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Ricky Jay
1948
Ricky Jay played in 12 movies in the Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Music, Comedy, Drama, Western, Action, Adventure, Romance, Biography, Music, Sport genres.
Ricky Jay got succeed with average imdb rating 6.9.
Famous for his astounding ability to throw playing cards, and is listed in the Guiness Book of World Records for throwing a playing card a hundred and ninety feet at ninety miles an hour. From ten paces he can throw a playing card into the flesh of a watermelon.
Serious scholar of unusual performances and the author of 'Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women' which chronicles the bizarre performers found in circuses, sideshows, and other odd places - a copy of which appears prominently amongst Stanley's volumes on a table in Magnolia (1999). Also the author of 'Extraordinary Exhibitions', 'Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck', 'Jay's Journal of Anomalies', and 'Cards as Weapons'.
... He is noted as one of magic's expert card technicians. He was the curator of the Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts.
Sleight of hand expert.
Frequently casts into David Mamet's movies.
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