Chris Penn
Gender: Male
Born: 10th October 1965
Died: 24th January 2006
Nationality: United States of America, Italy
TV programs: The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire, AFP: American Fighter Pilot
Movies: Aftermath, At Close Range, Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Footloose, Cement, The Funeral, The Darwin Awards, Rush Hour, Corky Romano, The Wild Life, Holly, Deceiver, Kiss Kiss, The Pickle, The Boys Club, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Pale Rider, The Music of Chance, Starsky & Hutch, Rumble Fish, Future Kick, Stealing Harvard, Best of the Best 2, One Tough Cop, All the Right Moves, Best of the Best, Short Cuts, Masked and Anonymous, The Boys Club, Mobsters, Redemption, Papertrail, Mulholland Falls, Imaginary Crimes, Murder by Numbers, Celebrating AFI, Shelter Island, Made in USA, Fist of the North Star, Beethoven's 2nd
Christopher Shannon "Chris" Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American film and television actor known for his roles in such films as The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, Footloose, Rush Hour, True Romance, All the Right Moves and Pale Rider.
Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest son of Leo Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan (née Annucci), an actress. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Russia, and his mother was a Roman Catholic of Italian and Irish descent. According to Penn's mother, Leo Penn may have had distant Spanish ancestry, as the family's surname was originally "Piñón". His brothers are actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn.
Penn started acting at the age of 12 at the Loft Studio and made his film debut in 1979’s Charlie and the Talking Buzzard, starring Christopher Hanks. In 1983, he was featured in Francis Ford Coppola’s youth drama Rumble Fish and appeared in the high school football drama All the Right Moves as the best friend of Tom Cruise's character. He also appeared in the hit dance movie Footloose in 1984 as the best friend of Kevin Bacon's character; played a villain in the Clint Eastwood
(This is information generated from a Wikipedia article, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.)
Internet Movie Database