Chris Penn, found dead in L.A.

[ACCBiggz]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor

Chris Penn has died in a Santa Monica residence, with no signs of foul play, a local ABC television affiliate reported on Tuesday.

Penn, 43, was the brother of actor

Sean Penn and starred in dozens of films.

He played baby-faced criminal Nice Guy Eddie Cabot in director

Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" and starred along with his brother in the 1986 film "At Close Range." He also played Willard Hewitt in "Footloose" in 1984.

Recently, Penn voiced Officer Eddie Pulaski in the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas."

Santa Monica police and the Los Angeles County Coroner were not immediately available for comment.

[oldskool]

Not familiar with much of his work, but I did think he did one hell of a job in San Andreas. RIP Chris Penn

[apsham]

Awwwww shit! That is horrible news, I loved him in ReseDogs and his voice work on Pulaski was excellent.

RIP, Chris Penn.

[Mick]

<----seriously.

I loved his work in everything he did. The movies he may have done may have been shit...but he was a great actor. RIP Chris.

[LL!]

That SUCKS! I totally agree that his work was underrated... RIP

[GRIFT]

Wow, I loved this guy. An incredibly underrated actor, and one who I think would have been huge if he only had 'the look' in the same way I think Paul Giamatti would be.

[GoGo Yubari]

Aww man. I loved him in Reservoir Dogs and San Andreas. RIP Chris Penn.

[EWFan2004]

Holy Crap

RIP

Chris Penn aka Nice Guy Eddie aka Office Dimes

1962 - 2006

[Guest Grapehead]

I wasn't sure if that was him in GTA. That's terrible news.

[gunnar hendershow]

I just heard this and let's say it's really ruined what was a good day. The fact that he was in Resevoir Dogs alone makes me really sad.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Not the bigest fan of his work but it was deifnitely above the average Hollywood fare and dying at such a young age is a tragedy.

(imdb.com has his age as 40, his date of birth being 10th October 1965)

Edited January 25, 2006 by ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster

[Darloboy]

Only seen him in Reservoir Dogs, I thought he was great in that and it's tragic that he has died so young. RIP.

Edited January 25, 2006 by Darloboy