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Ricky Jay
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Richard Jay Potash (June 26, 1946 – November 24, 2018) was an American actor, magician, cardsharp, and film consultant. Ricky's love and deep study of card tricks and deception ga…
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Richard Jay Potash (June 26, 1946 – November 24, 2018) was an American 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.
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2017
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
Movie Self
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2016
The Automatic Hate
Movie Uncle Josh
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2015
Sneaky Pete
TV show T.H. Vignetti
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2013
Getting On
TV show Thoracic Surgeon
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2013
Teen Titans Go!
TV show Narrator (voice)
- 2012
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2010
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
TV show Self
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2010
Lost Masterpieces of Pornography
Movie Narrator
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2009
FlashForward
TV show Man in Warehouse
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2009
Lie to Me
TV show Mason Brock
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2008
The Brothers Bloom
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2008
Redbelt
Movie Marty Brown
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2008
The Great Buck Howard
Movie Gil Bellamy
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2007
David Mamet on House of Games
Movie Himself
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2007
Ricky Jay Plays Poker
Movie Self
More credits
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2006
The Prestige
Movie Milton
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2006
The Unit
TV show Agent Kern
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2005
David Mamet on 'House of Games'
Movie Himself
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2005
Last Days
Movie Detective
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2004
Incident at Loch Ness
Movie Self - Party Guest
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2004
Deadwood
TV show Eddie Sawyer
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2004
The Making of Last Days
Movie Himself
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2001
Heist
Movie Don 'Pinky' Pincus
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2001
Heartbreakers
Movie Dawson's Auctioneer
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2000
State and Main
Movie Jack
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2000
That Moment: Magnolia Diary
Movie Self
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1999
Magnolia
Movie Burt Ramsey / Narrator
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1999
Mystery Men
Movie Vic Weems
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1997
Tomorrow Never Dies
Movie Henry Gupta
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1997
The Story of Magic
TV show Host
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1997
The Spanish Prisoner
Movie George Lang
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1997
Boogie Nights
Movie Kurt Longjohn
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1997
Sink Or Swim
Movie The Hat
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1996
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants
Movie Self
- 1996
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1996
Muppets Tonight
TV show Self
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1995
The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky
Movie Hawkes
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1993
The X-Files
TV show The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck
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1992
Ring of the Musketeers
TV show Kerns
