Chris Penn
1965–2006 · American actor
Christopher Shannon Penn 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.
Chris Penn, in order
- 1983 All the Right Moves: acted · directed by Michael Chapman
- 1983 Rumble Fish: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 78%, audiences 80%
- 1984 Footloose: acted · directed by Herbert Ross
- 1984 The Wild Life: acted · directed by Art Linson
- 1985 Pale Rider: acted · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 93%, audiences 83%
- 1986 At Close Range: acted · directed by James Foley
- 1987 Made in U.S.A.: acted · directed by Ken Friedman
- 1989 Best of the Best: acted · directed by Robert Radler
- 1989 Return from the River Kwai: acted · directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
- 1991 Mobsters: acted · directed by Michael Karbelnikoff
- 1992 Leather Jackets: acted · directed by Lee Drysdale
- 1992 Reservoir Dogs: acted · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 90%, audiences 94% · streaming on Prime Video
- 1993 Beethoven's 2nd: acted · directed by Rod Daniel
- 1993 Best of the Best 2: acted · directed by Robert Radler
- 1993 Josh and S.A.M.: acted · directed by Billy Weber
- 1993 Short Cuts: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 95%, audiences 88%
- 1993 The Music of Chance: acted · directed by Philip Haas
- 1993 The Pickle: acted · directed by Paul Mazursky
- 1993 True Romance: acted · directed by Tony Scott · critics 93%, audiences 93% · streaming on Netflix
- 1994 Imaginary Crimes: acted · directed by Anthony Drazan · critics 60%, audiences 63% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Shout! Factory TV
- 1995 Fist of the North Star: acted · directed by Tony Randel
- 1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar: acted · directed by Beeban Kidron
- 1995 Under the Hula Moon: acted · directed by Jeff Celentano
- 1996 Cannes Man: acted · directed by Richard Martini
- 1996 Mulholland Falls: acted · directed by Lee Tamahori
- 1996 The Boys Club: acted · directed by John Fawcett
- 1996 The Funerals: acted · directed by Abel Ferrara · critics 78%, audiences 68%
- 1997 Deceiver: acted · directed by Jonas Pate and Josh Pate
- 1998 One Tough Cop: acted · directed by Bruno Barreto
- 1998 Rush Hour: acted · directed by Brett Ratner
- 1999 Cement: acted · directed by Adrian Pasdar
- 1999 The Florentine: acted · directed by Nick Stagliano
- 2000 Bread and Roses: acted · directed by Ken Loach · critics 67%, audiences 78%
- 2001 American Pie 2: acted · directed by J. B. Rogers
- 2001 Corky Romano: acted · directed by Rob Pritts
- 2001 Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang): acted · directed by Stewart Sugg
- 2002 CSI: Miami (TV series): acted · audiences 65% · streaming on Hulu, Paramount+
- 2002 Murder by Numbers: acted · directed by Barbet Schroeder
- 2002 Redemption: acted · directed by Art Camacho
- 2002 Stealing Harvard: acted · directed by Bruce McCulloch
- 2003 Masked and Anonymous: acted · directed by Larry Charles
- 2004 After the Sunset: acted · directed by Brett Ratner · critics 18%, audiences 52% · streaming on Roku Channel, Plex, Tubi
- 2004 Palindromes: acted · directed by Todd Solondz
- 2004 Starsky & Hutch: acted · directed by Todd Phillips · critics 62%, audiences 49%
- 2006 Holly: acted · directed by Guy Moshe
- 2006 The Darwin Awards: acted · directed by Finn Taylor
- 2013 Aftermath: acted · directed by Thomas Farone
- Sacred Cargo: acted