Actor
Ricky Jay
Born 1946 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Acting
The Prestige
Milton · 2006
The Simpsons
Ricky Jay (voice) · 1989
The X-Files
The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck · 1993
Magnolia
Burt Ramsey / Narrator · 1999
Boogie Nights
Kurt Longjohn · 1997
Lie to Me
Mason Brock · 2009
Deadwood
Eddie Sawyer · 2004
Tomorrow Never Dies
Henry Gupta · 1997
Sneaky Pete
T.H. Vignetti · 2015
FlashForward
Man in Warehouse · 2009
Saturday Night Live
Self / Patron · 1975
The Brothers Bloom
Narrator (voice) · 2008
Teen Titans Go!
Narrator (voice) · 2013
Heartbreakers
Dawson's Auctioneer · 2001
Heist
Don 'Pinky' Pincus · 2001
House of Games
George · 1987
The Unit
Agent Kern · 2006
Mystery Men
Vic Weems · 1999
The Spanish Prisoner
George Lang · 1997
Redbelt
Marty Brown · 2008
State and Main
Jack · 2000
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1962
The Great Buck Howard
Gil Bellamy · 2008
