Siegfried & Roy, famous for their stunning large scale illusions and big cats, once ruled Las Vegas as its most successful act. In their more than three decades in Las Vegas, the pair performed for an estimated 25 million people.

The magical team was launched from humble beginnings in postwar Germany. Siegfried Fischbacher grew up in the town of Rosenheim, Germany, while Roy Horn grew up in Nordenham. Siegfried discovered an interest in magic at an early age and taught himself from a book that he purchased with a five-mark bill that he happened to find on the street.