Pete grew up in Middlesbrough where his parents and sister provided a normal loving family environment. He studied for an acting degree and was looking forward to joining the family business selling second hand cars. But somewhere along the line something went wrong. Pete spent his teenage years locked away in his bedroom practicing magic furiously with just a poster of Pamela Anderson for company. Seeing an advert for new magicians to present a TV show Pete stripped to his underpants in a snowy back garden and filmed himself performing tricks. The show was FIVE’s 'Monkey Magic' and Pete's career as a TV magician started. Since 'Monkey Magic' he has traveled the world meeting his magic heroes and performing his own brand of anarchic magic in Sky One's 'The Secret World of Magic', and amazed viewers with his ability to perform disgusting tricks with animals, cigarettes and big spikey things in Channel 4's 'Dirty Tricks'.

2006 saw the release of Pete’s first book for the public, ‘Tricks To Freak Out Your Friends’. So successful was it in the UK, it was also released in the USA and is about to go into its second print run.

Most recently, Pete has appeared alongside Ben Elton and Jimmy Carr on 'Saturday Live Again!' for ITV and with Justin Lee Collins on Channel 4's 'Convention Crashers'.
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Pete grew up in Middlesbrough where his parents and sister provided a normal loving family environment. He studied for an acting degree and was looking forward to joining the family business selling second hand cars. But somewhere along the line something went wrong. Pete spent his teenage years locked away in his bedroom practicing magic furiously with just a poster of Pamela Anderson for company. Seeing an advert for new magicians to present a TV show Pete stripped to his underpants in a snowy... (read more)

“A gob-smackingly talented magician…equally good at stand-up and boasts immaculate timing” Mickey Noonan, Metro

“The MySpace generation's Tommy Cooper” The Scotsman

“Firman is a delight” The Independent

"If you are partial to a bit of magic with your comedy, Firman is the best of the bunch." Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

“The audience is caught between guffawing laughter and amazed gasps” The Guardian

“Effortlessly funny” Daily Telegraph

“A rollicking hour without a dull moment” Chortle

“Weird and wonderful” Maxim

“One of the top magicians in the country" XFM
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“A gob-smackingly talented magician…equally good at stand-up and boasts immaculate timing” Mickey Noonan, Metro

“The MySpace generation's Tommy Cooper” The Scotsman

“Firman is a delight” The Independent

"If you are partial to a bit of magic with your comedy, Firman is the best of the bunch." Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard

“The audience is caught between guffawing laughter and amazed gasps” The Guardian

“Effortlessly funny” Daily Telegraph

“A rollicking hour withou... (read more)