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 | 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 | Penn Jillette served as a judge on 'Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician' in 2022. |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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.' |
| 2013 | Penn Jillette appeared as himself in Tim's Vermeer. |
| 2013 | Jillette returned for the All-Star Celebrity Apprentice season, successfully reaching the finale and raising $663,655 for Opportunity Village. |
| April 6 2013 | The day after receiving their Hollywood star, Penn and Teller were recognized by the Magic Castle with the 'Magicians of the Year' award. |
| April 5 2013 | Penn and Teller were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the live performance category, with their star being the 2,494th awarded. |
| 2012 | On the podcast Skepticality, Penn Jillette mentioned that he was considering changing the meaning of the red nail polish on his left hand, indicating he might tell his child that it is for them. |
| 2012 | Penn Jillette released a music video for his own song titled 'Clay Aiken'. |
| 2012 | Jillette endorsed Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson for president. |
| February 19 2012 | Penn Jillette was one of the contestants on The Celebrity Apprentice season 5, where he was ultimately fired by Donald Trump during the Week 11 episode. |
| February 19 2012 | On the same day he began his appearance on The Celebrity Apprentice, Jillette started the podcast Penn's Sunday School with Michael Goudeau. |
| October 14 2011 | On October 14, 2011, Penn Jillette appeared as himself in an episode of 'Real Time with Bill Maher.' |
| August 16 2011 | Jillette's book God, No! Signs You May Already Be An Atheist and Other Magical Tales was released and soon after made the New York Times Best Sellers list. |
| 2010 | Penn Jillette appeared in the music video for Rascal Flatts' song 'Why Wait'. |
| May 2010 | Penn Jillette launched 'Penn Point,' a videolog on Revision3.com, which ran until October 2011. |
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