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Ricky Jay

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, 1946-06-26

Died: 2018-11-24

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	Doug Henning's World of Magic		100
2	1987	House of Games	George	68
3	1988	Things Change	Mr. Silver	61
4	1990	Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women		70
5	1991	Homicide	Aaron	63
6	1992	The Water Engine	Ratty Inventor	53
7	1995	The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky	Hawkes	57
8	1996	Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters and Ricky Jay		80
9	1996	Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants	Self	73
10	1997	Sink Or Swim	The Hat	48
11	1997	Boogie Nights	Kurt Longjohn	76
12	1997	The Spanish Prisoner	George Lang	68
13	1997	Tomorrow Never Dies	Henry Gupta	64
14	1999	Mystery Men	Vic Weems	58
15	1999	Magnolia	Burt Ramsey / Narrator	77
16	2000	That Moment: Magnolia Diary	Self	76
17	2000	State and Main	Jack	63
18	2001	Heartbreakers	Dawson's Auctioneer	61
19	2001	Heist	Don 'Pinky' Pincus	63
20	2004	The Making of Last Days	Himself	0
21	2004	Incident at Loch Ness	Self - Party Guest	58
22	2005	Last Days	Detective	56
23	2006	The Prestige	Milton	82
24	2007	Ricky Jay Plays Poker	Self	59
25	2007	David Mamet on House of Games	Himself	0
26	2008	The Great Buck Howard	Gil Bellamy	60
27	2008	Redbelt	Marty Brown	65
28	2008	The Brothers Bloom	Narrator (voice)	66
29	2010	Lost Masterpieces of Pornography	Narrator	64
30	2012	Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay	Himself	69
31	2016	The Automatic Hate	Uncle Josh	59
32	2017	Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
2	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
3	1975	Doug Henning's World of Magic	Self	80
4	1979	The Paul Daniels Magic Show	Self	75
5	1989	The Simpsons	Ricky Jay (voice)	80
6	1992	Ring of the Musketeers	Kerns	0
7	1993	The X-Files	The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck	84
8	1997	The Story of Magic	Host	0
9	2004	Deadwood		81
10	2004	Deadwood	Eddie Sawyer	81
11	2009	FlashForward	Man in Warehouse	70
12	2010	Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood	Self	47
13	2013	Teen Titans Go!	Narrator (voice)	65
14	2013	Getting On	Thoracic Surgeon	63
15	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		59
16	2015	Sneaky Pete	T.H. Vignetti	75