Chris Penn (I) (1965–2006)

Actor | Producer | Director

Christopher Shannon Penn was born on October 10, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, the third son of ...

Born: October 10, 1965
Died: January 24, 2006 (age 40)

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Filmography

Known For

Reservoir Dogs Nice Guy Eddie (1992)
Short Cuts Jerry Kaiser (1993)
Footloose Willard (1984)
Known For

True Romance Nicky Dimes (1993)
Actor

Aftermath Tony Bricker (2013)
King of Sorrow Detective Enola (2007)
Holly Freddie (2006)
Juarez: Stages of Fear (2006)
The Darwin Awards Tom (2006)
Entourage Chris Penn (2005)
Everwood Frank Sullivan (2005)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Tommy Onerato (2005)
After the Sunset Rowdy Fan (2004)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction Officer Eddie Pulaski (2004)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Officer Pulaski (2004)
Starsky & Hutch Manetti (2004)
American Pie: Beneath the Crust Vol. 2 Stiffler's Dad (2003)
Will & Grace Rudy (2003)
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire Waylon Shaw (2003)
Shelter Island Sheriff Deluca (2003)
CSI: Miami Pete Wilton (2003)
Masked and Anonymous Crew Guy #2 (2003)
Stealing Harvard David Loach (2002)
Redemption Tony Leggio (2002)
Murder by Numbers Ray (2002)
Corky Romano Peter Romano (2001)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Bubba (2001)
Cement Bill Holt (2000)
The Florentine Bobby (1999)
Family Attraction Father (1998)
Rush Hour Clive (1998)
One Tough Cop Duke Finnerly (1998)
Jay-Z Feat. Ja Rule & Amil: Can I Get A... Bartender (1998)
Flagpole Special (1998)
Papertrail FBI Agent Jason Enola (1998)
Deceiver Det. Phillip Braxton (1997)
Cannes Man Chris Penn (1997)
The Boy's Club Luke (1996)
The Funeral Chez (1996)
Dead Man's Walk Goodnight (1996)
Mulholland Falls Arthur Relyea (1996)
Sacred Cargo Vince Kanevsky (1995)
Under the Hula Moon Turk Dickson (1995)
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Sheriff Dollard (1995)
Chris Isaak: Somebody's Crying Beachgoer (1995)
Fist of the North Star Jackal (1995)
Chicago Hope Kevin Fitzpatrick (1995)
Imaginary Crimes Jarvis (1994)
Beethoven's 2nd Floyd (1993)
Josh and S.A.M. Derek Baxter (1993)
True Romance Nicky Dimes (1993)
Short Cuts Jerry Kaiser (1993)
The Pickle Gregory Stone (1993)
The Music of Chance Floyd (1993)
Best of the Best II Travis Brickley (1993)
Reservoir Dogs: Deleted Scenes Nice Guy Eddie (1992)
Reservoir Dogs Nice Guy Eddie (1992)
Future Kick Bang (1991)
Leather Jackets Big Steve (1991)
Mobsters Tommy Reina (1991)
The Young Riders Brad (1990)
Best of the Best Travis Brickley (1989)
Return from the River Kwai Lieutenant Crawford (1989)
Made in U.S.A. Tuck (1987)
Faerie Tale Theatre Will Tussenbrook (1987)
At Close Range Tommy (1986)
North Beach and Rawhide Dan Donnelly (1985)
Pale Rider Josh LaHood (1985)
The Wild Life Tom Drake (1984)
Footloose Willard (1984)
Nobody's Heroes (1983)
Rumble Fish B.J. Jackson (1983)
All the Right Moves Brian (1983)
Magnum, P.I. Wounded Soldier, in Vietnam (1982)
Actor

Charlie and the Talking Buzzard Pete (1979)
Producer

Juarez: Stages of Fear (2006)
Producer

Nobody's Heroes (1983)
Soundtrack

The Funeral (1996)
Director

Nobody's Heroes (1983)
Writer

Nobody's Heroes (1983)
Archive footage

Staunch T.V. (2018)
Le Hard Corner (2018)
Remembering Willard (2011)
The Boy's Club: Placebo - The Bitter End (2011)
E! True Hollywood Story (2010)
Hollywood Lives (2009)
Blvd. of Broken Dreams (2007)
13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007)
Best of Chris Isaak (2006)
The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
Corazón de... (2006)
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005)
Empire of the Censors (1995)
Archive footage

Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (1994)
Madonna: Live to Tell (1986)

Videos

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Brother-in-law of Robin Wright and Aimee Mann.

Quotes

They offer me a lot more money to do something that was successful before than to take a risk. More power to the people who get to choose their roles. I don't.

Trademark

Often played violent criminals with short fuses (examples include 'Nice Guy' Eddie in Reservoir Dogs (1992), Chez in The Funeral (1996), David Loach in Stealing Harvard (2002), Peter Romano in Corky Romano (2001), and Clive in Rush Hour (1998)) or ...