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Chris Penn
Actor
Male
Born
Oct 10, 1965
Hometown
Los Angeles
Died
Jan 24, 2006
Death Place
Santa Monica, Cal...
Nationality
American National...
Other Names
Christopher Shann...
Christopher Shannon "Chris" Penn 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 and in the videogame Grand Theft Auto… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1965
Birth
His mother indicated that his date of birth was October 10, 1965, in Richard T. Kelly's book, Sean Penn: His Life and Times (2004).
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TEENAGE
1979
13 Years Old
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.
1983
17 Years Old
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.
1984
18 Years Old
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).
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TWENTIES
1989
23 Years Old
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. karate team taking on the team from Korea.
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THIRTIES
1996
30 Years Old
In 1996 he won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Funeral.
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2003
37 Years Old
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.
FORTIES
Penn was found dead in his Santa Monica condominium on January 24, 2006, at the age of 40.
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