Biography
Christopher Shannon "Chris" Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American film and television actor known for his roles in such films as The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, Footloose, Rush Hour, True Romance, All the Right Moves and Pale Rider.
Known For
Complete Filmography

QT8: The First Eight
2019
as Self (archive footage)
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...

King of Sorrow
2007
as Detective Enola
Redemption and damnation share a bed of hope in a love story between a suicidal psychiatrist and a drug addicted homicidal cop. How far can one fall, ...

Holly
2006
as Freddie
Shot on location in Cambodia, including many scenes in actual brothels in the notorious red light district of Phnom Penh, HOLLY is a captivating, touc...

The Darwin Awards
2006
as Tom
After botching the capture of a notorious serial killer, idiosyncratic detective Michael Burrows loses his job with the San Francisco Police. He becom...

Best of Chris Isaak
2006
as (segment "Somebody's Crying") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chris Isaak begins his third decade as one of the most distinctive recording artists- and the epitome of modern cool-with his first career-spanning re...

Tarantino's Mind
2006
as Eddie Cabot (archive footage)
Two friends at a bar talking about theories involving Quentin Tarantino's movies.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
as Pulaski (voice)
Tension builds as threats are carried out, stakes are raised and communication breaks down. In Los Santos a drive-by shooting in Grove Street Family's...

After the Sunset
2004
as Rowdy Fan
An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers...

Starsky & Hutch
2004
as Manetti
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcom...

Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Crew Guy #2
A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on ...

Shelter Island
2003
as Sheriff Deluca
Lou, a former professional golfer, turned motivational speaker, seems to have it all: fame, money, and a beautiful live-in girlfriend, Alex. Her seemi...

Stealing Harvard
2002
as David Loach
John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds...

Redemption
2002
as Tony Leggio
A disgraced cop goes to work for the mob, and must choose between good and evil when he goes up against his former friends on the force.

Murder by Numbers
2002
as Ray Feathers
Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant...

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)
2001
as Bubba
A hit man who wants out of the business is targeted by old colleagues.

Corky Romano
2001
as Peter Romano
Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to inf...

Bread and Roses
2000
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa ge...

Cement
2000
as Bill Holt
Take a walk on the seamy side of town, where you can’t tell the difference between the bad cops and the crooks. Bob Holt, a corrupt detective knee-dee...

The Florentine
1999
as Bobbie
A slice-of-life story unfolds inside The Florentine, a bar in a Pennsylvania steel town whose brightest days are behind it, leaving behind many of lif...

Family Attraction
1998
as Father
The last "nuclear family" in America is an endangered species, held in captivity at The National Zoo. Stars Chris Penn and Martin Sheen.

One Tough Cop
1998
as Duke Finnerly
A detective tries to remain loyal to his partner, and his best friend - a mobster.

Papertrail
1998
as FBI Agent Jason Enola
Jason Enola is an obsessive FBI agent who is almost losing his mind after ten years on the tail of an elusive serial killer whose hallmark is the "pap...

Rush Hour
1998
as Clive
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Dete...

Flagpole Special
1998
Two guys talk about a seminar where they learn how to pick up chicks, both are seen from the waist down only, one is playing acoustic guitar. Related ...

Deceiver
1997
as Detective Phillip Braxton
The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textil...

Cannes Man
1997
as Self
Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab d...

Sacred Cargo
1996
as Vince Kanevsky
Two brothers head to Russia to help a group of priests smuggle $200 million worth of sacred relics out of the country in order to keep them out of the...

Mulholland Falls
1996
as Arthur Relyea
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

The Funeral
1996
as Chez Tempio
After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.

The Boys Club
1996
as Luke
Three teenage boys in small-town Southern Ontario are thrilled when Luke Cooper, a mysterious American fugitive with a gunshot wound in his leg, decid...

Under the Hula Moon
1995
as Turk Dickson
In the desert outside Cactus Gulch, Arizona, Buzzard and Betty Jean Wall live in a trailer decorated in Hawaiian themes. Betty's trying to get pregnan...

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
1995
as Sheriff Dollard
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When th...

Fist of the North Star
1995
as Jackal
From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who ...

Imaginary Crimes
1994
as Jarvis
A recently widowed, small-time hustler struggles to raise his two daughters on his own and still make a dishonest living in 1960s Portland, Oregon.

Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
1994
as Eddie Cabot (archive footage)
A short film that took director Quentin Tarantino to task for failing to credit director Ringo Lam's City on Fire (1987 film) as an influence upon the...

Beethoven's 2nd
1993
as Floyd
Beethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine match, Missy, and fathered a family. The only problem i...

Josh and S.A.M.
1993
as Derek Baxter
Josh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant and the kids are sent to go live with their father in ...

Short Cuts
1993
as Jerry Kaiser
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo...

True Romance
1993
as Nicky Dimes
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

The Music of Chance
1993
as Floyd
Two men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.

The Pickle
1993
as Gregory Stone
Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry ju...

Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country
1993
as Self
A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts.

Best of the Best 2
1993
as Travis Brickley
In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by W...

Reservoir Dogs
1992
as "Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- vet...

Leather Jackets
1992
as Big Steve
Claudia, a girl who gets around, finally lands her dream man in Mickey. However, Mickey's friend Dobbs spoils their nuptial plans when the thugs of a ...

Future Kick
1991
as Bang
In the far-flung future of 2025, where man is a victim of his own technology and corporations deal to a black market that trades in human body parts, ...

Mobsters
1991
as Tommy Reina
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime.....

Best of the Best
1989
as Travis Brickley
A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--...

Return from the River Kwai
1989
as Lieutenant Crawford
A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an Ame...

Made in U.S.A.
1987
as Tuck
Two men from Pennsylvania give up hope in their small run down coal mining town, and head off in search of the beaches of California. The two steal ca...

Rip Van Winkle
1987
as Will Tussenbrook
A lazy man falls asleep for twenty years.

At Close Range
1986
as Thomas "Tommy" Whitewood
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a ga...

North Beach and Rawhide
1985
as Dan Donnelly
"Boys Town" drama about a man named Rawhide MacGregor, a one-time ex-convict who runs a cattle ranch as a correctional facility for urban juvenile del...

Pale Rider
1985
as Josh LaHood
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

The Wild Life
1984
as Tom Drake (as Christopher Penn)
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

Footloose
1984
as Willard
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he...

All the Right Moves
1983
as Brian Riley
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football schol...

Rumble Fish
1983
as B.J. Jackson
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug, struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation and longs for the days when gang warfare w...

Charlie and the Talking Buzzard
1979
as Pete (as Christopher Penn)
Set to the narration of a talking buzzard, Charlie moves to a new town with his family. He wants to be friends with the popular kids at his local park...