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Chris Penn

Actor | * 10/10/1965 († 40, 01/24/2006) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
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Christopher Shannon Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American actor. He was the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn. Noted as a skilled character actor, he was typically cast as a tough character, featured as a villain or a working-class thug, or in a comic role and had roles in such films as To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, The Funeral, Footloose, Rush Hour, Corky Romano, True Romance, Beethoven's 2nd, Short Cuts, The Boys Club ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child ...

Short Cuts

Certification unknown

1993 | 3.6/5 | 3h 7min
Drama, Comedy
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Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it. ...

True Romance

18A

1993 | 3.8/5 | 2h
Action, Crime, Romance / Love
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A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic ...

Reservoir Dogs

Certification unknown

1992 | 4.1/5 | 1h 39min
Crime, Thriller
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When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are i ...

Footloose

Certification unknown

1984 | 3.3/5 | 1h 47min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Movies with Chris Penn as Actor(53)

as Self (archive footage)2019 QT8: The First Eight
as Tom2006 The Darwin Awards
as Uncredited2006 Best of Chris Isaak
as Freddie2006 Holly
as Manetti2004 Starsky & Hutch
as Rowdy Fan2004 After the Sunset
as Crew Guy #22003 Masked and Anonymous
as Sheriff Deluca2003 Shelter Island
as Ray Feathers2002 Murder by Numbers
as Tony Leggio2002 Redemption
as David Loach2002 Stealing Harvard
as Peter Romano2001 Corky Romano
as Bubba2001 Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
2000 Cement
as Bobby1999 The Florentine
1998 Flagpole Special
as FBI Agent Jason Enola1998 Papertrail
as Duke Finnerly1998 One Tough Cop
as Father1998 Family Attraction
as Clive1998 Rush Hour
as Luke Cooper1997 The Boys Club
as Detective Phillip Braxton1997 Deceiver
as Vince Kanevsky1996 Sacred Cargo
as Chez Tempio1996 The Funeral
as himself1996 Cannes Man
as Arthur Relyea1996 Mulholland Falls
as Jackal1995 Fist of the North Star
as Sheriff Dollard1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
as Turk Dickson1995 Under the Hula Moon
as Jarvis1994 Imaginary Crimes
as Travis Brickley1993 Best of the Best 2
as Nicky Dimes1993 True Romance
as Gregory Stone1993 The Pickle
as Floyd1993 The Music of Chance
as Jerry Kaiser1993 Short Cuts
as himself1993 Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
as Derek Baxter1993 Josh and S.A.M.
as Floyd1993 Beethoven's 2nd
as Big Steve1992 Leather Jackets
as "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot1992 Reservoir Dogs
as Tommy Reina1991 Mobsters
as Bang1991 Future Kick
as Travis Brickley1989 Best of the Best
as Lieutenant Crawford1989 Return from the River Kwai
as Tuck1987 Made in U.S.A.
as Will Tussenbrook1987 Rip Van Winkle
as Thomas "Tommy" Whitewood1986 At Close Range
as Josh LaHood1985 Pale Rider
as Willard Hewitt1984 Footloose
as Tom Drake (as Christopher Penn)1984 The Wild Life
as B.J. Jackson1983 Rumble Fish
as Brian Riley1983 All the Right Moves
as Pete (as Christopher Penn)1979 Charlie and the Talking Buzzard

TV Shows/Series with Chris Penn as Actor(16)

2005 The Contender
2004 Entourage
as Waylon Shaw2003 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003 VH1 Goes Inside
as Pete Wilton2002 CSI: Miami
as Frank Sullivan2002 Everwood
as Tommy Onerato2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Rudy1998 Will & Grace
1996 E! True Hollywood Story
as Goodnight1996 Dead Man's Walk
1994 Chicago Hope
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1989 The Young Riders
1989 Seinfeld
as Will Tussenbrook1982 Faerie Tale Theatre
1980 Magnum, P.I.

Full Name: Chris Penn
Born: Sunday, 10/10 1965 (October) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 01/24 2006 (January) in Santa Monica (aged: 40)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Santa Monica High School
Father: Leo Penn
Mother: Eileen Ryan
Related to: Dylan Penn
Other names for Chris Penn (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Christopher Penn"
"Кристофер Пенн"
"Крис Пенн"
Chris Penn frequently works together with these people:
Larry David (32x, Actor)
Norman Brenner (24x, Actor)
Deck McKenzie (13x, Actor)
Larry Charles (9x, Crew)
Peter Mehlman (7x, Actor)
Quentin Tarantino (6x, Actor)
Jeremy Piven (6x, Actor)
David Mandel (6x, Crew)
Carol Leifer (6x, Crew)
Tom Gammill (6x, Crew)
Pete G. Papanickolas (6x, Cast)
Randy Carter (6x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10079, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/19/2024