Ricky Jay

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.

Known For

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The X-Files

Saturday Night Live

Teen Titans Go!

The Mike Douglas Show

Lie to Me

All Movies (33)

• Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic2017 · as Self
• The Automatic Hate2016 · as Uncle Josh
• Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay2012 · as Self
• Lost Masterpieces of Pornography2010 · as Narrator
• The Brothers Bloom2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• Redbelt2008 · as Marty Brown
• The Great Buck Howard2008 · as Gil Bellamy
• David Mamet on House of Games2007 · as Himself
• Ricky Jay Plays Poker2007 · as Self
• The Prestige2006 · as Milton
• David Mamet on 'House of Games'2005 · as Himself
• Last Days2005 · as Detective
• Incident at Loch Ness2004 · as Self - Party Guest
• The Making of Last Days2004 · as Himself
• Heist2001 · as Don 'Pinky' Pincus
• Heartbreakers2001 · as Dawson's Auctioneer
• State and Main2000 · as Jack
• That Moment: Magnolia Diary2000 · as Self
• Magnolia1999 · as Burt Ramsey / Narrator
• Mystery Men1999 · as Vic Weems
• Tomorrow Never Dies1997 · as Henry Gupta
• The Spanish Prisoner1997 · as George Lang
• Boogie Nights1997 · as Kurt Longjohn
• Sink Or Swim1997 · as The Hat
• Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants1996 · as Self
• Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters and Ricky Jay1996
• The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky1995 · as Hawkes
• The Water Engine1992 · as Ratty Inventor
• Homicide1991 · as Aaron
• Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women1990
• Things Change1988 · as Mr. Silver
• House of Games1987 · as George
• Doug Henning's World of Magic1976

All TV Shows (18)

• Sneaky Pete2015 · as T.H. Vignetti
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Getting On2013 · as Thoracic Surgeon
• Teen Titans Go!2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood2010 · as Self
• FlashForward2009 · as Man in Warehouse
• Lie to Me2009 · as Mason Brock
• The Unit2006 · as Agent Kern
• Deadwood2004 · as Eddie Sawyer
• The Story of Magic1997 · as Host
• The X-Files1993 · as The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck
• Ring of the Musketeers1992 · as Kerns
• The Simpsons1989 · as Ricky Jay (voice)
• The Paul Daniels Magic Show1979 · as Self
• Doug Henning's World of Magic1975 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self / Patron
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self