Was Chris Penn Married?

Christopher Shannon Penn (Chris Penn), an American actor and brother of actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn never married.

• However, he was in several relationships, with;
• Cristina Goldberg (Goldie) (2002–2006),
• Steffiana De La Cruz (1993 – 1999),
• Tai Babilonia (1985 – 1989) and
• Sherilyn Fenn (1984 – 1985).

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.

Penn began acting at the age of 12 at the Loft Studio and made his film debut in 1979’s Charlie and the Talking Buzzard, starring Christopher Hanks.

Four years later, he was featured in Francis Ford Coppola’s youth drama Rumble Fish and appeared in the high school football drama All the Right Moves as the best friend of Tom Cruise’s character.

• He also appeared in the hit dance movie Footloose in 1984 as the best friend of Kevin Bacon’s character.
• He played a villain in the Clint Eastwood western Pale Rider (1985).
• He also co-starred with his brother Sean Penn and mother Eileen Ryan in At Close Range (1986).

Penn was born on October 10, 1965 and died January 24, 2006 from “nonspecific cardiomyopathy” (heart disease) at age 40.