# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricky-jay
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:07:24.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricky-jay"
name: "Ricky Jay"
slug: "ricky-jay"
description: "Richard Jay Potash was an American stage magician, actor, and writer. In a 1993 profile for The New Yorker, Mark Singer called Jay \"perhaps the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive\". In addition to sleight of hand, he was known for his card tricks, card throwing, memory feats, and stage patter. He also wrote extensively on magic and its history. His acting credits include The Prestige, The Spanish Prisoner, Mystery Men, Heist, Boogie Nights, Tomorrow Never Dies, Heartbreakers, State and Main, House of Games, Magnolia, Deadwood and Sneaky Pete. In 2015, he was the subject of an episode of PBS's American Masters, the only magician ever profiled in the series."
tagline: "American magician and actor (1946–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ricky_Jay_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1946-06-26"
deathDate: "2018-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1361815754339119
  historical:           19.009968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0419633"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rickyjay.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump