1. Chris Penn was the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn.
20 Facts About Chris Penn
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Chris Penn provided the voice of corrupt cop Edward "Eddie" Pulaski in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
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Chris Penn was found dead in his apartment on January 24,2006 at the age of 40.
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Chris Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, to Leo Chris Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan, an actress.
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Chris Penn's paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Russia, and his mother was a Catholic of Italian and Irish descent.
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Chris Penn 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 ; and co-starred with his brother Sean Penn and mother Eileen Ryan in At Close Range.
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Chris 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 US Karate team taking on the team from Korea.
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Chris Penn reprised his role in 1993's Best of the Best 2.
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In 1990, Chris Penn was cast in a season one episode of The Young Riders.
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Chris Penn appeared as a villain and was killed by Josh Brolin's character James Butler "Jimmy" Hickok.
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In Robert Altman's 1993 ensemble film Short Cuts, Chris Penn played a troubled swimming pool cleaner who is disturbed by his wife's profession to which Chris Penn's character is sometimes obliged to listen.
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Chris Penn played the character Clive Cod in the 1998 film Rush Hour.
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In 2001, Chris Penn was meant to appear in American Pie 2 as Steve Stifler's father, but his scenes were eventually cut as there was insufficient time to include him in the film's plot.
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Chris Penn then went on to co-star opposite Peter Berg as the mafia brothers of Corky in Corky Romano.
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Chris Penn was featured on the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as the voice of crooked officer Eddie Pulaski.
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Chris Penn played himself on a 2005 episode of the HBO series Entourage.
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Chris Penn appeared in The Darwin Awards, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival the day after his death.
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Chris Penn was found dead in his Santa Monica apartment on January 24,2006, at the age of 40.
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Sean Chris Penn said in an interview on Larry King Live that his brother probably died because of his weight.
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Chris Penn's grave is located at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.