Actor Chris Penn has passed away at the age of 43. Sad day.
My favorite Chris Penn role (and this will surprise a lot of you) was NOT Reservoir Dogs (although I loved that film), but rather an under the radar little goofy karate movie called “Best of the Best” which also stared Eric Roberts and James Earl Jones. Man I LOVED that move as a kid. The ending where to Korean team puts their gold medals on the American team still chokes me up. No… I’m serious.
The folks over at ABC7 give these nice words:
Chris Penn’s credits included “Rumble Fish,” “All the Right Moves,” “Footloose,” “Rush Hour,” “Corky Romano” and “Starsky & Hutch.” He also played Nice Guy Eddie Cabot in the 1992 Quentin Tarantino crime drama “Reservoir Dogs.”
Although he was not as well known as his brother Sean, 45, critics said he often was underrated.
“Just as talented as Sean – just a lot less cocky,” Slate magazine critic Cintra Wilson wrote of him last year. He “makes you seamlessly believe in characters so much you barely even notice them.”
Here here. I always liked Chris Penn. Thoughts and prayers out to Sean and the rest of his family. No word yet on cause of death other than they don’t suspect “foul play”.
