Portrait of Penn Jillette

Acting

Penn Jillette

Career

Active from 1985 to 2022, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center
Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Penn Jillette Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    2.4, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    3.2, average 5.3
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Educational Entertainment 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Pop Culture 2
  • Penn & Teller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

80
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 67
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (2026)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Penn Jillette

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026)
GoodWatch score 67

as Penn Jillette

Marty Supreme
Marty Supreme (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

as Hoff

WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2025
WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2025 (2025)

as Penn

The Big Whoop
The Big Whoop (2025)

Producer

The Residents - A Documentary
The Residents - A Documentary (2024)

as Penn Jillette

Piff the Magic Dragon: Reptile Dysfunction
Piff the Magic Dragon: Reptile Dysfunction (2022)

as Pop the Magic Dragon

I Can See Your Voice
I Can See Your Voice (2020)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

Penn & Teller: Try This at Home Too
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home Too (2020)

Producer

Penn & Teller: Try This at Home
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home (2020)

Executive Producer

2010s

15 titles ยท average score 66
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Penn Jillette (voice)

Young Sheldon
Young Sheldon (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as A.V.

Sandy Wexler
Sandy Wexler (2017)
GoodWatch score 40

as Testimonial

Director's Cut
Director's Cut (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

as Herbert Blount

Billions
Billions (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Penn Jillette

Code Black
Code Black (2015)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Johnny Prentiss

Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
GoodWatch score 37

as Lieutenant Colonel Stylo

Scorpion
Scorpion (2014)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Dr. Cecil P. Rizzuto

Tim's Vermeer
Tim's Vermeer (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

Writer, Producer

Alpha House
Alpha House (2013)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Penn Jillette

Night of the Little Dead
Night of the Little Dead (2011)

as Dave-O

The Defenders
The Defenders (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Reuben Charters

2000s

17 titles ยท average score 60
Modern Family
Modern Family (2009)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Edward LeGrand

Phone Sex
Phone Sex (2006)

as Caller

The Aristocrats
The Aristocrats (2005)
GoodWatch score 68

Director, Executive Producer

Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End
Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End (2005)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

Numb3rs
Numb3rs (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Penn Jillette

Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico
Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico (2005)
GoodWatch score 56

as Fortune Teller / Pawn Shop Owner / Ticket Man (voice)

Penn & Teller's Magic & Mystery Tour
Penn & Teller's Magic & Mystery Tour (2003)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Las Vegas
Las Vegas (2003)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Penn Jilette

The Bernie Mac Show
The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Penn

Disney's House of Mouse
Disney's House of Mouse (2001)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Pluto Devil (voice)

Fear Factor
Fear Factor (2001)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show

Girlfriends
Girlfriends (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as Clem Valesco

1990s

26 titles ยท average score 64
The West Wing
The West Wing (1999)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Penn Jilette

Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular
Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular (1998)

TV show

Just Shoot Me!
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Terry

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Drell

Toy Story
Toy Story (1995)
GoodWatch score 91

as TV Announcer (voice)

Phobophilia: The Love of Fear
Phobophilia: The Love of Fear (1995)

Writer, Executive Producer

The Drew Carey Show
The Drew Carey Show (1995)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show ยท as Archibald Fenn

Friends
Friends (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Salesman

Babylon 5
Babylon 5 (1994)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Rebo

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Romick

Home Improvement
Home Improvement (1991)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Penn Jillette

Don't Try This at Home!
Don't Try This at Home! (1990)

Writer

1980s

11 titles ยท average score 56
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Penn Jilette (voice) / Penn (voice)

Penn & Teller Get Killed
Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
GoodWatch score 41

Writer

Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center
Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center (1989)
GoodWatch score 85

as pre-show host

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (1987)

as Penn

Tough Guys Don't Dance
Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
GoodWatch score 43

as Big Stoop

Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends
Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1987)

Writer

My Chauffeur
My Chauffeur (1986)
GoodWatch score 40

as Bone

Off Beat
Off Beat (1986)
GoodWatch score 46

as Norman

Penn & Teller Go Public
Penn & Teller Go Public (1985)

Creator

Savage Island
Savage Island (1985)
GoodWatch score 35

as Security Guard

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Jimmy Borges

1970s

1 title
The Magic of David Copperfield
The Magic of David Copperfield (1978)

TV show