Penn Jillette. Writer: Penn & Teller Get Killed. Penn Jillette was born on 5 March 1955 in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989), Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003) and Hackers - Im Netz des FBI (1995). He has been married to Emily Zolten Jillette since 23 November 2004. They have two children.