Famous Duo NumerologyPerformance · 1975–present
Penn Jillette & Teller
Penn
22
The Master Builder
Combined
4
The Builder
Teller
9
The Humanitarian
Legacy
The most successful magic duo in history — with a 50-year run on Broadway, Las Vegas, television and world tours. Known for revealing how tricks work while still making audiences unable to figure out what they're seeing.
The numerological dynamic
Penn is loud, verbal, the provocateur; Teller is silent, precise, the technician. The contrast is the act. Penn's words direct attention while Teller's hands do what Penn has made everyone look away from.
Penn and Teller made their contrast the centre of their act rather than papering over it. Their extreme difference in persona is their single most powerful magic trick.