Ricky Jay

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American actor author card magician historian of magic human magician sleight-of-hand artist

Ricky Jay was an American magician, sleight-of-hand artist, and character actor renowned for his card mastery and appearances in films by directors like David Mamet and Christopher Nolan.

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Ricky Jay canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American ⓘ
actor ⓘ
author ⓘ
card magician ⓘ
historian of magic ⓘ
human ⓘ
magician ⓘ
sleight-of-hand artist ⓘ
appearedIn Boogie Nights ⓘ
Deadwood ⓘ
Heist ⓘ
Homicide ⓘ
House of Games ⓘ
Magnolia ⓘ
State and Main ⓘ
The Prestige ⓘ
The Spanish Prisoner ⓘ
Things Change ⓘ
Tomorrow Never Dies ⓘ
awardReceived Literary Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts ⓘ
Performing Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts ⓘ
birthName Richard Jay Potash ⓘ
collaboratedWith Christopher Nolan ⓘ
David Mamet ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1946-06-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-11-24 ⓘ
familyName Potash ⓘ
fieldOfWork conjuring history ⓘ
performance magic ⓘ
founded Ricky Jay & Company ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
knownFor card throwing ⓘ
expertise in the history of magic ⓘ
sleight of hand with playing cards ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Academy of Magical Arts ⓘ
notableWork Cards as Weapons ⓘ
Jay’s Journal of Anomalies ⓘ
Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women ⓘ
Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
consultant ⓘ
historian ⓘ
magician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
performedWith David Mamet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
roleIn card expert in The Prestige ⓘ
narrator in Magnolia ⓘ
stageName Ricky Jay self-link ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Prestige → actor → Ricky Jay ⓘ
Jay → hasNotableBearer → Ricky Jay ⓘ
Sneaky Pete → starring → Ricky Jay ⓘ
Ricky Jay → stageName → Ricky Jay self-link ⓘ
Magnolia → hasCastMember → Ricky Jay ⓘ
Tomorrow Never Dies → starring → Ricky Jay ⓘ
House of Games → castMember → Ricky Jay ⓘ
Things Change → starring → Ricky Jay ⓘ