Chris Penn
Highest Rated: 100% The Music of Chance (1993)
Lowest Rated: 6% Mobsters (1991)
Birthday: Oct 10, 1965
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Character actor Chris Penn worked tirelessly to escape out from under the shadows of his older brothers, actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn, by carving a respectable onscreen résumé playing angry, deeply wounded men in films like "Reservoir Dogs" (1991), and "The Funeral" (1996). Like his brother Sean, Chris Penn started acting at a young age, offering solid support as impulsive young men in "Footloose" (1984), "Pale Rider" (1985) and in his brother's "At Close Range" (1986). "Reservoir Dogs" gave him entry into major features as a character player with enormous potential, as evidenced by his dramatic turn in Robert Altman's "Short Cuts" (1993). His career appeared to plateau in the late 1990s, though he continued to work steadily until his death in 2006 from health issues. His untimely departure robbed the entertainment industry of a talented player who had yet to find the proper vehicle for his abilities.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 50% | Aftermath | Tony Bricker (Character) | $3.0K | 2013 |
| 64% | 63% | Holly | Freddie (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 25% | 45% | The Darwin Awards | Tom (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Juarez: Stages of Fear |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2005 |
| 63% | 49% | Starsky & Hutch | Manetti (Character) | $88.2M | 2004 |
| 18% | 52% | After the Sunset | Rowdy Fan (Character) | $28.3M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 6% | Shelter Island | Sheriff Deluca (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 24% | 45% | Masked and Anonymous | Crew Guy #2 (Character) | $533.3K | 2003 |
| 9% | 39% | Stealing Harvard | David Loach (Character) | $14.0M | 2002 |
| 30% | 49% | Murder by Numbers | Ray (Character) | $31.9M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Redemption | Tony Leggio (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 7% | 39% | Corky Romano | Peter (Character) | $24.0M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) | Bubba (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Cement | Bill Holt (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | The Florentine |
Bobby (Character), Producer |
- | 1999 |
| 61% | 78% | Rush Hour | Clive Cod (Character) | $141.2M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Papertrail | FBI Agent Jason Enola (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 24% | 21% | One Tough Cop | Duke Finnerly (Character) | $1.2M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Attraction | Father (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | The Boys Club | Luke Cooper (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 48% | 59% | Liar | Braxton (Character) | $545.6K | 1997 |
| 31% | 39% | Mulholland Falls | Arthur Relyea (Character) | $11.5M | 1996 |
| 79% | 67% | The Funeral | Chez (Character) | $1.2M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sacred Cargo | Vince Kanevsky (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 43% | 71% | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar | Sheriff Dollard (Character) | $36.4M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | Fist of the North Star | Jackal (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under the Hula Moon | Turk Dickson (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 60% | 63% | Imaginary Crimes | Jarvis (Character) | $70.7K | 1994 |
| 25% | 48% | Josh and S.A.M. | Derek Baxter (Character) | $1.5M | 1993 |
| 20% | 18% | The Pickle | Gregory Stone (Character) | $45.6K | 1993 |
| 10% | 47% | Best of the Best II | Travis Brickley (Character) | $6.0M | 1993 |
| 23% | 31% | Beethoven's 2nd | Floyd (Character) | $52.6M | 1993 |
| 95% | 88% | Short Cuts | Jerry Kaiser (Character) | $6.1M | 1993 |
| 93% | 93% | True Romance | Nicky Dimes (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 100% | 87% | The Music of Chance | Floyd (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 90% | 94% | Reservoir Dogs | Nice Guy Eddie (Character) | $2.5M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Future Kick | Bang (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 6% | 57% | Mobsters | Tommy Reina (Character) | $19.7M | 1991 |
| 33% | 72% | Best of the Best | Travis Brickley (Character) | $5.9M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return to the River Kwai | Lieutenant Crawford (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Return From the River Kwai | Lt Crawford (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Made in USA | Tuck (Character) | $81.1K | 1987 |
| 86% | 79% | At Close Range | Tommy Whitewood (Character) | $560.7K | 1986 |
| 93% | 83% | Pale Rider | Josh LaHood (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North Beach and Rawhide | Dan Donnelly (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | The Wild Life | Tom Drake (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 52% | 71% | Footloose | Willard Hewitt (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 75% | 80% | Rumble Fish | B.J. Jackson (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 63% | 39% | All the Right Moves | Brian (Character) | - | 1983 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65% | 82% | Entourage | Himself (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 90% | 96% | Everwood | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Rudy (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 44% | No Score Yet | The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire | Waylon Shaw (Character) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |