Ricky Jay
ActingAlso Known As
Richard Jay Potash
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.
Movies
(33 total)
The Prestige
as Milton
Magnolia
as Burt Ramsey / Narrator
Boogie Nights
as Kurt Longjohn
Tomorrow Never Dies
as Henry Gupta
Heartbreakers
as Dawson's Auctioneer
Mystery Men
as Vic Weems
The Brothers Bloom
as Narrator (voice)
Heist
as Don 'Pinky' Pincus
Last Days
as Detective
House of Games
as George
The Spanish Prisoner
as George Lang
State and Main
as Jack
Redbelt
as Marty Brown
The Great Buck Howard
as Gil Bellamy
Homicide
as Aaron
Incident at Loch Ness
as Self - Party Guest
Things Change
as Mr. Silver
The Automatic Hate
as Uncle Josh
TV Shows
(16 total)
The Simpsons
as Ricky Jay (voice)
The X-Files
as The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck
Deadwood
as Eddie Sawyer
Teen Titans Go!
as Narrator (voice)
FlashForward
as Man in Warehouse
Saturday Night Live
as Self / Patron
Sneaky Pete
as T.H. Vignetti
Getting On
as Thoracic Surgeon
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Ring of the Musketeers
as Kerns