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Ricky Jay

AKA Richard Jay Potash

Born: 1948
Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Magician

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Jay's Journal of Anomalies

Wife: Chrisann Verges (producer)

    TELEVISION
    Deadwood Eddie Sawyer (2004)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Redbelt (7-Apr-2008)
    The Prestige (17-Oct-2006)
    Last Days (8-Sep-2005)
    Incident at Loch Ness (14-May-2004)
    Heist (10-Sep-2001)
    Heartbreakers (23-Mar-2001)
    Grateful Dawg (14-Oct-2000) Himself
    State and Main (26-Aug-2000)
    Magnolia (8-Dec-1999)
    Mystery Men (22-Jul-1999)
    Tomorrow Never Dies (19-Dec-1997)
    Boogie Nights (8-Oct-1997)
    Hacks (19-Sep-1997)
    The Spanish Prisoner (8-Sep-1997)
    The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (15-Jun-1995)
    Homicide (May-1991)
    Things Change (21-Oct-1988)
    House of Games (11-Oct-1987)

Official Website:
http://www.rickyjay.com/

Author of books:
Cards as Weapons (1977)
Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women: A History of Unique, Eccentric and Amazing Entertainers (1986)
Jay's Journal of Anomalies (2001, compendium)
Dice: Deception, Fate and Rotten Luck (2002)
Extraordinary Exhibitions: The Wonderful Remains of an Enormous Head, the Whimsiphusicon & Death to the Savage Unitarians (2005)


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