Wes Barker | |
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Personal information | |
Born |
Langley,
British Columbia, Canada | April 16, 1986
Occupation | Comic Stunt Magician |
Spouse | Kristen Gillett |
Website |
wesbarker |
YouTube information | |
Channel | |
Years active | 2009 — present |
Genres | magic |
Subscribers | 227 thousand
[1] (June 2021) |
Total views | 91 million
[1] (June 2021) |
Associated acts | Big Trick Energy ( Chris Ramsay, Eric Leclerc, Alex Boyer) |
Wesley Barker is a Canadian magician and YouTuber, [2] [3] known for starring in the TruTV stunt magic show Big Trick Energy. [4] He has appeared on Ellen and America’s Got Talent as well as fooling Penn & Teller on their show Fool Us. His YouTube and Facebook channels have received 100s of millions of views. [3] He is also the co-host of the Bottom of the Barrel Podcast with Chris Ramsay.
Barker has competed in both the Canadian and American versions of Got Talent. [3] He appeared on the second season of Fool Us in 2015, and managed to fool Penn and Teller with a trick involving a phonebook and a sword. [3] [5] He has received awards such as "Variety Performer of the Year", and "Comedian of the Year" from the Canadian Organization for Campus Activities (COCA). [6] [7]
Barker was born in Langley, British Columbia. [8] [9] He is a friend and neighbour of fellow Youtube magician Chris Ramsay, and they have collaborated on YouTube and as part of Big Trick Energy. [10]
Barker has appeared, alongside friends and Big Trick Energy co-stars Alex Boyer, Eric Leclerc and Chris Ramsay, on WNCN in Raleigh, North Carolina, to discuss the show and their friendship. [11] A video of a comedic skit he did, starring alongside his wife Kristen Gillett, was featured in an online article for Travel + Leisure; the article goes over a funny day in the life of a flight attendant working from home (Kristen Gillett is mentioned as a flight attendant for WestJet). [12]