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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A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into ...
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Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repa...
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A young ranger in the Montana wilderness discovers the great forces of nature while learning the imp...
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Sleight of hand magician Ricky Jay blends light comedy and close-up magic to entertain a live audien...
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Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic po...
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A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against eac...
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An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation...
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When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova...
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The residents of a small Vermont town don't know what hit them when a beleaguered Hollywood film cre...
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Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. M...
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When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of ...
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Behind-the-scenes documentary of Gus Van Sant's "Last Days."...
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A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supre...
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The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios ...
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When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs o...
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When Davis Green's alluring young cousin Alexis appears on his doorstep one night, he discovers that...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | The Automatic Hate (2016) | Uncle Josh | - | - |
| 2 | Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (2012) | Self | 6 | |
| 3 | The Brothers Bloom (2008) | Narrator (voice) | 6.8 | |
| 4 | The Great Buck Howard (2008) | Gil Bellamy | 5.8 | |
| 5 | Redbelt (2008) | Marty Brown | 7 | |
| 6 | The Prestige (2006) Oscars 2007 | Milton | 8.2 | |
| 7 | Last Days (2005) | Detective | 5.3 | |
| 8 | Incident at Loch Ness (2004) | Self - Party Guest | 6.5 | |
| 9 | The Making of Last Days (2004) | Himself | - | - |
| 10 | Heartbreakers (2001) | Dawson's Auctioneer | 5.3 | |
| 11 | Heist (2001) | Don 'Pinky' Pincus | 6.7 | |
| 12 | State and Main (2000) | Jack | 6.3 | |
| 13 | That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000) | Self | - | - |
| 14 | Magnolia (1999) Oscars 2000 | Burt Ramsey / Narrator | 7.6 | |
| 15 | Mystery Men (1999) | Vic Weems | 6.3 | |
| 16 | Boogie Nights (1997) Oscars 1998 | Kurt Longjohn | 7.5 | |
| 17 | Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) | Henry Gupta | 6.9 | |
| 18 | The Spanish Prisoner (1997) | George Lang | 4.3 | |
| 19 | Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants (1996) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 20 | The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (1995) | Hawkes | - | - |
| 21 | Homicide (1991) | Aaron | 5.3 | |
| 22 | Things Change (1988) | Mr. Silver | 7 | |
| 23 | House of Games (1987) | George | 8.7 |

