- First wife Susan Sarandon got her big break when Chris brought her along on an audition.
- Son-in-law of Monty Hall and Marilyn Hall.
- Attended the Catholic University of America Drama Dept, where he met and married Susan Sarandon (born Susan Tomalin) in 1968.
- Two weeks after arriving in New York from regional theater, he landed a two-year role on the soap opera Guiding Light (1952).
- Graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia University.
- He has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Dog Day Afternoon (1975), The Princess Bride (1987) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).
- In 1961 Sarandon made his theater debut at Theatre West Virginia's Grandview in "Honey in the Rock." He spent three seasons with the historical drama, playing a variety of roles, including a New River settler, a news reader, a sentry and Stonewall Jackson. He also doubled as a singer/dancer.
- Chris graduated from West Virginia University with a bachelor of fine arts in 1964.
- Has 3 children with Lisa Ann Cooper: Stephanie Sarandon (born in 1986), Michael Sarandon (born in 1984) and Alexis Sarandon (born in 1988).
- Was approached to reprise his role as Det. Mike Norris in Seed of Chucky (2004) but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts.
- He is on the Advisory Board for the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
- Graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley, West Virginia.
- Recently purchased a rambling vintage home in Fairfield County, Connecticut with his wife, Joanna Gleason. (October 2007)
- At the same time he was appearing on Broadway in "The Light in the Piazza", wife Joanna Gleason was appearing on Broadway in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels".
- Worked at Theatre West Virginia.
- Appearing with his wife, Joanna Gleason, in his hometown of Beckley, West Virginia. (April 2003)
- Playing "Signor Naccarelli" in the new 6-time Tony award-winning Broadway musical "The Light in the Piazza" at the Lincoln Center in Manhatten (will run through March 26). (January 2006)
- Attended The Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game & Film Convention in Helsingborg, Sweden (October 2009)
- Brother-in-law of Sharon Hall and Richard Hall.
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