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Chris Penn
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American actor (1965–2006)
OverviewAI-generated
Chris Penn (1965–2006) was an American actor, television actor, film actor, and voice actor. Born in Los Angeles, he began his professional work period in 1979. His parents were Leo Penn and Eileen Ryan, and his siblings included Michael Penn and Sean Penn. Penn was a relative of Dylan Penn and spoke English as his native language.
He died on January 24, 2006, in Santa Monica. The cause of death was listed as cardiovascular disease and cardiomyopathy, with the manner of death recorded as accidental. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Penn is associated with several written works, including *10 Phases to Flipping a House*, *How to Guide*, *Running*, *Kudos Man*, and *Einführung in Die Rechnungseingangsprüfung - Prüfen Von Wareneingangsrechnungen*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- 10 Phases to Flipping a House
- How to Guide
- Running
- Kudos Man
- Einführung in Die Rechnungseingangsprüfung - Prüfen Von Wareneingangsrechnungen
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA
Christopher Shannon Penn (October 10, 1965 in Los Angeles, California – January 24, 2006 in Santa Monica, California) was an American actor, known for his roles in The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, Footloose, Rush Hour, True Romance, All the Right Moves, and Pale Rider.
Known for
- Aftermath — Tony Bricker2013
- The Darwin Awards — Tom2007
- King of Sorrow — Detective Enola2007
- Holly — Freddie2006
- Best of Chris Isaak — (segment "Somebody's Crying") (archive footage) (uncredited)2006
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' — Self (archive footage)2005
- The Contender2005
- After the Sunset — Rowdy Fan2004
- Starsky & Hutch — Manetti2004
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction — Pulaski (voice)2004
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1965
- Active to
- 2006
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 401
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chris+Penn">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 51,043x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,614x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,964x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,783x
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,272x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Shannon Penn , ( 1965-10-10 ) October 10, 1965, Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Died
- January 24, 2006 (2006-01-24) (aged 40), Santa Monica, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City , California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1978–2006
- Partner
- Steffiana De La Cruz (1993–1999)
- Parents
- Leo Penn (father) Eileen Ryan (mother)
- Relatives
- Michael Penn (brother) Sean Penn (brother) Dylan Penn (niece) Hopper Penn (nephew)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Shannon Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American actor. He was the younger brother of both actor and filmmaker Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn. Noted as a skilled character actor, he was typically cast as a tough character, featured as a villain or a working-class thug, or in a comic role.
Penn had notable parts in such films as All the Right Moves (1983), The Wild Life (1984), Footloose (also 1984), Pale Rider (1985), At Close Range (1986), Reservoir Dogs (1992), True Romance (1993), Short Cuts (also 1993), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), The Boys Club (1996), Rush Hour (1998), Corky Romano (2001), and Starsky & Hutch (2004). He won the Volpi Cup for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in The Funeral (1996). He also provided the voice of corrupt cop Edward "Eddie" Pulaski in the action-adventure game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).
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