Penn Jillette is an American magician, juggler, comedian, musician, inventor, actor, and best-selling author known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller.

Filmography

• 2026Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass — Penn Jillette
• 2026Stealing Magic
• Stuart Fails to Save the Universe — Penn Jillette
• 2025Marty Supreme — Hoff
• 2025The Big Whoop — Producer
• 2025WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2025 — Penn
• 2024The Residents - A Documentary — Penn Jillette
• 2022Piff the Magic Dragon: Reptile Dysfunction — Pop the Magic Dragon, Executive Producer
• I Can See Your Voice
• 2020Penn & Teller: Try This at Home — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 2020Penn & Teller: Try This at Home Too — Himself, Producer
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? — Penn Jillette (voice)
• The Masked Singer — Hydra, Hydra (archive footage)
• 2018Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson — Self, Producer
• 2017Sandy Wexler — Testimonial
• Young Sheldon — A.V.
• Billions — Penn Jillette
• 2016Director's Cut — Herbert Blount, Writer, Producer
• Code Black — Johnny Prentiss
• 2015Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! — Lieutenant Colonel Stylo
• 2015The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers
• Scorpion — Dr. Cecil P. Rizzuto
• Alpha House — Penn Jillette
• 2013The Tomb — Executive Producer
• 2013Tim's Vermeer — Himself, Producer, Writer
• Black Mirror — Original Story
• 2011Night of the Little Dead — Dave-O
• Penn & Teller Tell a Lie — Himself - Host, Writer, Executive Producer
• Penn & Teller: Fool Us — Self - Judge, Writer, Creator
• Penn Point
• The Defenders — Reuben Charters
• 2009Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder — Penn Jillette's Head (voice)
• Modern Family — Edward LeGrand
• 2007Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular — Ghost of Christmas Present
• 2006Farce of the Penguins — Leopard Seal Gang Member (voice)
• Identity — Host
• 2006Phone Sex — Caller
• 2005Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico — Fortune Teller / Pawn Shop Owner / Ticket Man (voice)
• Numb3rs — Penn Jillette
• 2005Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End — Self, Writer
• 2005The Aristocrats — Self, Executive Producer, Director
• Listen Up! — Penn Jillette
• Las Vegas — Penn Jilette
• Penn & Teller's Magic & Mystery Tour
• Penn & Teller: Bull! — Himself, Writer, Executive Producer
• Disney's House of Mouse — Pluto Devil (voice)
• Fear Factor
• The Bernie Mac Show — Penn
• 2000Fear of Fiction — Albert
• Girlfriends — Clem Valesco
• 1999Hayley Wagner, Star — Director
• Mickey Mouse Works
• The West Wing — Penn Jilette
• 1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas — Carnie Talker
• Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular
• V.I.P. — Penn Jillette
• Dharma & Greg — Vincent (uncredited)
• Just Shoot Me! — Terry
• Nightmare Ned — Frank Grimes (voice)
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Drell
• 1995Burnzy's Last Call — Radio DJ
• 1995Hackers — Hal
• 1995Phobophilia: The Love of Fear — Himself, Writer, Executive Producer
• The Drew Carey Show — Archibald Fenn
• 1995Toy Story — TV Announcer (voice)
• VR.5 — Mr. Orwell Kravitz
• Babylon 5 — Rebo
• 1994Car 54, Where Are You? — Luther
• Friends — Salesman
• The Steven Banks Show — Penn Jillette
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Romick
• Behind the Scenes
• Home Improvement — Penn Jillette
• 1991Oral Hygiene — Music
• 1991The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents — Host
• 1990Don't Try This at Home! — Self, Writer
• The Word
• 1989Exploring Psychic Powers Live
• 1989Penn & Teller Get Killed — Self, Writer
• 1989Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center — pre-show host
• The Simpsons — Penn (voice), Penn Jilette (voice)
• 1987Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends — Self, Writer
• 1987Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread — Penn, Writer
• 1987Tough Guys Don't Dance — Big Stoop
• 1986My Chauffeur — Bone
• 1986Off Beat — Norman
• 1985Penn & Teller Go Public — Himself, Creator
• 1985Savage Island — Security Guard
• Miami Vice — Jimmy Borges
• The Magic of David Copperfield

Appearances as themselves (81)

• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• After Midnight — Self
• 2023Joke Man — Self
• 2023The Hidden Talent of Gilbert Gottfried — self
• The G Word with Adam Conover — Self
• 2021Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends — Self - Narrator
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• 2021Clerk — Self
• Surviving Death — Self (archive footage)
• 2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden — Self - Interviewee
• 2019J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius — Self
• Rob & Romesh Vs — Self
• 2019The Amazing Johnathan Documentary — Self
• 25 Words or Less — Self
• 2018Always Amazing — Self
• Morecambe & Wise in America — Self
• 2018Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night — Self
• 2018We Are Most Amused and Amazed — Self
• 2017Gilbert — Self
• 2016Can We Take a Joke? — Self
• 2016Eating You Alive — Self
• The Grand Tour — Self
• Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed — Self
• 2015Misery Loves Comedy — Self
• StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson — Self
• 2015Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents — Himself
• 2014An Honest Liar — Self
• Good Morning Britain — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown — Self
• Beat Bobby Flay — Self
• Deal With It — Self
• Have You Been Paying Attention? — Self - Guest Quizmaster
• The Arsenio Hall Show — Self
• 2013The Unbelievers — Self
• Through the Keyhole — Self
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? — Self
• The Eric Andre Show — Self
• 2011A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy — Self
• My Favorite Place — Self
• 2011TV's 50 Greatest Magic Tricks — Self
• 2010Brave New Voices 2010 — Himself
• The Talk — Self
• 2008Cheech & Chong Roasted — Self
• Free Radio — Self
• 2008History of the Joke — Self
• 2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project — Self
• 2007To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore — Self
• America's Got Talent — Self - Performer
• 2006Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition — Self (archive footage)
• Dancing with the Stars — Self - Contestant
• Hell's Kitchen — Self, Self - Restaurant Patron
• 2004Goodnight, We Love You — Self
• 2004Michael Moore Hates America — Self
• My Coolest Years — Himself
• 2003Grand Illusions - The Story Of Magic — Himself
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• 2001Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller — Self
• 2000Fantasia 2000 — Self - Host
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• 1997Home Invasion — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• Great Drives — Self
• Muppets Tonight — Self
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast — Self
• The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller — Self
• The World's Greatest Magic — Self
• 1993Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1992Martin Mull: Talent Takes a Holiday — Self
• 1992This Is MST3K — Self
• 1990Gorgon Video Magazine Vol. 2 — Self
• 1988Free to Be... a Family — Self
• 1988Negligee and Underpants Party — Self
• 1986Barbecue Death Squad From Hell — Himself
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self - Preshow Host
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live — Self, Self - Special Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Prop Master, Inside the World of Hollywood Props — Self