Cast: Penn Jillette

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Penn Jillette. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Eric Andre Show (TV Series)

2012 · Series · 11 min. · United States

Direction Kitao Sakurai · Andrew Barchilon

Cast Eric André · Hannibal Buress · Tom Ato · Early McCalister

Synopsis Eric Andre tries to host a talk show in a bizarre environment, where he is sometimes the player of pranks and sometimes the victim.

8.0

88 votes

8.0

88 votes

Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (TV Series)

2003 · Documentary · 30 min. · United States

Direction Randall Moldave · Eric Small · David Wechter · Chip Selby

Cast Penn Jillette · Teller · Gabrielle Dennis · Vera Miranda

Synopsis Using a combination of set ups, descriptions, rants and film of practitioners, Penn & Teller show the Bull Shit that's everywhere. The initial show covers mediums or Talkers to the Dead. Penn Jillette explains in the first program that while...

7.2

77 votes

7.2

77 votes

Tim's Vermeer

2013 · Documentary · 80 min. · United States

Direction Teller

Cast Martin Mull · Penn Jillette · David Hockney · Tim Jenison

Synopsis Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.

7.0

262 votes

7.0

262 votes

An Honest Liar

2014 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Tyler Measom · Justin Weinstein

Cast James Randi · Deyvi Peña · Bill Nye · Alice Cooper

Synopsis The life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.

6.8

443 votes

6.8

443 votes

Direction Don Hardy

Cast The Residents · Les Claypool · Matt Groening · Jim Knipfel

Synopsis 'Theory of Obscurity' tells the story of the renegade sound and video collective known as The Residents. A story that spans 40 years and is clouded in mystery. Many details surrounding the group are secret, including the identities of its...

6.8

68 votes

6.8

68 votes

The History of Comedy (TV Series)

2017 · Documentary · 40 min. · United States

Direction Sean Hayes

Cast Robert B. Weide · Bea Arthur · Elayne Boosler · Louis C.K.

Synopsis Utilizing archival footage punctuated by contemporary interviews with comedy legends and scholars, this is the history of not only what makes us laugh, but how comedy has affected the social and political landscape throughout history.

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6.8

61 votes

6.8

61 votes

Director's Cut

2015 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Adam Rifkin

Cast Missi Pyle · Harry Hamlin · Hayes MacArthur · Penn Jillette

Synopsis Herbert Blount aspires to replace the real director of a movie and make it his own by capturing the lead actress and inflicting much horror upon her in his version.

5.8

40 votes

5.8

40 votes

Penn & Teller Get Killed

1989 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Penn

Cast Penn Jillette · Teller · Bill Randolph · John Miller

Synopsis Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes he has someone threatening his life so that he "wouldn't sweat the small stuff," each of them begins a series of...

4.8

27 votes

4.8

27 votes

Car 54, Where Are You?

1994 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Bill Fishman

Cast David Johansen · John C. McGinley · Fran Drescher · Nipsey Russell

Synopsis Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldoon to protect an important mafia witness prior to testifying against orgainzed crime in Brooklyn, all the while dealing with their personal lives, overbearing spouses, common criminals,...

2.5

23 votes

2.5

23 votes

Michael Moore Hates America

2004 · Documentary · 125 min. · United States

Direction Michael Wilson

Cast Andrew Breitbart · Peter Damon · Dinesh D'Souza · Sandra Froman

Synopsis Michael Wilson, like the subject of his film, is trying to get an interview with a multi-millionaire; however, in this case, that millionaire is Michael Moore himself.

2.0

81 votes

2.0

81 votes

Joke Man

2023 · Documentary · United States

Direction Ian Karr

Cast Jackie Martling · Sean Young · Willie Nelson · Penn Jillette

Synopsis Jackie Martling just may be America's last great joke teller. His savant-like ability to remember every joke he's heard since he was 8 years old, combined with his lightning fast wit and infectious laugh helped established him as a comedy...

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The Dana Carvey Show (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Dana Carvey · Robert Smigel · John Fortenberry · J.J. Sedelmaier

Cast Dana Carvey · Steve Carell · Stephen Colbert · Heather Morgan

Synopsis A Saturday Night Live alum, Dana Carvey brings his talent for sketch comedy to his own show with "The Dana Carvey Show." Not afraid to be lewd, crude, shrewd, or sophisticated, Dana Carvey and his team (mostly talented unknowns) embark...

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My Chauffeur

1986 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction David Beaird

Cast Deborah Foreman · Sam J. Jones · Sean McClory · Howard Hesseman

Synopsis A free-spirited young woman (Deborah Foreman) upsets the status quo at a stuffy Brentwood limousine service.

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Gilbert

2017 · Documentary · 94 min. · United States

Direction Neil Berkeley

Cast Gilbert Gottfried · Dave Attell · Joy Behar · Richard Belzer

Synopsis A portrait of the life and career of one of comedy's most iconic figures, Gilbert Gottfried.

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Eating You Alive

2018 · Documentary · 108 min. · United States

Direction Paul David Kennamer Jr.

Cast Suzy Amis · Neal Barnard · James Cameron · Colin Campbell

Synopsis How and why what we eat is the cause of the chronic diseases that are killing us, and changing what we eat can save our lives one bite at a time.

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Hayley Wagner, Star

1999 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Nell Scovell

Cast Bethany Richards · Nick Cornish · Meghan Ory · Bill Fagerbakke

Synopsis Having outgrown her role, a pampered child actor (Bethany Richards) returns to her family and tries to be an ordinary youngster.

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Direction Sandy K. Boone

Cast Nick Offerman · Richard Linklater · Penn Jillette · Davey Taylor

Synopsis Sandy K. Boone explores the underground movement of The Church of the SubGenius that has galvanized the imaginative, the artistic, the nerdy, even the deranged.

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Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King

1993 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Feuerzeig

Cast Byron Coley · David Fair · Jad Fair · David Greenberger

Synopsis From their underground days recording songs in their bedroom to their rise as one of rock music's most alternative bands, this documentary chronicles Jad and David Fair's formation of Half Japanese.

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Marty Supreme

2025 · Movie · United States

Direction Joshua Safdie

Cast Timothée Chalamet · Gwyneth Paltrow · Odessa A’zion · Abel Ferrara

Synopsis A hustler-turned-champion ping pong player Marty Reisman's journey from playing for bets in Manhattan to winning 22 major titles and becoming the oldest to win a national racket sport competition at 67.

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Can We Take a Joke?

2015 · Documentary · United States

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