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- Ethnicity: *father – Ashkenazi Jewish *mother – Italian, Irish Chris Penn was an American actor. Chris was the son of actor and director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan (born Eileen Annucci). He is the brother of musician Michael Penn and actor Sean Penn. His father was Jewish, the son of emigrants from Russia and/or Lithuania.
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His siblings are musician Michael Penn and actor Sean Penn. His father was from a Lithuanian Jewish/Russian Jewish family, and his mother is of half-Italian and half-Irish descent. Penn set out to follow in his parents' footsteps...
- Actor, Producer, Director
- January 24, 2006
- October 10, 1965
Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, to Leo Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan (née Annucci), an actress. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Russia , [ 3 ] and his mother was a Catholic of Italian and Irish descent. [ 4 ]
YearTitleRoleNotes2013Tony BrickerFilmed in 2005; posthumous release (final ...2007Detective EnolaPosthumous release2006FreddiePosthumous release2006Juarez: Stages of FearUnknown RoleDirect-to-video; also executive producerHis siblings are musician Michael Penn and actor Sean Penn. His father was from a Lithuanian Jewish/Russian Jewish family, and his mother is of half-Italian and half-Irish descent. Penn set out to follow in his parents' footsteps...
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Santa Monica, California, USA
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Full name, Christopher S. Penn; born June 10, 1962 (some sources cite October 10, 1965), in Los Angeles, CA; son of Leo Penn (a director and actor) and Eileen Ryan (an actress); brother of Sean Penn (an actor and director) and Michael Penn (a musician, singer, and songwriter); brother–in–law of Robin Wright Penn (an actress; also known as Robin Wri...
Film Appearances:
Pete, Charlie and the Talking Buzzard (also known as Buzzard), 1979. B. J. Jackson, Rumble Fish,Universal, 1983. Brian, All the Right Moves (also known as All Right), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1983. Tom Drake, The Wild Life,Universal, 1984. Willard Hewitt, Footloose,Paramount, 1984. Josh LaHood, Pale Rider,Warner Bros., 1985. Tommy Whitewood, At Close Range,Orion, 1986. Tuck, Made in U.S.A.,De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987. Lieutenant Crawford, Return to the River Kwai (some sources cite...
Film Producer:
The Florentine,Bcb Productions, 1999.
Television Appearances; Series:
Narrator, AFP: American Fighter Pilot,CBS, 2002. Waylon Shaw, The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire,CBS, 2003.
Music Videos:
"Date Rape," by Sublime, 1995. "Can I Get a...," by Jay–Z, 1999.
Periodicals:
Empire,Issue 87, 1996, pp. 48–49. Premiere,October, 1993.
Penn was born in Los Angeles, California, the youngest son of Leo Penn, an actor and director, and Eileen Ryan (née Annucci), an actress. His paternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Russia, [1] and his mother was a Roman Catholic of Italian and Irish descent. [2]
Overview. Biography. Movies. Videos. Born: June 10, 1962. CHRIS PENN. Date of Birth: June 10, 1962. Described as "quietly powerful" by critics, Chris Penn, the brother of Sean, started acting at...