Hey There, I’m Danny Cheng.

Li Gung Cheng, also known as Danny Cheng, was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. Danny began doing magic at age 14. By high school, he was the president of the Magic Club in Hépíng High School and was performing semi-professionally.

At age 17, Danny moved to Dallas, Texas, with his family. There, he began focusing on close-up magic and the art of hand shadow puppetry on his own. In 2011, the Dallas Chinese Community Center awarded him for his hand shadow puppet performance.

After high school, Danny moved to San Francisco, California, to pursue an Associate of Arts degree in Humanities at City College of San Francisco and a Bachelor’s degree in Drama at San Francisco State University. While studying, he also worked as a demonstrator at a magic store on Pier 39, performing close-up magic for people from around the world who visited the shop.

In August 2016, Danny competed in San Jose at the International Brotherhood of Magicians (IBM) Ring 216 Yearly Walk-Around Competition and was awarded second place. In September 2016, he won the People’s Choice Award at the IBM Ring 216 Yearly Close-Up Competition.

In 2017, Danny was awarded first place by IBM Ring 216 in both the Yearly Close-Up Competition and the Yearly Walk-Around Competition, as well as the People’s Choice Award for the Yearly Close-Up Competition.

From 2016 to 2019, Danny regularly performed as a house magician at Farina Focaccia & Cucina Italiana in San Francisco’s Mission District; Izakaya Umai in San Francisco’s Japantown; SF Hole in the Wall Pizza in the Outer Sunset; and Slap Face Coffee & Tea in Fremont, California.

In 2020, Danny released his serious Coin Magic routines with help from Tom Dobrowolski, Jeremiah Zuo, Curtis Kam and Grant Gomez as a small book, which is titled as Coin Monster. He has also become an active contributor for the Disclaimer publication on Ko-fi.

Currently, Danny resides in San Francisco, California. He is also a regular performing magician at the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood, California, and periodically travels with Princess Cruises to provide the exclusive Spellbound by Magic Castle experience.