Penn & Teller
American illusionists and entertainers
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| 2025 | Penn Jillette is set to appear in the upcoming film Marty Supreme. |
| 2024 | In an interview, Jillette renounced his libertarianism, influenced by a libertarian group's invitation to speak at an anti-mask rally. |
| 2024 | Jillette stated he will vote Democrat in the upcoming presidential election, indicating he will not vote for a third-party candidate. |
| 2023 | Teller worked as a magic consultant for the TV series Mrs. Davis |
| 2023 | Jillette collaborated with Mike Jones and Jeff Hamilton to release the album 'Are You Sure You Three Guys Know What You’re Doing?' on Capri Records. |
| 2022 | Round House Theater staged Teller and Posner's adaptation of The Tempest and made a video recording temporarily available for streaming. |
| 2022 | Teller appeared in 1 episode of Young Sheldon, playing the character Pus |
| 2022 | Penn Jillette served as a judge on 'Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician' in 2022. |
| September 2022 | Underwent quadruple-bypass heart surgery in late September. |
| April 6 2022 | Penn and Teller competed on The Masked Singer as 'Hydra', operating a three-headed costume together, and were eliminated that week. |
| 2021 | Teller appeared as himself in Episode 2 'Houdini's Lost Diaries' of History's Greatest Mysteries - Season 2 |
| 2021 | Penn & Teller guest starred on 'Earth To Ned' and 'Hell's Kitchen' |
| 2020 | Penn Jillette disavowed his previous identification as a libertarian. |
| 2020 | In an interview with Big Think, Penn Jillette stated that he is a vegan. |
| 2020 | Jillette distanced himself from aspects of libertarianism, particularly in relation to COVID-19, expressing concerns about the consequences of individual freedoms. |
| 2020 | He endorsed Andrew Yang in the Democratic primary for the 2020 United States presidential election. |
| 2020 | After the general election, Jillette stated that he voted for Joe Biden. |
| 2019 | Penn & Teller collaborated with Mischief Theatre to create 'Magic Goes Wrong', a comedy play following the success of their previous hit 'The Play That Goes Wrong' in West End and Broadway. |
| 2019 | Penn & Teller appeared as themselves in an episode of 'Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?' |
| 2019 | Jillette appeared in the film 'J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius,' where he spoke positively of the parody religion. |
| January 2019 | Penn Jillette appeared as himself in the virtual reality game 'Penn & Teller VR: Frankly Unfair, Unkind, Unnecessary & Underhanded'. |
| January 2019 | Penn Jillette lent his voice and appearance to the character Pain in the video game 'Borderlands 3'. |
| 2018 | Teller and Aaron Posner co-conceived and directed a new production of Macbeth at Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois. |
| 2018 | Teller appeared in 3 episodes of The Big Bang Theory, playing the character Larry Fowler |
| 2018 | Began a series of three back surgeries over 18 months. |
| 2018 | Penn & Teller made appearances on 'The Grand Tour' and 'Deception' |
| 2018 | The patent for the 'Jill-Jet' expired in September 2018. |
| March 16 2018 | Penn Jillette performed at the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge to coincide with the release of the live jazz album The Show Before the Show, which he recorded with jazz pianist Mike Jones. |
| 2017 | In 2017, Penn Jillette was credited with a story idea based on his concept 'The Pain Addict' for the episode 'Black Museum' of the show 'Black Mirror.' |
| 2016 | Teller acted in the film Director's Cut as Rudy Nelson |
| 2016 | Jillette stated that 'every sane person is' agnostic. |
| 2016 | Penn Jillette acted in The Grounds. |
| 2016 | Penn Jillette made an appearance as himself in the TV series 'Billions' episode 1x02: Naming Rights. |
| 2016 | He endorsed Gary Johnson again for the presidential election and participated in vote swapping to vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in Nevada. |
| 2016 | Penn Jillette was featured in 'Eating You Alive,' a documentary about food and health. |
| 2016 | Penn Jillette appeared in Director's Cut. |
| 2016 | Vintage Nudes Studio and Jillette's former home, known as 'The Slammer', were demolished. |
| 2015 | Penn & Teller guest appeared on multiple TV shows including 'Modern Family', 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?', and 'StarTalk' |
| 2015 | 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' moved from ITV to The CW. |
| 2015 | Penn Jillette appeared in Theory of Obscurity: a film about The Residents. |
| 2015 | Penn Jillette acted in Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No. |
| July 6 2015 | Penn Jillette and Teller made a special guest appearance in the episode of 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' aired on July 6, 2015. |
| March 5 2015 | On his birthday, Penn Jillette celebrated having lost a significant amount of weight. |
| 2014 | Teller directed the feature film documentary Tim's Vermeer, which was distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and produced with Penn Jillette as an executive producer. |
| 2014 | Teller and Aaron Posner co-directed a production of The Tempest that utilized stage magic, with Teller noting the play's inherent magical themes. |
| 2014 | Penn & Teller served as main judges on 'Wizard Wars' for all 12 episodes on SyFy |
| 2014 | They were featured in the documentary 'An Honest Liar', which explored their careers and work as magicians. |
| 2014 | Penn Jillette was featured in the documentary An Honest Liar. |
| December 2014 | Penn Jillette was admitted to the hospital due to high blood pressure. |
| July 1 2014 | On July 1, 2014, Penn Jillette appeared as himself in an episode of 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' |
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