How old was Chris Penn in Footloose?

Christopher Shannon Penn (Chris Penn) was an American actor. He was born on October 10, 1965 and passed away on January 24, 2006 at age 40.

He was also best known as the brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn.

Penn was a very talented actor and was often cast as a tough character, featured as a villain or a working-class thug, or in a comic role and was known for his roles in such films as;

• Rush Hour,
• Corky Romano,
• True Romance,
• Beethoven’s 2nd,
• Short Cuts,
• The Boys Club,
• All the Right Moves,
• At Close Range,
• Pale Rider,
• Starsky & Hutch,
• The Wild Life,
• Reservoir Dogs,
• The Funeral and
• Footloose.

How old was Chris Penn in Footloose? Penn was 19 years when he starred in Footlose, an American musical drama film directed by Herbert Ross which tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, where he attempts to overturn the ban on dancing instituted by the efforts of a local minister (John Lithgow).

The film received mixed reviews from the critics but became a box office hit, grossing $80 million in North America, becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 1984.

The film is known for its music, with the songs “Footloose” by Kenny Loggins and “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” by Deniece Williams being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.