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Ricky Jay

Ricky Jay
  • Name: Ricky Jay
  • Birthday: 1946-06-26
  • Also known as: Richard Jay Potash
  • Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Popularity: 7.479
Biography: Ricky Jay (born Richard Jay Potash) was an actor, magician, cardsharp, and film consultant. Ricky's love and deep study of card tricks and deception gained him worldwide fame and respect, and he was often called in to consult for movies and TV shows where deception was a key element of the story. Ricky was an exceptional close-up magician and playing-card handler, but he also acted in movies such as Boogie Nights, Tomorrow Never Dies, and Magnolia, as well as TV shows like the X-Files, HBO's Deadwood, and David Mamet's The Unit, always playing intense characters who seemed to know everything but only handed out information in riddles and suggestions.

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Title Release date
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic   as  Self 2017-07-04
The Automatic Hate   as  Uncle Josh 2016-03-11
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay   as  Himself 2012-10-04
Lost Masterpieces of Pornography   as  Narrator 2010-06-02
The Brothers Bloom   as  Narrator (voice) 2008-09-09
Redbelt   as  Marty Brown 2008-04-07
The Great Buck Howard   as  Gil Bellamy 2008-01-18
David Mamet on House of Games   as  Himself 2007-08-21
Ricky Jay Plays Poker   as  Self 2007-02-13
The Prestige   as  Milton 2006-10-17
Last Days   as  Detective 2005-06-12
Incident at Loch Ness   as  Self - Party Guest 2004-12-17
The Making of Last Days   as  Himself 2004-01-01
Heist   as  Don 'Pinky' Pincus 2001-11-09
Heartbreakers   as  Dawson's Auctioneer 2001-03-23
State and Main   as  Jack 2000-08-26
That Moment: Magnolia Diary   as  Self 2000-01-01
Magnolia   as  Burt Ramsey / Narrator 1999-12-17
Mystery Men   as  Vic Weems 1999-08-06
Tomorrow Never Dies   as  Henry Gupta 1997-12-11
The Spanish Prisoner   as  George Lang 1997-12-03
Boogie Nights   as  Kurt Longjohn 1997-10-10
Sink or Swim   as  The Hat 1997-09-19
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants   as  Self 1996-12-17
Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters and Ricky Jay 1996-11-18
The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky   as  Hawkes 1995-06-15
Ring of the Musketeers   as  Kerns 1992-12-01
The Water Engine   as  Ratty Inventor 1992-08-24
Homicide   as  Aaron 1991-05-28
Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women 1990-04-19
Things Change   as  Mr. Silver 1988-10-21
House of Games   as  George 1987-10-11