Jonathan Goodwin is a daredevil, escape artist, and stunt performer.’ Goodwin
is an accomplished archer, knife thrower, martial artist, escape artist,
freeclimber and free driver. He had been performing stunts since he was 7.

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He
was born on February, 1980 in Pembrokeshire, Wales. He is a US citizen. Goodwin
is a single dad and lives in Las Vegas, with his daughter, Miligan.

He appeared on the 9th March 2013 edition of The Jonathan Ross Show and performed the stunt of lying on a single nail and having a breezeblock placed upon his chest with a sledgehammer.

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Goodwin has been touring alongside “The Illusionists” since 2015. His last performance was seen in 2020. He has toured upon 11 shows of “The Illusionists” overall. In 2016 Goodwin competed upon ITV’s ‘The Next Great Magician’, in the first episode however failed to reach the Final.

In 2019, he appeared on the 13th series of Britain’s Got Talent, made it to the finals performing “buried alive” the first time this stunt had ever been attempted on a stage.

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In 2020, he appeared on America’s Got Talent, where he finished as a semifinalist.

Recently he is admitted to the hospital after suffering injuries from a daring stunt onset of America’s got talent: Extreme.

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Goodwin calls himself “The Daredevil,” is known to perform stunts that are unthinkable. His website bio describes him as a “professional danger man” who has “put himself in the most extreme situations and dodged death each time.”