Ricky Jay
Acting • Born 1946-06-26 – Died 2018-11-24
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.
Filmography
49 credits
Magnolia
Movie • 1999
Burt Ramsey / Narrator
Tomorrow Never Dies
Movie • 1997
Henry Gupta
Last Days
Movie • 2005
Detective
Boogie Nights
Movie • 1997
Kurt Longjohn
The Brothers Bloom
Movie • 2008
Narrator (voice)
Mystery Men
Movie • 1999
Vic Weems
House of Games
Movie • 1987
George
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
Movie • 1996
Self
The Spanish Prisoner
Movie • 1997
George Lang
Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women
Movie • 1990
The Great Buck Howard
Movie • 2008
Gil Bellamy
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
Movie • 2012
Self
Ricky Jay Plays Poker
Movie • 2007
Self
Heartbreakers
Movie • 2001
Dawson's Auctioneer
Lost Masterpieces of Pornography
Movie • 2010
Narrator
The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky
Movie • 1995
Hawkes
Homicide
Movie • 1991
Aaron
The Automatic Hate
Movie • 2016
Uncle Josh
The Prestige
Movie • 2006
Milton
Redbelt
Movie • 2008
Marty Brown
Sink Or Swim
Movie • 1997
The Hat
State and Main
Movie • 2000
Jack
Things Change
Movie • 1988
Mr. Silver
The Water Engine
Movie • 1992
Ratty Inventor
Heist
Movie • 2001
Don 'Pinky' Pincus
The Making of Last Days
Movie • 2004
Himself
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Movie • 2000
Self
David Mamet on House of Games
Movie • 2007
Himself
Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters and Ricky Jay
Movie • 1996
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
Movie • 2017
Self
Incident at Loch Ness
Movie • 2004
Self - Party Guest
Doug Henning's World of Magic
Movie • 1976
David Mamet on 'House of Games'
Movie • 2005
Himself
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Ricky Jay (voice)
The X-Files
TV • 1993
The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
TV • 2010
Self
FlashForward
TV • 2009
Man in Warehouse
Doug Henning's World of Magic
TV • 1975
Self
The Paul Daniels Magic Show
TV • 1979
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Deadwood
TV • 2004
Eddie Sawyer
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Sneaky Pete
TV • 2015
T.H. Vignetti
The Story of Magic
TV • 1997
Host
Ring of the Musketeers
TV • 1992
Kerns
Getting On
TV • 2013
Thoracic Surgeon
Teen Titans Go!
TV • 2013
Narrator (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self / Patron