Cast: Penn Jillette
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Penn Jillette. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 21
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
Theory of Obscurity: A Film About the Residents
2015 · Documentary · 87 min. · United States
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.
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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J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius
2019 · Documentary · 85 min. · United States
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
Direction Ted Balaker
Cast Adam Carolla · Bob Corn-Revere · Noam Dworman · Karith Foster
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