Richard Turner is a phenomenon who creates, dazzles, entertains, and motivates.
Gaming experts and gamblers know and respect him as a master Card Mechanic—Manipulator who could take down any casino or wipe out any high-stakes gambler. His unparalleled skill with a deck of cards has stirred and staggered audiences throughout the world. He has been featured in dozens of television specials around the globe, including That’s Incredible, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, The 700 Club, The Paul Daniels Show on the BBC, and World Geniuses in Japan. Richard is now indelibly associated with “winning ways” with cards.
Richard has entranced legends such as Muhammad Ali, Johnny Carson, General Colin Powell, and Bob Hope. He recently bamboozled Brad Pitt in the movie, Tree of Life, which won Best Film 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival.
When not entertaining the rich and famous, he inspires students, our military personnel, and corporate America with lively talks that coax, connect, and entertain. Being a possibility thinker, Richard reveals what we SEE and FAIL TO SEE and in a VITAL and IMMERSIVE WAY leads audiences on an exploration of the SEEN and UNSEEN, the REAL and UNREAL, while making sense of our wondrous brains in OFFBEAT, ENTERTAINING WAYS.
Blind since age 9, Richard reveals how to fully use all of your senses, including vision. Providing examples of Eyesight Insights, he shows how to apply his guiding motto: “As you think, so you are…as you dream determines what you become.”
Many publications have profiled his exploits, including the Los Angeles Times, the Dallas Times Herald, the Orlando Sentinel, and Genii Magazine. He has also performed for hundreds of CEOs of large corporations such as AT&T, IBM, ARCO Chemical, USAA, Southwest Airlines, and many more.
The recipient of many accolades and honors, Richard has been recognized with the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award, Rotary Leadership Award, Honorary Commander in the US Air Force, Honorary Naval Flight Officer, the Golden Lion Award (awarded by Siegfried and Roy), and induction into The Magic Castle’s Hall of Fame. He is also listed in Believe the Unbelievable Book of World Records for his amazing “Eight-Coin Roll.”
When he is not entertaining and educating, he actively practices the martial arts. He is currently a Master, holding a sixth-degree black belt in karate. His black belt test, ten rounds of three minutes each, was so grueling it was televised and appeared on the front page of the sports section of the Los Angeles Times.
He also designed and created a series of board and puzzle games, including Batty and Texas Showdown. His company (Showdown Creations Inc.) has produced a bestselling DVD series on advanced card technique that is used by casinos and cardmen worldwide. Due to his remarkably delicate feel for the pasteboards, he has been the Touch Analyst for USPC, the largest card manufacturer in the country, which is known for producing the finest quality cards used by professional magicians and gamers.
Richard has written a novel, Re-Deal: A Time-Travel Thriller, and has co-starred in Hoodwinked, a stage show featuring four of the most renowned international con artists.
The forthcoming biography of Richard’s life story, aptly titled ALL IN – ALL OUT: Playing the Hands You have been Dealt, intimately discloses his credo of survival and triumph. Written by renowned author, Jon Racherbaumer, an adapted screenplay by Emmy award-winning writer-director, Alexander Sandy Marshall is planned in the near future.
