SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE
SIGN IN SEARCH MENU
SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE


Penn Jillette

Full / Real Name: Penn Fraser Jillette
Born: 05 March 1955 (70 years old)
Gender: Male

Rate:

7.7

Add to Actor Favourites

Bio

Penn Jillette is an American illusionist, juggler and comedian best known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team known as Penn & Teller.

He is also known for his advocacy of atheism, scientific skepticism, libertarianism and free market capitalism.

Jillette is a cultural phenomenon as a solo personality and as half of the world-famous Emmy Award-winning magic duo and Las Vegas headliners Penn & Teller. His solo exposure is enormous: from Howard Stern to Piers Morgan, from Oprah to Glenn Beck, to the op-ed pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times.

He has appeared on Dancing with the Stars, MTV Cribs and Chelsea Lately, and hosted the NBC game show Identity. As part of Penn & Teller, he has appeared more than 20 times on The Late Show with David Letterman, as well as on several other TV shows, from The Simpsons and Friends to Top Chef and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Jillette co-hosted the controversial series Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, which was nominated for 16 Emmy Awards. He was also co-host of the Discovery Channel's Penn & Teller Tell a Lie.

Penn & Teller's live show spent years on Broadway and is now the longest-running headliner show in Las Vegas, where it plays nightly at The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. In 2011 the pair, together since 1975, was once again awarded Las Vegas Magicians of the Year.

Jillette's book God No! Signs You Might Be an Atheist and Other Magic Tales, spent six weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list upon its release in summer 2011.

In 2012 he was a contestant on the reality competition television series The Celebrity Apprentice.


Television Roles


LATEST ARTICLES

New on TV today: Thursday 3 July 2025

The Sandman 2 drops on Netflix and Season 38 of The Pioneer Woman begins on Food Network.


Suidooster crystal ball: life together and life apart

Moving out, moving in, moving on. The soup on five of this month's headline storylines.


New on TV today: Wednesday 2 July 2025

SharkFest 2025 kicks off on Nat Geo Wild and millennial rom-com Smothered begins on M-Net.


Soapie Digest: July 2025

Stay cosy, stay tuned in with this wrap of all the teasers on TVSA in this TV luvvas month.


Sweet Diva Teasers - July 2025

Téo and Agno convince Jô to invest in risky investments to make her lose all her money.


Muvhango Teasers - July 2025

Order in court! Imani's lawyer turns the tide and sentiment against Ndemedzo and paints her as the victim instead.


Kelders van Geheime 2 Teasers - July 2025

Veronique and Tjoppie's relationship is disintegrating and Marco is caught in the middle.


New on TV today: Tuesday 1 July 2025

An actor and a detective team up in Death Valley on BBC Brit and Nadiya shares meal hacks on BBC Lifestyle.


Trailer: South Africa's Jessie van Niekerk rides the crest in Surf Girls: International

She's one of five surfr grlz from round the world in Prime Video's Season 2.


Inimba Teasers - July 2025

Hearts are broken as the Mabandlas struggle to get through without Thumeka.

LATEST SITE ACTIVITY


More activity at TVSA Central



LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS



LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS





×
×

You browser doesn't have Flash, Silverlight, Gears, BrowserPlus or HTML5 support.