Dan Meyer

About Dan Meyer

Loser. Wimp. Child of Ridicule. Sword Swallower. StoryTeller. Believer in Miracles Growing up a scared shy, wimpy kid teased and beat up by bullies, Dan Meyer vowed to overcome his fears to do feats the bullies could not do.\"I wanted to find my purpose and calling, do something remarkable with my life, and change the world! I wanted to prove the impossible is NOT impossible!\" Today Dan is a 40x world record sword swallower with 7 Guinness World Records, featured in Ripley\'s Believe It or Not books and museums, called the “World\'s Top Sword Swallower” by Ripley’s Believe It it Not, and seen by over 750 million on 60+ documentaries and TV programs in 50 countries around the world. As the world’s leading historical researcher on sword swallowing as President of the Sword Swallowers Assoc Int’l, founder of World Sword Swallower\'s Day, and winner of the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine at Harvard for medical research on sword swallowing, Dan is recognized as the world\'s leading expert in the art and science of the year old ancient art. As a performer, Dan is known worldwide for his extreme stunts: Swallowing swords underwater in a tank of sharks and stingrays for Ripley’s, swallowing swords heated 1500 degrees red hot for Stan Lee\'s Superhumans on History Channel, pulling cars by sword for Ripley’s and Got Talents worldwide, and breaking the Guinness World Record by swallowing 29 swords at once. As a global TED speaker on 4 continents, Dan is best-known for his inspirational viral TED talk “Cutting through Fear” that’s been seen over 1.6 Million times and translated into 85+ languages as the #2 Most Translated TED Talk in the world. As a performer, Dan is best-known as the “Most Dangerous Act\" on America\'s Got Talent (Season 3) to the Finals, then back to blow the judges’ minds by pulling Nick Cannon in a car by swallowed sword on America’s Got Talent (Season 11), and on to appearances of Italy\'s Got Talent, France’s Got Talent, Israel’s Got Talent, and appearances on 13 episodes of Got Talents around the world. An inspirational clean comedy speaker, Dan enjoys inspiring corporate and family audiences to find THEIR purpose and calling, change the world and do the impossible in THEIR lives at fairs, festivals, casinos, comedy clubs, churches, family and corporate events in 50 countries around the world. If he’s good enough for them, why not have Dan at YOUR next event? Cutting Edge Innertainment Entertainment with an EDGE, a Program with a POINT! CuttingEdgeInnertainment.com

Experience

1. Tedx Speaker

   Tedxyerevan

   Sep 2014 — Present · Yerevan, AM

   Guest TEDx Speaker at TEDx Yerevan Armenia A passionate believer in \"ideas worth spreading,\"​ Dan enjoys impacting lives as a global TEDx speaker at TEDx and corporate events around the world. Dan has now been honored to inspire others to \"cut through fear, do the impossible, and change the world\"​ at 8 TEDx events on 4 continents, with his TEDx talks now translated into over 100 languages: TEDxMaastricht Netherlands TEDxAccra Ghana Africa TEDxYerevan Armenia TEDxBrainTrain Amsterdam TEDxBrainTrain Utrecht TEDxHuntsville TEDxTampaRiverwalk TEDxUSFSP TEDx speaker coach at TEDxSarasota and TEDxUSFSP TED Translator If you\'re looking for a jaw-dropping head-spinning blend of art, science, history and entertainment with unexpected paradigm shifts for your TEDx event, contact Dan at

Education

• Waldorf University

  AA

  1975 — 1977

• Indiana State University

  BS

  1980 — 1983

• Waldorf University

  Associate of Arts - AA

  1975 — 1977

• Rogers High School

  College Prep

  1972 — 1975

• National Guild of Hypnotists

  CH

  2006 — 2006

• Belmont University

  BS

  1988 — 1988

• Recording Workshop

  Audio Engineer

  1983 — 1983