Christopher Penn

Biography

Born 10/10/1965

The stocky supporting player Chris Penn, the younger brother of actor-director Sean Penn and son of director Leo Penn, built a soild career as one of Hollywood's most reliable character players, and while he typically toiled as a journeyman actor specializing in playing rumpled cops, small time...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 1996, received Venice Film Festival Best Supporting Performance Award

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Highlights

In 2007, Appeared in the drama, "Holly" about child trafficking in Cambodia; film released after his death
In 2004, Featured in the big screen adaption of the 70's cop series "Starsky & Hutch"
In 2003, Cast as regular Waylon Shaw on the CBS drama "The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire"

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Family & Companions

Leo Penn: father (died on September 5, 1998)
Eileen Ryan: mother (appeared in "At Close Range" with Penn and brother Sean and as a grieving mother in Sean Penn's "The Indian Runner")
Michael Penn: brother (born on August 1, 1958; married to singer-songwriter Aimee Mann)

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