Mat Plendl was the US National Hula Hoop Champion at the age of 13, then went on to a career in stage musicals and voice-over. At age 24 he performed his hula hoop act on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 3 times within a 6-month period, and has since dazzled audiences in person and on TV across the Globe. Mat Plendl has been a favorite NBA half-time performer and a question in Trivial Pursuit. He has appeared on Donny & Marie, The Mickey Mouse Club and Don't Just Sit There, as well as Fantastico (Italy) and Zakku Baran (Japan).
Mat Plendl has applied his various talents to multi-media performance pieces that incorporate music, storytelling, extraordinary visuals, bizarre characters, precision Theremin playing and virtuoso hula-hooping. He is currently one of the stars of the long-running hit San Francisco show Teatro ZinZanni.