Monday 18 July.[8]

In November 2011, he spent eight consecutive evenings sleeping rough in London as part of a wider campaign for the youth homeless charity, Centrepoint.[9]

References
  1. Gordon, Bryony (27 August 2004). "Card Sharp". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
  2. Middleton, Christopher (30 August 2008). "Conjuring up a school by magic". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  3. National Geographic Channel International, UK (3 June 2013). "Card Shark, National Geographic International". NGI. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  4. "Beyond Magic with DMC". National Geographic Channel. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. "Drummond Money Coutts: Everything You Need to Know About the Star of 'Death By Magic'". Decider. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  6. Derren Brown Official Blog, UK (14 July 2011). "Take part in a treasure hunt and find £1,000". Derren Brown official website. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  7. Evening Standard Diary, UK (12 July 2011). "Now for the Money man's latest trick". Londoner's Diary, Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  8. Evening Standard Diary, UK (19 July 2011). "A welcome disappearing act". Londoner's Diary, Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  9. The Independent, UK, UK (18 November 2011). "Drummond Money-Coutts: Hitting the streets to raise awareness". Blogs, The Independent. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
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