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Cause of death
  
Cardiomyopathy

Name
  
Chris Penn

Other names
  
Christopher Penn

Role
  
Film actor


Occupation
  
Actor

Siblings
  
Sean Penn, Michael Penn

Years active
  
1979–2006

Nieces
  
Dylan Frances Penn

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Full Name
  
Christopher Shannon Penn

Born
  
October 10, 1965 (
1965-10-10
)

Relatives
  
Michael Penn (brother)Sean Penn (brother)Aimee Mann (sister-in-law)

Died
  
January 24, 2006, Santa Monica, California, United States

Parents
  
Eileen Ryan Penn, Leo Penn

Movies
  
Reservoir Dogs, Footloose, At Close Range, True Romance, Pale Rider

Similar People
  

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Christopher Shannon "Chris" Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American film and television actor. Penn was typically cast as a tough character, featured as a villain or a working-class lug, or in a comic role and was known for his roles in such films as The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, The Funeral, Footloose, Rush Hour, Corky Romano, True Romance, Beethoven's 2nd, Short Cuts, The Boys Club, All the Right Moves, At Close Range, Pale Rider, and in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

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Penn was found dead in his condominium on January 24, 2006, at the age of 40. An autopsy revealed the primary cause for his death was "nonspecific cardiomyopathy" (heart disease).

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Early life

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Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest of three boys born to Leo Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan (née Annucci), an actress. His paternal grandparents were Jewish emigrants 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 Sephardic ancestry, as the family's surname was originally "Piñón". His brothers are actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn.

Career

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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 western Pale Rider (1985); and co-starred with his brother Sean Penn and mother Eileen Ryan in At Close Range (1986).

Penn, who had a black belt in karate, appeared in the 1989 motion picture Best of the Best as Travis Brickley, a cocky member of the U.S. Taekwondo team taking on the team from Korea. The film also starred James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, and Simon Rhee. Penn reprised his role in 1993's Best of the Best 2.

1990s

Two of his more memorable performances were in Reservoir Dogs as Nice Guy Eddie and True Romance as Nicky Dimes (both characters in scripts written by Quentin Tarantino). In 1996 he won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Funeral.

In 1990, Chris was cast in a season one episode of The Young Riders. He appeared as a villain and was killed by Josh Brolin's character William Hickok. In Robert Altman's 1993 ensemble film Short Cuts, Penn played a troubled swimming pool cleaner who is disturbed by his wife's profession (a telephone sex worker who takes calls from clients at home) to which Penn's character is sometimes obliged to listen. He also appeared as a fall guy in a criminal conspiracy in Murder by Numbers, alongside Sandra Bullock. Penn appears in Jay-Z's "Can I Get A..." 1998 music video as a bartender who mixes drinks and dances.

2000s

In 2001, Penn was meant to appear in American Pie 2 as Steve Stifler's father, but the scenes featuring him were eventually cut as there was insufficient time to include him in the film's plot. However, they appeared on the deleted scene reel from the movie's DVD. Penn then went on to co-star opposite Peter Berg as the mafia brothers of Corky in Corky Romano. In 2003, he appeared on the Will & Grace episode, "Fanilow", as Barry Manilow's tour director and a character who is interested romantically in Will. Penn was featured in an episode of the television crime drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent ("Death Roe") during the 2004–2005 season. He was also featured on the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as the voice of Officer Eddie Pulaski. Penn played himself on a 2005 episode of the HBO series Entourage. He appeared in The Darwin Awards, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival one day after his death.

Death

Penn was found dead in his Santa Monica condominium on January 24, 2006, aged 40. Although Penn had used multiple drugs in the past, an autopsy performed by a Los Angeles County medical examiner revealed the primary cause of death was "nonspecific cardiomyopathy" (heart disease), with the prescription drug promethazine with codeine and an enlarged heart due to obesity being possible contributing circumstances. The toxicology report revealed that valium, morphine, marijuana and an elevated level of codeine were found in his bloodstream. Penn appeared slim and fit throughout the 1980s in movies such as Footloose, At Close Range and Pale Rider, but gained considerable weight throughout the 1990s. Sean Penn has said publicly in a TV interview on Larry King Live that his brother probably died because of his weight.

There is conflicting information about Penn's age at the time of death, with some obituaries giving 1962 as his year of birth. In Richard T. Kelly's book, Sean Penn: His Life and Times (2004), Penn's mother indicated that his date of birth was October 10, 1965.

Penn's was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Filmography

Actor
2013
Aftermath as
Tony Bricker
2007
King of Sorrow as
Detective Enola
2006
Holly as
Freddie
2006
Juarez: Stages of Fear (Video)
2006
The Darwin Awards as
Tom
2005
Entourage (TV Series) as
Chris Penn
- An Offer Refused (2005) - Chris Penn
2005
Everwood (TV Series) as
Frank Sullivan
- Fate Accomplis (2005) - Frank Sullivan
2005
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) as
Tommy Onerato
- Death Roe (2005) - Tommy Onerato
2004
After the Sunset as
Rowdy Fan
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Video Game) as
Officer Pulaski (voice)
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction (Video short) as
Officer Eddie Pulaski (voice, uncredited)
2004
Starsky & Hutch as
Manetti
2003
American Pie: Beneath the Crust Vol. 2 (Video documentary) as
Stiffler's Dad
2003
Will & Grace (TV Series) as
Rudy
- Fanilow (2003) - Rudy
2003
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (TV Series) as
Waylon Shaw
- The Song of Poland (2003) - Waylon Shaw
- Little Girl Lost (2003) - Waylon Shaw
- Sleeping Lions (2003) - Waylon Shaw
- Tough Love (2003) - Waylon Shaw
- Secrets and Lies (2003) - Waylon Shaw
- Falling Acorns (2003) - Waylon Shaw
2003
Shelter Island as
Sheriff Deluca
2003
CSI: Miami (TV Series) as
Pete Wilton
- Grave Young Men (2003) - Pete Wilton
2003
Masked and Anonymous as
Crew Guy #2
2002
Stealing Harvard as
David Loach
2002
Redemption (Video) as
Tony Leggio
2002
Murder by Numbers as
Ray
2001
Corky Romano as
Peter Romano
2001
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang as
Bubba
2000
Cement as
Bill Holt
1999
The Florentine as
Bobby
1998
Family Attraction (Short) as
Father
1998
Rush Hour as
Clive
1998
One Tough Cop as
Duke Finnerly
1998
Jay-Z Feat. Ja Rule & Amil: Can I Get A... (Music Video) as
Bartender
1998
Flagpole Special (Video short)
1998
Papertrail as
FBI Agent Jason Enola
1997
Deceiver as
Det. Phillip Braxton
1997
Cannes Man as
Chris Penn
1996
The Funeral as
Chez
1996
Dead Man's Walk (TV Mini Series) as
Goodnight
- Episode #1.2 (1996) - Goodnight
1996
The Boys Club as
Luke
1996
Mulholland Falls as
Arthur Relyea
1995
Sacred Cargo as
Vince Kanevsky
1995
Under the Hula Moon as
Turk Dickson
1995
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar as
Sheriff Dollard
1995
Chris Isaak: Somebody's Crying (Music Video) as
Beachgoer
1995
Fist of the North Star as
Jackal
1995
Chicago Hope (TV Series) as
Kevin Fitzpatrick
- Life Support (1995) - Kevin Fitzpatrick
1994
Imaginary Crimes as
Jarvis
1993
Beethoven's 2nd as
Floyd
1993
Josh and S.A.M. as
Derek Baxter
1993
True Romance as
Nicky Dimes
1993
Short Cuts as
Jerry Kaiser
1993
The Pickle as
Gregory Stone
1993
The Music of Chance as
Floyd (as Christopher Penn)
1993
Best of the Best II as
Travis Brickley (as Christopher Penn)
1992
Reservoir Dogs: Deleted Scenes (Video short) as
Nice Guy Eddie
1992
Reservoir Dogs as
Nice Guy Eddie
1991
Future Kick as
Bang
1991
Leather Jackets as
Big Steve (as Christopher Penn)
1991
Mobsters as
Tommy Reina (as Christopher Penn)
1990
The Young Riders (TV Series) as
Brad
- Matched Pair (1990) - Brad
1989
Best of the Best as
Travis Brickley (as Christopher Penn)
1989
Return from the River Kwai as
Lieutenant Crawford (as Christopher Penn)
1987
Made in U.S.A. as
Tuck
1987
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) as
Will Tussenbrook
- Rip Van Winkle (1987) - Will Tussenbrook (as Christopher Penn)
1986
At Close Range as
Tommy (as Christopher Penn)
1985
North Beach and Rawhide (TV Movie) as
Dan Donnelly
1985
Pale Rider as
Josh LaHood (as Christopher Penn)
1984
Kenny Loggins: Footloose (Version 2) (Music Video short) as
Willard
1984
The Wild Life as
Tom Drake (as Christopher Penn)
1984
Footloose as
Willard (as Christopher Penn)
1983
Nobody's Heroes
1983
Rumble Fish as
B.J. Jackson (as Christopher Penn)
1983
All the Right Moves as
Brian (as Christopher Penn)
1982
Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) as
Wounded Soldier, in Vietnam
- Heal Thyself (1982) - Wounded Soldier, in Vietnam (as Christopher Penn)
1979
Charlie and the Talking Buzzard as
Pete (as Christopher Penn)
Producer
2006
Juarez: Stages of Fear (Video) (executive producer)
1983
Nobody's Heroes (producer)
Director
1983
Nobody's Heroes
Soundtrack
2018
Staunch T.V. (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Boys Club (Staunch on Film #7) (2018) - (performer: "Tonight Will Be The Night" - uncredited)
1996
The Funeral (performer: "Tonight Will Be The Night")
Writer
1983
Nobody's Heroes
Thanks
2013
Aftermath (in memory of) / (very special thanks)
2008
Vice (in memory of)
2007
Rush Hour 3 (in memory of)
2007
Jump! (dedicatee - as Christopher Penn)
2007
The Last Sentinel (in loving memory of)
2000
Bread and Roses (special thanks)
Self
2005
The Contender (TV Series) as
Self
- Opportunity (2005) - Self (uncredited)
2004
VH1 Goes Inside (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Hot Movie Dancing (2004) - Self
2003
'Masked & Anonymous' Exposed (Video documentary short) as
Self
2002
Reservoir Dogs: Original Interviews (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- An Interview in the Back of a Truck with Chris Penn (2002) - Self
2002
AFP: American Fighter Pilot (TV Series) as
Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.1 - Self - Narrator
2002
Revealed with Jules Asner (TV Series) as
Self
- Charlie Sheen (2002) - Self
2000
CBS Cares (TV Series) as
Self
2000
Bread and Roses as
Self - Party Guest (uncredited)
1999
Close Up (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Tim Roth: Made in Britain (1999) - Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Chris Penn/Colin Quinn/Sonic Youth (1996) - Self - Guest
- Chris Penn/David Halberstam (1993) - Self - Guest
1993
Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country (Documentary) as
Self
Archive Footage
2021
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (Video Game) as
Officer Eddie Pulaski (segment "GTA SA")
2018
Staunch T.V. (TV Series) as
Self
- The Boys Club (Staunch on Film #7) (2018) - Self
2018
Le Hard Corner (TV Mini Series)
- Best Manga, Pire Film! (2018)
2011
Remembering Willard (Video documentary short) as
Self
2011
The Boys Club: Placebo - The Bitter End (Music Video short) as
Self
2010
E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Charlie Sheen (2010) - Self
2009
Hollywood Lives (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Sex & Success (2009) - Self
- Scandal & Gossip (2009) - Self
2007
Blvd. of Broken Dreams (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- Chris Penn/Tara McMullen (2007) - Self
2007
13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self - In Memoriam
2006
Best of Chris Isaak (Video)(segment "Somebody's Crying") (uncredited)
2006
The 78th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Memorial Tribute
2006
Corazón de... (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 25 January 2006 (2006) - Self
2005
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (Video short) as
Self
1995
Empire of the Censors (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1994
Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (Short documentary) as
Nice Guy Eddie (uncredited)
1986
Madonna: Live to Tell (Music Video) as
Chris Penn (uncredited)

References

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