Ricky Jay

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AKA: Richard Jay Potash, Ricki Jay
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 00/00/1949
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

biography

Described by David Mamet as "one of the world's great people", Ricky Jay is an actor who definitely should not give up his day job. Long considered one of the world's best sleight-of-hand artists, he began honing his skills at the age of four when his grandfather first introduced him to card tricks. Over the years, he has worked as a side-show barker and a carnival magician, as well as an opening act for numerous performers, including Tina Turner, Emmylou Harris and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, but it his film roles for directors Mamet and Paul Thomas Anderson that have brought his bearded Continued

Credits

Narrator
2009
Gil Bellamy
2009
(TV Show)
2007-2009
Agent Kern
2009
Story By
2007
Marty Brown
2008
(TV Show)
2007-2007
Cast
2007
Cast
2007
Detective
2005
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Don 'Pinky' Pincus
2001
Dawson's Auctioneer
2001
(TV Show)
2000-2000
The Great Maleeni/ Albert Pinchback
2000
George Lang
1998
George--Vegas Man
1998
The Hat
Mr Silver

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Introduced to card tricks by his grandfather at the age of four
1981 
Acted in CBS variety special, "Like Magic"
1982 
Served as technical advisor for "The Escape Artist"
1982 
Cast as Philostrate in the NY Shakespeare Festival production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in Central Park
1985 
After meeting playwright David Mamet and lecturing to his acting class, served as an advisor on Mamet's play "The Shawl"
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