![]() ![]() He appeared as a villain and was killed by Josh Brolin's character James Butler "Jimmy" Hickok. In 1990, Penn was cast in a season one episode of The Young Riders. In 1996 he won the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Funeral. Two of his more memorable performances were in Reservoir Dogs as Nice Guy Eddie and True Romance as Nicky Dimes (both characters in scripts written by Quentin Tarantino). Penn reprised his role in 1993's Best of the Best 2. The film also starred James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, and Simon Rhee. Taekwondo team taking on the team from Korea. 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 U.S. He also 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 (1985) and co-starred with his brother Sean Penn and mother Eileen Ryan in At Close Range (1986). In 1983, he was featured in Francis Ford Coppola's youth drama Rumble Fish and appeared in the high school football drama All the Right Moves as the best friend of Tom Cruise's character. Penn started acting at the age of 12 at the Loft Studio and made his film debut in 1979's Charlie and the Talking Buzzard, starring Christopher Hanks. His older brothers are actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Russia, and his mother was a Catholic of Italian and Irish descent. Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, to Leo Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan (née Annucci), an actress. An autopsy revealed the primary cause for his death was "nonspecific cardiomyopathy" (heart disease). Penn was found dead in his apartment on January 24, 2006, at the age of 40. He also provided the voice of the corrupt, ruthless cop Edward "Eddie" Pulaski in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. During his career Penn had won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his performance in The Funeral. Noted as a skilled character actor from a prominent acting dynasty, he was typically cast as a tough character, featured as a villain or a working-class thug, or in a comic role and had roles in such films as The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, The Funeral, Footloose, Rush Hour, Corky Romano, True Romance, Beethoven's 2nd, Short Cuts, The Boys Club, All the Right Moves, At Close Range, Pale Rider, and Starsky & Hutch. He was the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn. Christopher Shannon Penn (Octo– January 24, 2006) was an American actor. ![]()
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