- Was considered for the role of Shaun in Summer (2008).
- Performed stand up comedy for over a year and even performed in his own show during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
- Lists Robin Williams, Jim Carrey and Steve Coogan as his influences and comedy heroes.
- He is a huge fan of Edinburgh football club Heart of Midlothian F.C. and attends matches regularly.
- Has a twin sister, Jennifer.
- Appeared on the Nickelodeon UK breakfast show Nick AM when he was a child.
- A fan of the literary works of J.R.R. Tolkien and the film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
- He is a swing & jazz singer.
- For preparation for the role of Jason Mewes in Get Greedo (2013) and Shooting Clerks (2015) he watched every film in the Kevin Smith back catalogue and closely studied Mewes' mannerisms and speech.
- He is an avid writer and is working on an untitled graphic novel.
- Met actor Jason Mewes whom he portrays in Shooting Clerks (2015) and The Twelve Steps of Jason Mewes: Get Greedo (2013).
- Cites that watching Gary Oldman's performance in Léon: The Professional (1994) at a young age inspired him to become an actor.
- During production of Shooting Clerks (2015), Chris Bain had to wear platform shoes in order to appear taller than Mark Frost to resemble the height difference between the real Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes.
- The wig that he wears in Shooting Clerks (2015) was one of the most expensive items budgeted for during the production. The other wig that he wore in the Jason Mewes/Kevin Smith short films was synthetic and looked synthetic.
- For the educational short film Evolution (2015), he beat over two hundred applicants to land the lead role of playing a young Charles Darwin.
- He is usually cast as portraying real life people.
- Auditioned for a role on TV series Outlander (2014).
- Has appeared in five television commercials to date.
- Starred in supernatural drama Blue Skies (2016) alongside Still Game (2002) stalwart Gavin Mitchell. Bain is a huge fan of the television series and was honored to share the screen with the Still Game star.
- His character Mr Clark in Cops and Monsters (2014) was originally intended to be female.
- For feature film Breathe Easy (2016) he was cast via social networking site Twitter without a formal audition. Producer Paul Mackie cites that Bain's performance in short film The Twelve Steps of Jason Mewes: Get Greedo (2013) was the very reason that he wanted to work with him.
- Auditioned for a lead role in Still Game (2002).
- Chris's favourite childhood pet, his dog Numpty, achieved stardom before he did, appearing in two episodes of Taggart. The late Mark McManus (the original eponymous star) took a shine to Numpty - leaving the dog an armchair in his will.
- Chris is a distant relative of Star Trek great, Deforest Kelly, through his mother's side.
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