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.

Acted

The Prestige

2006 · Milton

Heist

2001 · Don 'Pinky' Pincus

Heartbreakers

2001 · Dawson's Auctioneer

Magnolia

1999 · Burt Ramsey / Narrator

Mystery Men

1999 · Vic Weems

Tomorrow Never Dies

1997 · Henry Gupta

The Spanish Prisoner

1997 · George Lang

Boogie Nights

1997 · Kurt Longjohn

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

1995 · Hawkes

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