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Oz Pearlman
American mentalist, actor, speaker, magician, and athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oz Pearlman (born July 19, 1982), also known as "Oz the Mentalist," is an American mentalist, magician, and long-distance runner for marathons and ultramarathons. He is best known for major media appearances performing mentalism for sports teams, including the Dallas Cowboys,[1][2] New York Jets,[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Green Bay Packers,[10] Los Angeles Lakers,[11][12] Seattle Seahawks,[13][14] Buffalo Bills,[15][16][17] Philadelphia Eagles,[18] Las Vegas Raiders,[19][20] New York Giants,[21] Baltimore Ravens,[22][23] Cincinnati Bengals,[24] Milwaukee Bucks,[25] Alabama Crimson Tide,[26] Michigan Wolverines,[27] Texas A&M Aggies,[28][29] Duke Blue Devils,[30] and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[31]
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NBC (national) aired a travel show about Oz called Oz Knows.[32] He won an Emmy Award for the show.[33]
Oz has appeared in televised media outside of the United States. Examples include ESPN Philippines[34] and a TV commercial for Mohegan Sun in China.[35]
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Personal life
Early life
Oz Pearlman was born on July 19, 1982, in Israel.[36] He moved to the United States at the age of 3 as a result of his father pursuing an engineering job.
Pearlman began performing magic at restaurants, kids’ shows, and corporate events at the age of 14, and has stated that he always had a deck of cards on him between the ages of 13 and 18.[37][38]
Pearlman earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in 2003, while already earning income from magic.
Career transition
Pearlman was originally employed at Merrill Lynch in their global technology services department, at that time only performing magic and mentalism as a part-time profession. After he was hired by his employer to deliver a corporate entertainment show to upper management within the company, he quit his full-time job at Merrill Lynch in order to focus on being a full-time entertainer.[38] Since then he has focused on a full-time career performing as a mentalist.
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Media appearances
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Oz had appeared on America's Got Talent[39][40][41], Joe Rogan Experience,[42][43][44] The Ellen Show,[45] Forbes,[46] Sports Illustrated,[17] HBO Hard Knocks,[3] CBS The Early Show, The Dr. Oz Show,[47] CNBC Power Lunch,[48][49][50] ABC World News Tonight, USA Today,[6] The Howard Stern Show[51][52], The New York Times,[53] Fox & Friends,[54] NBC Squawk Box,[55] NBC Golf Channel,[56] Jake Paul's podcast BS w/ Jake Paul,[57], Flagrant,[58][59] NBC Today Show,[60][61][62][63] Bert Kreischer's podcast,[64] Elvis Duran and the Morning Show,[65][66] People Magazine,[67] Esquire,[7] GQ,[68] and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.[69][35]
On June 4, 2025, Oz Pearlman aired on the Joe Rogan Experience. According to Joe, Oz correctly guessed the ATM PIN code of Joe's bank account.[42][43][44] The hosts of FLAGRANT had Oz on their podcast the following week.[58][59]
In 2023 and 2024 Pearlman appeared on EPSN to perform for the following NFL and college teams:
- Dallas Cowboys[1][2]
- Cincinnati Bengals[24]
- Alabama Crimson Tide [26]
- Michigan Wolverines[27]
- Texas A&M Aggies [28][29]
- Duke Blue Devils in separate ESPN appearances.[70][30]
- Buffalo Bills[15][16][17]
- Milwaukee Bucks[25]
Pearlman has also performed for the Los Angeles Lakers.[11][12], New York Giants,[21] Philadelphia Eagles,[18] Las Vegas Raiders players,[19][20] and the Green Bay Packers.[10][71]
He appeared on HBO's Hard Knocks[72] the NBC Golf Channel.[56] and as a guest on CBS Sports NCAA March Madness.[73] Pearlman won third-place on America's Got Talent, Season 10 (2015).[39][40] On January 13, 2020, he returned as a contestant in America's Got Talent: The Champions.[41]
NBC TV (national) aired a travel show called Oz Knows in 2018, which was about Pearlman traveling to various tourist attractions and performing mentalism. Oz won an Emmy Award in May 2018 for the show.[33][32] In July of 2023, Pearlman was a featured performer for ESPY Awards on ESPN.[74][75] He also made guest appearances on NBC Today Show on August 23, 2015,[76] and in 2016,[60][61][62][63] and predicted the American Super Bowl result on January 26, 2017.[77]
On December 17, 2024, Pearlman was a guest on The Howard Stern Show. Back in 2014, guest Valerie Harper while discussing her terminal illness, told Howard in private a secret code word that only the two of them would know, which could be used after her death to prove if psychics were real. This idea for a secret word was based on a pact Harry Houdini had made with his wife Bess where they promised each other that the first one to die would attempt to contact the surviving spouse from the afterlife, using a code the couple had created to verify any spiritualists or psychics claiming they had made contact. Oz correctly guessed that the word was "curly," shocking the shock jock.[51][52]
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Marathon achievements
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On April 4, 2022, Oz Pearlman broke the world record for most number of miles run in Central Park (New York). The total distance he ran was over 116 miles (16 loops), and it was completed in 17 hours, 40 minutes, and 59 seconds. The New York Times, Reuters, Runner's World, and CBS News published articles about the event. The event raised money to help Ukrainian citizens afflicted by Russia's war with Ukraine.[78][79][80][81][82] On August 5, 2022, Oz ran 130 miles in 21 hours, 52 minutes, and 33 seconds from Montauk to Manhattan. The Audacious Report produced a short documentary about the run and New York Times published an article about it.[83][84][53] Pearlman won the New Jersey Marathon four times. He won the 50-mile Chicago Ultra Marathon in 2015 in 5 hours, 25 minutes, and 26 seconds,[85] and has ranked within the top 30 fastest Americans for 50-mile races. He has also participated in the Hawaii Ironman World Championship, Western States 100 Mile Run, Spartathlon 153 Mile Run, Leadville 100 Mile Run, and Badwater 135 Mile Run.[86]
| 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Apr 5 | Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Race | 18:25:23[87] |
| 2024 | ||
| Nov 5 | TCS New York City | 2:41:37[88] |
| Jul 7 | Southampton Firecracker 8K & 3 Miler | 28:35[89] |
| 2023 | ||
| Nov 5 | TCS New York City | 2:44:46[88] |
| Jul 2 | Southampton Firecracker 8K & 3 Miler | 27:09[90] |
| 2022 | ||
| Dec 3 | NYRR Ted Corbitt 15K | 52:47[91] |
| Nov 6 | TCS New York City | 2:40:14[92] |
| Sep 17 | Hamptons Marathon | 2:40:56[93] |
| Jul 3 | Southampton Firecracker 8K | 26:30[94] |
| 2021 | ||
| Nov 7 | TCS New York City (41st Place overall) | 2:29:19[92] |
| Oct 2 | Hamptons Marathon | 2:36:35[95] |
| May 15 | KEYS100 Ultramarathon | 16:53:25[96] |
| 2020 | ||
| Oct 11 | Rockaway Marathon | 2:34:14[97] |
| 2019 | ||
| Nov 3 | TCS New York City | 2:32:47[92] |
| Oct 19 | NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon (3rd Place overall) | 2:44:44[92] |
| Jul 7 | Southampton Firecracker 8K | 27:37[98] |
| May 5 | KEYS100 Ultramarathon | 17:22:22[99] |
| 2018 | ||
| Nov 4 | TCS New York City | 2:36:23[92] |
| Jul 28 | NYRR Team Championships | 28:29[100] |
| Jul 26 | NYRR R-U-N 5K | 19:19[101] |
| Apr 28 | Novo Nordisk New Jersey (36th Place overall) | 2:56:03[92] |
| 2017 | ||
| Nov 19 | NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon (2nd Place overall) | 2:51:57[92] |
| 2016 | ||
| Nov 6 | TCS New York City | 2:55:22[92] |
| Aug 27 | Percy Sutton Harlem 5K Run | 16:18[102] |
| Jul 31 | San Francisco Marathon (2nd Place overall) | 2:31:16[92] |
| May 1 | The NEFCU Long Island Marathon Festival of Events
(7th Place overall) |
2:29:11[92] |
| Apr 2 | NYRR Scotland Run 10K | 32:41[103] |
| 2015 | ||
| Nov 1 | TCS New York City (38th Place overall) | 2:31:04[92] |
| Sep 27 | NYRR Bronx 10 Mile Run | 54:16[104] |
| Aug 29 | France Run 8K | 25:18[105] |
| May 2 | The NEFCU Long Island Marathon Festival of Events
(3rd Place overall) |
2:25:25[92] |
| Apr 20 | Boston Marathon (38th Place overall) | 2:25:31[92] |
| Apr 4 | NYRR Scotland Run 10K | 32:56[106] |
| 2014 | ||
| Nov 23 | Philadelphia Marathon (10th Place overall) | 2:23:52[92] |
| Nov 2 | TCS (35th Place overall) | 2:26:59[92] |
| Oct 12 | NYRR Staten Island Half Marathon | 1:09:15[107] |
| Oct 5 | Grete's Great Gallop Half Marathon | 1:10:21[108] |
| Sep 27 | Hamptons Marathon (1st Place) | 2:47:02[92] |
| Jul 19 | Vermont 100 Endurance Run | 16:38:13[109] |
| May 4 | The NEFCU Long Island Marathon Festival of Events
(2nd Place overall) |
2:32:04[92] |
| Apr 26 | New Jersey Marathon (1st Place overall, new course record) | 2:29:24[92] |
| 2013 | ||
| Nov 7 | NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon (2nd Place overall) | 2:33:54[92] |
| Oct 12 | ING Hartford Marathon (4th Place overall) | 2:25:23[92] |
| Sep 29 | Yonkers Marathon (1st Place overall) | 2:35:50[92] |
| Jul 15 | Badwater 135 Ultramarathon (6th Place overall) | 28:03:55[110] |
| May 5 | New Jersey Marathon (1st Place overall) | 2:28:23[92] |
| Mar 3 | Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon (7th Place overall) | 2:32:05[92] |
| 2012 | ||
| Sep 28 | Spartathlon: 153 Mile Ultra (24th Place overall) | 33:22:19[111] |
| Aug 24 | Sri Chinmoy Marathon (1st Place overall):
The Self-Transcendence Marathon (1st Place) |
2:41:27[92][112] |
| 2011 | ||
| Nov 6 | ING New York City (74th Place overall) | 2:34:37[92] |
| Aug 20 | LRS Leadville Trail 100 Run | 22:18:32[113] |
| May 1 | New Jersey Marathon (1st Place overall, new course record) | 2:28:19[92] |
| Mar 20 | NYC Half-Marathon (49th Place overall) | 1:09:34[114] |
| Feb 1 | Empire State Building Run-Up Powered by the MMRF | 14:01[115] |
| 2010 | ||
| Nov 25 | Thanksgiving Day Marathon (1st Place overall) | 2:52:58[116] |
| Jun 25 | Western States 100-Miler (32nd Place overall) | 19:53:12[117] |
| May 8 | The North Face Endurance Challenge | 9:21:04[118] |
| Jan 7 | מרתון טבריה (26th Place overall) | 2:42:55[92] |
| 2009 | ||
| Nov 21 | John F. Kennedy 50 Mile Race | 6:09:39[119] |
| Oct 31 | Chicago Lakefront 50-Miler (1st Place overall, new course
record, fastest time in the world in 2009 for 50 miles) |
5:25[120] |
| Sep 26 | Hamptons Marathon (1st Place) | 2:39:24[92] |
| Aug 25 | Self-Transcendence (1st Place overall) | 2:39:25[92] |
| Apr 20 | 2009 Boston Marathon | 2:43:48[92] |
| Jan 8 | NYRR Night at the Races Meet (1 mile) | 4:58[121] |
| 2008 | ||
| Nov 22 | JFK 50 Mile Race (2nd Place overall) | 6:13[122] |
| Nov 1 | Chicago Lakefront 50-Miler (1st Place) | 5:41[123] |
| Sep 27 | Hamptons Marathon (1st Place) | 2:37:50[92] |
| May 4 | New Jersey Marathon (1st Place overall) | 2:33:09[92] |
| Apr 5 | American River 50-Mile Endurance Run (10th Place overall) | 6:25[124] |
| Feb 3 | Tallahassee Marathon (2nd Place overall) | 2:29:23[92][125] |
| 2007 | ||
| Nov 17 | NYRR Knickerbocker 60K (1st Place and course record) | 4:01[126] |
| Oct 27 | Chicago Lakefront 50-Miler (1st Place and course record) | 5:31:51[127] |
| Oct 13 | Ford Ironman World Championship | 10:49:59[128] |
| Oct 7 | Westchester Marathon (1st Place) | 2:41:32[129] |
| July 21 | Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Run (43rd Place overall) | 22:46:07[130] |
| Jun 3 | FANS 24-Hour Ultra Race | 105.78 miles[131] |
| Mar 25 | Ocean Drive Marathon (2nd Place) | 2:53:44[132] |
| 2006 | ||
| Nov 11 | Chicago Lakefront 50-Miler (1st Place and Course Record) | 6:05:09[133][134] |
| Oct 8 | Westchester Marathon (1st Place and Course Record) | 2:34:57[135] |
| Sep 10 | Ironman Wisconsin (3rd Place, age group: Hawaii Qualifier) | 10:17:54[136] |
| Sep 9 | Pine Barrens Autumn Duathlon | 4:09:15[137] |
| Jul 30 | The San Francisco (6th Place overall, 1st Place category) | 2:41:38[92] |
| Jul 16 | Nautica NYC Olympic Triathlon (1st Place, ages 20-24) | 2:11:53[138] |
| Jun 11 | Eagleman Half Ironman Triathlon | 5:08:17[139] |
| Apr 17 | 2006 Boston Marathon | 2:44:11[92] |
| Jan 28 | NYRR Fred Lebow Manhattan Half-Marathon | 1:26:21[140] |
| 2005 | ||
| Nov 20 | Philadelphia Marathon | 2:52:46[92] |
| Oct 9 | Mohawk-Hudson River
(13th Place overall, 1st Place category) |
2:56:09[92] |
| Sep 10 | ING New York City Marathon Tune Up (18 miles) | 2:14:04[141] |
| Aug 28 | NYRR Fred Lebow Manhattan Half-Marathon | 1:44:48[142] |
| Mar 13 | Pfizer Oncology Colon Cancer 4M | 1:31:00[143] |
| 2004 | ||
| Nov 21 | Philadelphia Marathon | 3:21:28[92] |
| Sep 23 | American Heart Association Wall Street Run | 19:43[144] |
| Aug 29 | NYRR Fred Lebow Manhattan Half-Marathon | 1:32:47[145] |
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