Overview (3)

Mini Bio (1)

Spouse (3)

Trade Mark (1)

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Trivia (19)



Attended the Catholic University of America Drama Dept, where he met and married Susan Sarandon (born Susan Tomalin) in 1968.

Worked at Theatre West Virginia.





First wife Susan Sarandon got her big break when Chris brought her along on an audition.



Has 3 children with Lisa Ann Cooper: Stephanie Sarandon (born in 1986), Michael Sarandon (born in 1984) and Alexis Sarandon (born in 1988).



Two weeks after arriving in New York from regional theater, he landed a two-year role on the soap opera Springfield Story (1952).

Graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia University.



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.





Was approached to reprise his role as Det. Mike Norris in Chuckys Baby (2004) but turned it down due to scheduling conflicts.

He is on the Advisory Board for the Greenbrier Valley Theatre in Lewisburg, West Virginia.





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".

Graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley, West Virginia.



Attended The Scandinavian Sci-Fi, Game & Film Convention in Helsingborg, Sweden [October 2009]



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]





Recently purchased a rambling vintage home in Fairfield County, Connecticut with his wife, Joanna Gleason . [October 2007]



Appearing with his wife, Joanna Gleason , in his hometown of Beckley, West Virginia. [April 2003]

Chris graduated from West Virginia University with a bachelor of fine arts in 1964.





He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Hundstage (1975) and Die Braut des Prinzen (1987).

Personal Quotes (2)

Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the wrong reasons - as a shortcut to fame and fortune. If these goals are not attained, they feel a bitter disappointment. Acting should be an end in itself.



As an actor, we are, in a way, a mirror of other people.

