Actor. He was the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn, as well as the son of director Leo Penn. Born in Los Angeles in 1965, Penn started acting at the age of 12 at the Loft Studio. In 1983, he made his feature film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's youth drama Rumble Fish. In 1983 he had a small role in the high school football drama All the Right Moves starring Tom Cruise, appeared in the hit dance musical Footloose in 1984, and played a villain in the Clint Eastwood western Pale Rider (1985). In 1986 he co-starred with his brother, Sean, and mother Eileen Ryan in At Close Range. Penn was typically cast as a supporting actor or with smaller roles in his movies, although he had some memorable performances, such in Reservoir Dogs and True Romance. In 1996 he won the best-supporting actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Funeral. Penn was also featured on the 2004 video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as the voice of Officer Eddie Pulaski. He was found dead of undisclosed causes with no signs of foul play in a Santa Monica, California residence, on January 24, 2006. An autopsy and subsequent toxicology report revealed the primary cause of death was heart disease. The report also noted that the prescription drug promethazine with codeine and an enlarged heart were possible contributing factors to his death.
Actor. He was the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn, as well as the son of director Leo Penn. Born in Los Angeles in 1965, Penn started acting at the age of 12 at the Loft Studio. In 1983, he made his feature film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's youth drama Rumble Fish. In 1983 he had a small role in the high school football drama All the Right Moves starring Tom Cruise, appeared in the hit dance musical Footloose in 1984, and played a villain in the Clint Eastwood western Pale Rider (1985). In 1986 he co-starred with his brother, Sean, and mother Eileen Ryan in At Close Range. Penn was typically cast as a supporting actor or with smaller roles in his movies, although he had some memorable performances, such in Reservoir Dogs and True Romance. In 1996 he won the best-supporting actor at the Venice Film Festival for The Funeral. Penn was also featured on the 2004 video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as the voice of Officer Eddie Pulaski. He was found dead of undisclosed causes with no signs of foul play in a Santa Monica, California residence, on January 24, 2006. An autopsy and subsequent toxicology report revealed the primary cause of death was heart disease. The report also noted that the prescription drug promethazine with codeine and an enlarged heart were possible contributing factors to his death.
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