"A fella said 'We must never forget that we are human. And as humans we must dream. And when we dream, we dream of money.'"
RICKY JAY (George Lang) has performed on stage and television on five continents as a sleight-of-hand artist. His one man show, "Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants" (directed by David Mamet), set records as the fastest-selling attraction in Off-Broadway history and garnered Jay the Lucille Ortel and Obie Awards. He can be seen in the numerous recent broadcasts of the HBO version of the show. A professional magician for 40 years, Jay is recognized as one of the most adept manipulators of playing cards in the world. Jay has teamed memorably with Mamet on Mamet's films "House of Games," "Things Change" and "Homicide." He can currently be seen as the cameraman in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" and upcoming in the new James Bond film "Tommorow Never Dies." Through his consulting firm Deceptive Practices, Jay has provided expertise to such productions as "Forrest Gump," "Congo," "I Love Trouble," "Leap of Faith" and "Sneakers." An historian in the fields of deception and unusual entertainment, Jay is the author of The Magic Magic Book, Many Mysteries Unraveled, Cards As Weapons, the ongoing Jay's Journals of Anomalies and Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, which became the basis for a television special which Jay wrote, hosted and produced.
Filmography:
"House Of Games" (1987, dir. David Mamet)
"Things Change" (1988, dir. David Mamet )
"Homicide" (1991, dir. David Mamet)
"Ring Of The Musketeers" (1993, dir. John Paragon)
"Boogie Nights" (1997, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson )
"Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997, dir. Roger Spottiswoode)
"The Spanish Prisoner" (1998, Dir. David Mamet)