Penn Jillette
Acting Born Mar 5, 1955 Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA 200 credits
Biography
Penn Jillette works in acting. Born March 5, 1955 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA. Archytele tracks 200 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.
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Career timeline
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex PassStealing Magic
Marty SupremeSNL50: Beyond Saturday NightThe Big WhoopThe Big Whoop · ProducerWWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2025
After MidnightThe Residents - A Documentary
Joke ManThe Hidden Talent of Gilbert Gottfried
The G Word with Adam ConoverPiff the Magic Dragon: Reptile DysfunctionPiff the Magic Dragon: Reptile Dysfunction · Executive Producer
Celebrity Wheel of FortuneSurviving DeathClerkBob Dylan: Odds and Ends
I Can See Your VoicePenn & Teller: Try This at Home TooPenn & Teller: Try This at Home Too · ProducerPenn & Teller: Try This at HomePenn & Teller: Try This at Home · Executive Producer
The Masked SingerThe Masked SingerScooby-Doo and Guess Who?Rob & Romesh VsThe Amazing Johnathan Documentary
25 Words or LessMorecambe & Wise in AmericaAlways AmazingPentatonix: A Not So Silent NightWe Are Most Amused and Amazed
Young SheldonSandy WexlerGilbert
BillionsThe Grand TourDirector's CutDirector's Cut · WriterDirector's Cut · Producer
Code BlackStarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSharknado 3: Oh Hell No!Misery Loves ComedyThe Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonScorpionGood Morning BritainAn Honest Liar
Beat Bobby FlayWhose Line Is It Anyway?Have You Been Paying Attention?Anthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownThrough the Keyhole
The Eric Andre Show
Black Mirror · Original StoryPenn & Teller: Fool UsPenn & Teller: Fool Us · WriterPenn & Teller: Fool Us · CreatorMy Favorite Place
The TalkThe DefendersPenn PointBrave New Voices 2010
Modern FamilyFuturama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Free RadioCheech & Chong RoastedHistory of the Joke
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectTo My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother TheodoreLarry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular
America's Got TalentIdentityPhone SexMidnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
Dancing with the StarsHell's KitchenHell's KitchenNumb3rsThe Aristocrats
Listen Up!My Coolest YearsGoodnight, We Love YouMichael Moore Hates America
Real Time with Bill MaherLas VegasPenn & Teller: Bull!Penn & Teller: Bull! · WriterPenn & Teller: Bull! · Executive Producer
Fear FactorThe Bernie Mac ShowDisney's House of MouseBravo Profiles: Penn and Teller
GirlfriendsFantasia 2000Fear of Fiction
The West WingMickey Mouse WorksHayley Wagner, Star
Hollywood SquaresV.I.P.Fear and Loathing in Las VegasPenn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular
The ViewThe ViewJust Shoot Me!Dharma & GregNightmare Ned
Sabrina, the Teenage WitchMuppets TonightGreat Drives
Full Filmography
200 titles- Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) as Penn Jillette
- Stealing Magic (2026)
- Marty Supreme (2025) as Hoff
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025) as Self
- The Big Whoop (2025)
- The Big Whoop (2025) Producer
- WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2025 (2025) as Penn
- After Midnight (2024) as Self
- The Residents - A Documentary (2024) as Penn Jillette
- Joke Man (2023) as Self
- The Hidden Talent of Gilbert Gottfried (2023) as self
- The G Word with Adam Conover (2022) as Self
- Piff the Magic Dragon: Reptile Dysfunction (2022) as Pop the Magic Dragon
- Piff the Magic Dragon: Reptile Dysfunction (2022) Executive Producer
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (2021) as Self - Contestant
- Surviving Death (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Clerk (2021) as Self
- Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends (2021) as Self - Narrator
- I Can See Your Voice (2020)
- Penn & Teller: Try This at Home Too (2020) as Himself
- Penn & Teller: Try This at Home Too (2020) Producer
- Penn & Teller: Try This at Home (2020) as Self - Host
- Penn & Teller: Try This at Home (2020) Executive Producer
- The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (2020) as Self - Interviewee
- The Masked Singer (2019) as Hydra
- The Masked Singer (2019) as Hydra (archive footage)
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019) as Penn Jillette (voice)
- Rob & Romesh Vs (2019) as Self
- The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (2019) as Self
- J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius (2019) as Self
- 25 Words or Less (2018) as Self
- Morecambe & Wise in America (2018) as Self
- Always Amazing (2018) as Self
- Pentatonix: A Not So Silent Night (2018) as Self
- We Are Most Amused and Amazed (2018) as Self
- Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson (2018) as Self
- Gambler's Ballad: The Legend of Johnny Thompson (2018) Producer
- Young Sheldon (2017) as A.V.
- Sandy Wexler (2017) as Testimonial
- Gilbert (2017) as Self
- Billions (2016) as Penn Jillette
- The Grand Tour (2016) as Self
- Director's Cut (2016) as Herbert Blount
- Director's Cut (2016) Writer
- Director's Cut (2016) Producer
- Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed (2016) as Self
- Eating You Alive (2016) as Self
- Can We Take a Joke? (2016) as Self
- Code Black (2015) as Johnny Prentiss
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015) as Self
- Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) as Lieutenant Colonel Stylo
- Misery Loves Comedy (2015) as Self
- The Keyboard Cowboys: A Look Back at Hackers (2015)
- Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents (2015) as Himself
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self
- Scorpion (2014) as Dr. Cecil P. Rizzuto
- Good Morning Britain (2014) as Self
- An Honest Liar (2014) as Self
- Beat Bobby Flay (2013) as Self
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? (2013) as Self
- Have You Been Paying Attention? (2013) as Self - Guest Quizmaster
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013) as Self
- Through the Keyhole (2013) as Self
- Alpha House (2013) as Penn Jillette
- The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) as Self
- Deal With It (2013) as Self
- The Unbelievers (2013) as Self
- Tim's Vermeer (2013) as Himself
- Tim's Vermeer (2013) Producer
- Tim's Vermeer (2013) Writer
- The Tomb (2013) Executive Producer
- The Eric Andre Show (2012) as Self
- Black Mirror (2011) Original Story
- Penn & Teller: Fool Us (2011) as Self - Judge
- Penn & Teller: Fool Us (2011) Writer
- Penn & Teller: Fool Us (2011) Creator
- My Favorite Place (2011) as Self
- Penn & Teller Tell a Lie (2011) as Himself - Host
- Penn & Teller Tell a Lie (2011) Writer
- Penn & Teller Tell a Lie (2011) Executive Producer
- A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011) as Self
- Night of the Little Dead (2011) as Dave-O
- TV's 50 Greatest Magic Tricks (2011) as Self
- The Talk (2010) as Self
- The Defenders (2010) as Reuben Charters
- Penn Point (2010)
- Brave New Voices 2010 (2010) as Himself
- Modern Family (2009) as Edward LeGrand
- Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009) as Penn Jillette's Head (voice)
- Free Radio (2008) as Self
- Cheech & Chong Roasted (2008) as Self
- History of the Joke (2008) as Self
- Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) as Self
- To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore (2007) as Self
- Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular (2007) as Ghost of Christmas Present
- America's Got Talent (2006) as Self - Performer
- Identity (2006) as Host
- Phone Sex (2006) as Caller
- Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Dancing with the Stars (2005) as Self - Contestant
- Hell's Kitchen (2005) as Self
- Hell's Kitchen (2005) as Self - Restaurant Patron
- Numb3rs (2005) as Penn Jillette
- The Aristocrats (2005) as Self
- The Aristocrats (2005) Executive Producer
- The Aristocrats (2005) Director
- Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico (2005) as Fortune Teller / Pawn Shop Owner / Ticket Man (voice)
- Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End (2005) as Self
- Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End (2005) Writer
- Listen Up! (2004) as Penn Jillette
- My Coolest Years (2004) as Himself
- Goodnight, We Love You (2004) as Self
- Michael Moore Hates America (2004) as Self
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
- Las Vegas (2003) as Penn Jilette
- Penn & Teller: Bull! (2003) as Himself
- Penn & Teller: Bull! (2003) Writer
- Penn & Teller: Bull! (2003) Executive Producer
- Penn & Teller's Magic & Mystery Tour (2003)
- Grand Illusions - The Story Of Magic (2003) as Himself
- Fear Factor (2001)
- The Bernie Mac Show (2001) as Penn
- Disney's House of Mouse (2001) as Pluto Devil (voice)
- Bravo Profiles: Penn and Teller (2001) as Self
- Girlfriends (2000) as Clem Valesco
- Fantasia 2000 (2000) as Self - Host
- Fear of Fiction (2000) as Albert
- The West Wing (1999) as Penn Jilette
- Mickey Mouse Works (1999)
- Hayley Wagner, Star (1999) as Director
- Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
- V.I.P. (1998) as Penn Jillette
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) as Carnie Talker
- Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular (1998)
- The View (1997) as Self - Guest
- The View (1997) as Self
- Just Shoot Me! (1997) as Terry
- Dharma & Greg (1997) as Vincent (uncredited)
- Nightmare Ned (1997) as Frank Grimes (voice)
- Home Invasion (1997) as Self
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996) as Drell
- Muppets Tonight (1996) as Self
- Great Drives (1996) as Self
- Toy Story (1995) as TV Announcer (voice)
- The Drew Carey Show (1995) as Archibald Fenn
- Hackers (1995) as Hal
- VR.5 (1995) as Mr. Orwell Kravitz
- Phobophilia: The Love of Fear (1995) as Himself
- Phobophilia: The Love of Fear (1995) Writer
- Phobophilia: The Love of Fear (1995) Executive Producer
- Burnzy's Last Call (1995) as Radio DJ
- Friends (1994) as Salesman
- Babylon 5 (1994) as Rebo
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994) as Self
- The Steven Banks Show (1994) as Penn Jillette
- Car 54, Where Are You? (1994) as Luther
- The Unpleasant World of Penn & Teller (1994) as Self
- The World's Greatest Magic (1994) as Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) as Self (archive footage)
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) as Romick
- Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King (1993) as Self
- Behind the Scenes (1992)
- This Is MST3K (1992) as Self
- Martin Mull: Talent Takes a Holiday (1992) as Self
- Home Improvement (1991) as Penn Jillette
- Oral Hygiene (1991) Music
- The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents (1991) as Host
- The Word (1990)
- Don't Try This at Home! (1990) as Self
- Don't Try This at Home! (1990) Writer
- Gorgon Video Magazine Vol. 2 (1990) as Self
- The Simpsons (1989) as Penn (voice)
- The Simpsons (1989) as Penn Jilette (voice)
- Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989) as Self
- Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989) Writer
- Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center (1989) as pre-show host
- Exploring Psychic Powers Live (1989)
- Negligee and Underpants Party (1988) as Self
- Free to Be... a Family (1988) as Self
- Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) as Big Stoop
- Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (1987) as Penn
- Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (1987) Writer
- Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1987) as Self
- Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1987) Writer
- My Chauffeur (1986) as Bone
- Off Beat (1986) as Norman
- Barbecue Death Squad From Hell (1986) as Himself
- Savage Island (1985) as Security Guard
- Penn & Teller Go Public (1985) as Himself
- Penn & Teller Go Public (1985) Creator
- Miami Vice (1984) as Jimmy Borges
- MTV Video Music Awards (1984) as Self - Preshow Host
- Late Night with David Letterman (1982) as Self - Guest
- The Magic of David Copperfield (1978)
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Special Guest
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Prop Master, Inside the World of Hollywood Props as Self
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Penn Jillette best known for?
Penn Jillette is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026), Stealing Magic (2026), Marty Supreme (2025), SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025).
When and where was Penn Jillette born?
Penn Jillette was born on March 5, 1955 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA.
How many credits does Penn Jillette have?
Penn Jillette has accumulated over 200 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1961 to 2026.
What is Penn Jillette's background in cinema and television?
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.
Penn Jillette by the numbers
200credits
102films
98TV series
1961–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Friends (1994) as Salesman — aged about 39
- The West Wing (1999) as Penn Jilette — aged about 44
- Scorpion (2014) as Dr. Cecil P. Rizzuto — aged about 59
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025) as Self — aged about 70
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019) as Penn Jillette (voice) — aged about 64
- Young Sheldon (2017) as A.V. — aged about 62
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