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Chris Penn

1965 - 2006

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Christopher Shannon Penn (October 10, 1965 – January 24, 2006) was an American actor. He was the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn. Noted as a skilled character actor, he was typically cast as a tough character, featured as a villain or a working-class thug, or in a comic role and had roles in such films as To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, The Wild Life, Reservoir Dogs, The Funeral, Footloose, Rush Hour, Corky Romano, True Romance, Beethoven's 2nd, Short Cuts, The Boys Club, All the Right Moves, At Close Range, Pale Rider, and Starsky & Hutch. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Penn has received more than 9,084,536 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Chris Penn is the 2,594th most popular actor (up from 2,681st in 2019), the 4,161st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,387th in 2019) and the 1,235th most popular American Actor.

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  • 9.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Chris Penn ranks 2,594 out of 9,996. Before him are Pauline Moran, Cathy O'Donnell, Andrew Robinson, Pierre Barouh, Olive Thomas, and Pernell Roberts. After him are Colm Feore, W. C. Fields, Françoise Arnoul, Thierry Lhermitte, Tania Mallet, and Peg Entwistle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Chris Penn ranks 108. Before him are Yvan Attal, Reggie Miller, Kim Bodnia, Muggsy Bogues, Sunita Williams, and Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus. After him are Quique Sánchez Flores, Mikhail Prokhorov, Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, E-Type, Bryan Singer, and Yang Liwei. Among people deceased in 2006, Chris Penn ranks 167. Before him are Jean-François Revel, Anthony Franciosa, Dana Reeve, Maureen Stapleton, Vera Aceva, and Bismillah Khan. After him are Paul Halmos, Henri Colpi, Gennadiy Aygi, Bruno Kirby, Kazimierz Górski, and Anita O'Day.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Penn ranks 4,161 out of 18,182. Before him are Stand Watie (1806), Olive Thomas (1894), Kevin Smith (1970), Joss Whedon (1964), Pernell Roberts (1928), and Benny Carter (1907). After him are Colm Feore (1958), Bob King (1906), Frederic Rzewski (1938), Logan Paul (1995), W. C. Fields (1880), and Dee Snider (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Chris Penn ranks 1,235. Before him are David Hedison (1927), Ciara (1985), Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Andrew Robinson (1942), Olive Thomas (1894), and Pernell Roberts (1928). After him are Colm Feore (1958), W. C. Fields (1880), Ian Ziering (1964), Michael Chiklis (1963), Kathy Baker (1950), and Steven Hill (1922).

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