Ricky Jay
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.
Acting
Movie
The Prestige
as Milton
2006
TV
The Simpsons
as Ricky Jay (voice)
1989
Movie
Magnolia
as Burt Ramsey / Narrator
1999
Movie
Boogie Nights
as Kurt Longjohn
1997
TV
The X-Files
as The Amazing Maleeni / Herman Pinchbeck / Albert Pinchbeck
1993
Movie
Tomorrow Never Dies
as Henry Gupta
1997
TV
Lie to Me
as Mason Brock
2009
Movie
Heartbreakers
as Dawson's Auctioneer
2001
TV
Deadwood
as Eddie Sawyer
2004
Movie
Mystery Men
as Vic Weems
1999
Movie
The Brothers Bloom
as Narrator (voice)
2008
TV
Teen Titans Go!
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Movie
Heist
as Don 'Pinky' Pincus
2001
TV
FlashForward
as Man in Warehouse
2009
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self / Patron
1975
Movie
Last Days
as Detective
2005
TV
Sneaky Pete
as T.H. Vignetti
2015
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Movie
House of Games
as George
1987
Movie
The Spanish Prisoner
as George Lang
1997
Movie
State and Main
as Jack
2000
Movie
Redbelt
as Marty Brown
2008
Movie
The Great Buck Howard
as Gil Bellamy
2008
TV
The Unit
as Agent Kern
2006
