Person
Ricky Jay
Born 26 June 1946 Died 24 November 2018, aged 72 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA TMDB ↗
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.
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Movie credits
Age: 69 The Automatic Hate
2016
Age: 62 The Brothers Bloom
2008
Age: 61 Redbelt
2008
Age: 61 The Great Buck Howard
2008
Age: 60 The Prestige
2006
Age: 58 Last Days
2005
Age: 55 Heist
2001
Age: 54 Heartbreakers
2001
Age: 54 State and Main
2000
Age: 53 Magnolia
1999
Age: 53 Mystery Men
1999
Age: 51 Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
Age: 51 The Spanish Prisoner
1997
Age: 51 Boogie Nights
1997
Age: 51 Sink Or Swim
1997
Age: 50 Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters and Ricky Jay
1996
Age: 48 The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky
1995The Water Engine
1992
Age: 44 Homicide
1991
Age: 43 Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women
1990
Age: 42 Things Change
1988
Age: 41 House of Games
1987Doug Henning's World of Magic
1976TV credits
Age: 69 Sneaky Pete
2015
Age: 67 Getting On
2013
Age: 66 Teen Titans Go!
2013
Age: 63 FlashForward
2009
Age: 62 Lie to Me
2009
Age: 59 The Unit
2006
Age: 57 Deadwood
2004
Age: 47 The X-Files
1993
Age: 46 Ring of the Musketeers
1992
Age: 43