Portuguese performer who was voted Magician of the decade from 2000 to 2009 by the Hollywood Academy of Magic Arts.
He studied agricultural engineering in Portugal.
He put together annual street magic festivals in Portugal.
His family moved from Mozambique to Portugal when he was little.
Actor and Magician Neil Patrick Harris served as the President of the Hollywood Academy of Magic Arts, which selected Dematos as its Magician of the decade.
