Chris Penn

Chris Penn (born June 10 1962) is an American film actor. He is the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn, as well as the son of director Leo Penn.

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Born in Los Angeles in 1962, Penn started acting at the age of 12 at the Loft Studio. In 1983, he made his feature film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's youth drama Rumble Fish. In 1983 he had a small role in the high school football drama All the Right Moves starring Tom Cruise, appeared in the hit dance musical Footloose in 1984, and played a villain in the Clint Eastwood western Pale Rider (1985).

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In 1986 he co-starred with his brother, Sean, and mother Eileen Ryan in At Close Range.

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Penn is typically cast as a supporting actor or with smaller roles in his movies, although has made some memorable performances, such in Reservoir Dogs and True Romance. In 1996 he won the best-supporting actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Funeral.

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Penn was also featured on the 2004 video game, ', as the voice of Officer Eddie Pulaski.

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June 10: June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining....

1962: 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). In Chinese Zodiac, the "year" of the Ox ended on February 4, 1962 and the "year" of the Tiger began on February 5, 1962....

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