Holy crap Chris Penn is dead

[UncleWai]

http://et.tv.yahoo.com/newslink/13718/index.html

The guy was tight in reservoir dogs

 

[Cooler]

 

[iamwiz82]

Wow, he gained a lot of weight since I last saw him.

 

[GeneValgene]

RIP

 

[EvilYoda]

Ouch, he was pretty young too with a decent acting career. RIP

 

[chambersc]

who?

 

[TheTony]

Originally posted by: chambersc
who?

According to IMDB:

Brother of Sean Penn

Son of director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan.

Brother of musician Michael Penn.

Appeared with his brother Sean Penn in At Close Range (1986), in which their actress mother, Eileen Ryan, played their grandmother!

Brother-in-law of Robin Wright Penn

Appeared in Sublime's "Date Rape" video

Brother-in-law of Aimee Mann

Is in three different movies with close-range shootout scenes at the end (Reservoir Dogs (1992), True Romance (1993), and _Corky Romano (2001)_).

Originally had role in American Pie 2 (2001) as Stiffler's dad but the scenes were cut since they were not deemed to fit in with the original movie (Source: Beneath the Crust: American Pie 2 (2001)).

Started acting at age 12 at the Loft Studio in Los Angeles and training under acting guru Peggy Feury.

Has a black belt in karate.

 

[Baked]

OD FTL.

 

[moshquerade]

only 43, that's sad.
heart issues maybe?

 

[PhaZe]

Man I confused him with Tim Roth in resorvoir dogs. My friend let me borrow the DVD and I saw Chris Penn on the back of the case and when I saw the movie I thought tim roth had a stricking resemblence of sean penn.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Wow, he gained a lot of weight since I last saw him...on TV.

Fixed.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
only 43, that's sad.
heart issues maybe?

Lifetime of self abuse issues more likely.

 

[rmrf]

too bad it wasn't sean.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: rmrf
too bad it wasn't sean.

that made me snicker


Lord, I apologize for snickering at the Sean Penn should have died instead joke.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: rmrf
too bad it wasn't sean.

that made me snicker


Lord, I apologize for snickering at the Sean Penn should have died instead joke.

Does Sean post here? Why are you apologizing?

 

[FoBoT]

it isn't really right to make jokes and laugh when someone has died

 

[rmrf]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
it isn't really right to make jokes and laugh when someone has died

I was giving my condolences to chris as well as voicing my opinion that it should have been sean.

killed two birds with one stone, imo.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: rmrf
too bad it wasn't sean.

that made me snicker


Lord, I apologize for snickering at the Sean Penn should have died instead joke.

"Lord, I apologize and please be with the starving pygmies down in New Guinea. Amen."

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
it isn't really right to make jokes and laugh when someone has died

Is this a karma thing or do you actually fear that you'll go to hell for this?

 

[conehead433]

never heard of him

 

[chuckywang]

WTF How?

 

[NFS4]

I always remember him as the fat guy in Rush Hour

 

[MazerRackham]

He was also in Starsky & Hutch right? (the movie with Stiller)

 

[moshquerade]

here's a pic of him in Reservoir Dogs.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
here's a pic of him in Reservoir Dogs.

the guy on the left?