Chris Penn

Date of Birth: October 10, 1965
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California

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Chris Penn mini-bio: Brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn, Chris made his acting debut at the age of 12 at the Loft Studio and made his film debut in 1979’s Charlie and the Talking Buzzard. Penn was featured in Francis Ford Coppola’s youth drama Rumble Fish and appeared in All the Right Moves with Tom Cruise. He also appeared in the hit dance musical Footloose. In 1996, he won the best supporting actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Funeral. Penn was found dead of heart disease in his Santa Monica condominium on January 24, 2006.

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derekfrancis1985

Hey Chris, I can remember seeing you in Rumble Fish(1983) via my cousins VCR in 1984 and your cool dancing in Footloose(1984) even then you were a cool dude.

Keep dancing up in the sky ''Nice Guy Eddie''

P.S Without you Madsen and Keitel ''Reservoir Dogs'' would have been rather boring.

posted 240 days ago
TheNarratorX

R.I.P Chris. You were so cool!

posted 641 days ago
LindsayLohanFan

Love ya chris, u were so hot in Footloose and u were a great actor.
R.I.P Chris.

posted 865 days ago
welcometoplanetinsan

he was better than most...he was a charater actor...i heart footloose

posted 866 days ago
putnama

r.i.p

posted 960 days ago
eh4ever2000

I loved Chris Penn. I was very sad when I heard of his passing. He was very talented and always looked forward to his movies.

posted 1048 days ago

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Holly (R, 2007)
At Close Range with National Geographic (Unrated, 2007)
The Darwin Awards (R, 2006)
After the Sunset (PG-13, 2004)
Starsky & Hutch (PG-13, 2004)
Shelter Island (R, 2003)
Masked And Anonymous (PG-13, 2003)
Stealing Harvard (PG-13, 2002)
Murder by Numbers (R, 2002)
Redemption (Unrated, 2001)

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