Chris Penn
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Los Angeles, California
Although Chris Penn has achieved little of the critical acclaim and none of the notoriety of his older brother, Sean, the rotund actor has become a familiar supporting player and character actor who hasn't had to rely on Sean, either. The brothers have appeared together only once, in the 1986 film At Close Range; in the meantime, Chris has made a name for himself in projects ranging in tone and purpose from Footloose (1984) to Reservoir Dogs (1992).The son of director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of singer Michael Penn in addition to actors Sean and Matthew, Chris Penn was born on June 10, 1962, in Los Angeles. The actor, sometimes credited as Christopher Penn, started out in the profession at age 12, under the tutelage of Peggy Feury at the Loft Studio in Los Angeles. His film breakthrough came in Francis Ford Coppola's teen gang movie Rumble Fish (1983), which cast him opposite Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke. But it wasn't until Footloose the following year that Penn captured his first truly memorable role. As the burly best buddy of Kevin Bacon's rebellious dance proponent, Penn's simple decency shone through, especially in the lively production number in which his character awkwardly learns to dance, to the strains of Denise Williams' "Let's Hear It for the Boy."Penn's supporting work continued through the 1980s in films like Pale Rider (1985) before he became affiliated with organized crime movies, on both sides of the law, in the 1990s. Two collaborations with Quentin Tarantino in particular solidified this association. In the first, 1992's Reservoir Dogs, Penn played Nice Guy Eddie, the obedient son of Lawrence Tierney's mob boss. Screenwriting for director Tony Scott, Tarantino then helped Penn get cast in True Romance (1993) as a narcotics officer. From this point on, Penn began appearing in a handful of films each year, first and perhaps most notably as the frustrated husband of a phone sex operator (Jennifer Jason Leigh) in Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993).Penn continued his criminal film streak with such projects as Mulholland Falls (1996), The Funeral (1996), and One Tough Cop (1998). In 2001, he spoofed his tough guy image by appearing as the brother of comedian Chris Kattan, the novice mob operative of the title, in Corky Romano.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Aftermath |
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$3.5k | 2014 |
65% | Holly |
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— | 2007 |
25% | The Darwin Awards |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Juarez: Stages Of Fear |
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— | 2005 |
18% | After the Sunset |
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$28.4M | 2004 |
43% | Palindromes |
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$0.5M | 2004 |
62% | Starsky & Hutch |
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$87.2M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Shelter Island |
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— | 2003 |
24% | Masked and Anonymous |
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$0.2M | 2003 |
9% | Stealing Harvard |
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$14M | 2002 |
31% | Murder by Numbers |
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$31.9M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) |
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— | 2001 |
7% | Corky Romano |
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— | 2001 |
67% | Bread and Roses |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Redemption |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Celebrating AFI |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Cement |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | The Florentine |
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— | 1999 |
24% | One Tough Cop |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Trail of a Serial Killer |
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— | 1998 |
61% | Rush Hour |
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— | 1998 |
48% | Deceiver |
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$0.6M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | The Boys Club |
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— | 1997 |
79% | The Funeral |
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— | 1996 |
31% | Mulholland Falls |
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— | 1996 |
39% | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Celebrating AFI |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Sacred Cargo |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Fist of the North Star |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Under the Hula Moon |
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— | 1995 |
60% | Imaginary Crimes |
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— | 1994 |
23% | Beethoven's 2nd |
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— | 1994 |
95% | Short Cuts |
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— | 1993 |
93% | True Romance |
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— | 1993 |
20% | The Pickle |
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— | 1993 |
10% | Best of the Best 2 |
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— | 1993 |
25% | Josh and S.A.M. |
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— | 1993 |
92% | Reservoir Dogs |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Future Kick |
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— | 1991 |
6% | Mobsters |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Leather Jackets |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Best of the Best |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Made in USA |
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— | 1987 |
87% | At Close Range |
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— | 1986 |
93% | Pale Rider |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | The Wild Life |
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— | 1984 |
52% | Footloose |
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— | 1984 |
61% | All the Right Moves |
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— | 1983 |
74% | Rumble Fish |
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— | 1983 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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66% |
Entourage
2004-2011
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-2011
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No Score Yet |
CSI: Miami
2002-2012
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44% |
The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
2003
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No Score Yet |
Will & Grace
1998-2006
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No Score Yet |
Magnum, P.I.
1980-1988
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Quotes from Chris Penn's Characters
Nice Guy Eddie: | I don't even know a fuckin' Jew who'd have the balls to say that. |
Ren McCormack: | Where, in concert? |
Willard: | No, behind you. |
Ren McCormack: | You like Men at Work? |
Willard: | Which man? |
Ren McCormack: | Men at work. |
Willard: | Well, where do they work? |
Ren McCormack: | No, they don't, they're a music group. |
Willard: | Well, what do they call themselves? |
Ren McCormack: | Oh, no! What about the Police? |
Willard: | What about 'em? |
Ren McCormack: | You've ever heard them. |
Willard: | No, but I've seen them. |
Mr. Brown: | Let me tell you what "Like a Virgin" is about. It's all about a girl who digs a guy with a big dick. The entire song. It's a metaphor for big dicks. |
Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega: | No, no. It's about a girl who is very vulnerable. She's been fucked over a few times. Then she meets some guy who's really sensitive... |
Mr. Brown: | Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... Time out Greenbay. Tell that fucking bullshit to the tourists. |
Joe Cabot: | Toby... Who the fuck is Toby? Toby... |
Mr. Brown: | "Like a Virgin" is not about this sensitive girl who meets a nice fella. That's what "True Blue" is about, now, granted, no argument about that. |
Mr. Orange/Freddy: | Which one is "True Blue"? |
Nice Guy Eddie: | "True Blue" was a big ass hit for Madonna. I don't even follow this Tops In Pops shit, and I've at least heard of "True Blue". |
Mr. Orange/Freddy: | Look, asshole, I didn't say I ain't heard of it. All I asked was how does it go? Excuse me for not being the world's biggest Madonna fan. |
Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega: | Personally, I can do without her. |
Mr. Blue: | I like her early stuff. You know, "Lucky Star", "Borderline" - but once she got into her "Papa Don't Preach" phase, I don't know, I tuned out. |
Mr. Brown: | Hey, you guys are making me lose my... train of thought here. I was saying something, what was it? |
Joe Cabot: | Oh, Toby was this Chinese girl, what was her last name? |
Mr. White/Larry: | What's that? |
Joe Cabot: | I found this old address book in a jacket I ain't worn in a coon's age. What was that name? |
Mr. Brown: | What the fuck was I talking about? |
Mr. Pink: | You said "True Blue" was about a nice girl, a sensitive girl who meets a nice guy, and that "Like a Virgin" was a metaphor for big dicks. |
Mr. Brown: | Lemme tell you what 'Like a Virgin' is about. It's all about this cooze who's a regular fuck machine, I'm talking morning, day, night, afternoon, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick. |
Mr. Blue: | How many dicks is that? |
Mr. White/Larry: | A lot. |
Mr. Brown: | Then one day she meets this John Holmes motherfucker and it's like, whoa baby, I mean this cat is like Charles Bronson in "The Great Escape", he's digging tunnels. Now, she's gettin' the serious dick action and she's feeling something she ain't felt since forever. Pain. Pain. |
Joe Cabot: | Chew? Toby Chew? |
Mr. Blonde/Vic Vega: | It hurts her. It shouldn't hurt her, you know, her pussy should be Bubble Yum by now, but when this cat fucks her it hurts. It hurts just like it did the first time. You see the pain is reminding a fuck machine what it once was like to be a virgin. Hence - "Like a Virgin". |
Joe Cabot: | Wong? |
Nice Guy Eddie: | " If you beat him long enough he'll say he started the goddamn chicago fire, but that dont necessarily make it fucking so!" |
Nice Guy Eddie: | If you beat him long enough he'll say he started the goddamn chicago fire, but that dont necessarily make it fucking so! |
Nice Guy Eddie: | If you fucking beat this prick long enough, he'll tell you he started the goddamn Chicago fire, now that don't necessarily make it fucking so! |
Mr. Pink: | Yeah she was nice, but she wasn't anything special. |
Mr. Blue: | What's special? Takin' you in the back and suck your dick? |
Nice Guy Eddie: | I'd go over twelve percent for that. |
Josh LaHood: | [Preacher has just hit Club in the groin with a sledgehammer - Josh LaHood looks at Club when he gets back up on his horse and they start to ride away] You think you can make it? |
Josh LaHood: | [preacher has just hit Club in the groin with a sledgehammer - Josh LaHood looks at Club when he gets back up on his horse and they start to ride away] You think you can make it? |
Club: | Ice!... Ice! |
Club: | Ice! Ice! |
Nice Guy Eddie: | Larry, we have been friends. And you respect my dad and I respect you but I will put fucking bullets right through your heart. You put that fucking gun down, now. |
Mr. White/Larry: | God damn you, Joe. Don't make me do this. |
Nice Guy Eddie: | Larry, stop pointing that fucking gun at my dad! |
Peter Romano: | Paulie, come on already. |
Paulie Romano: | Shut up! |
Nice Guy Eddie: | [Joe pulls out his gun and aims it at Mr. Orange] [In response, Mr. White pulls out his gun and aims it at Joe] [Eddie pulls out his gun and aims it at Mr. White] Have you lost your fuckin' mind? |
Mr. White/Larry: | Joe, you're making a terrible mistake. I'm not gonna let you make it. |
Mr. Pink: | Come on, guys! Nobody wants this! We're supposed to be fucking professionals! |
Nice Guy Eddie: | Larry, look. It's been quite a long time. A lot of jobs. There's no need for this, man. Lets just put our guns down, and lets settle this with a fuckin' conversation. |
Mr. White/Larry: | Goddamn you, Joe. Don't make me do this. |
Nice Guy Eddie: | [angrily shouting at Mr. White] Larry, stop pointin' that fuckin' gun at my Dad! [Joe shoots Mr. Orange, Mr. White shoots and kills Joe, Eddie shoots Mr. White and Mr. White quickly shoots and kills Eddie] |
Nice Guy Eddie: | Cummon, throw in a buck |
Nice Guy Eddie: | C'mon, throw in a buck! |
Joe Cabot: | C'mon, throw in a buck! |
Mr. Pink: | uh-uh....i dont tip. |
Mr. Pink: | Uh-uh, I don't tip. |
Nice Guy Eddie: | Whaddaya mean you don't tip? |
Joe Cabot: | Whaddaya mean you don't tip? |
Mr. Pink: | I don't believe in it. |
Mr. Orange/Freddy: | He don't believe in it. |