Born

5 Mar 1955, Penn Fraser Jillette, in Greenfield, Massachusetts

Associations

H.L. Mencken Research Fellow, Cato Institute

Web Pages

Penn and Teller - Libertarians
Advocates for Self-Government

Articles

A "Magical" Visit to Libertarian Party Headquarters, Libertarian Party News, Jan 1998
Penn Jillette - The magician-comedian-writer's secrets revealed!, by Bryan Curtis, 4 Feb 2006
"Penn Jillette's place in show business is less as a magician or comedian than as a thinker. A very deep thinker. ... Jillette has made a career out of pulling back the curtain. ... In addition to announcing his libertarianism, he has told reporters that he is devoted to skepticism ... and that he is an atheist ..."

Interviews

Voodoo and Violence: Magician Penn Jillette sees through the censors' tricks, by Steve Kurtz, Reason

Videos


Penn and Teller Explain Sleight of Hand, 24 Nov 2006
Related Topics: Magic, Teller
Teller demonstrates seven principles of magic while Penn explains