Sam Bain Net Worth 2023, Age, Wife, Children, Family, Parents, Salary

Sam Bain net worth

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Introduction

Sam Bain is a British comedy writer who is famous for the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show. He attended St Paul’s School in London before graduating from the University of Manchester, where he met his writing partner Jesse Armstrong.

Early life

NameSam Bain
Net Worth$5 millin
OccupationComedy writer
Age52 years
Height1.83m
Sam Bain’s net worth

Sam Bain was born on August 3, 1971 (age 52 years) in London, United Kingdom. He is the son of English parents. His father Bill Bain was a TV director and his mother, Rosemary Frankau, co-starred in the sitcom Terry and JunSam Baine.

Bain is related to a long line of noted British comedians and writers through his mother, including his grandfather Ronald Frankau, his grandmother Renee Roberts, his great-grandmother Julia Davis, and cousins Pamela Frankau and Nicholas Frankau. He was educated at St Paul’s School, where he was a classmate of future Chancellor George Osborne.

Career

Sam Bain began his career journey as a writer. At the beginning of their writing career, Bain and Armstrong wrote for the Channel 4 sketch show Smack the Pony and the children’s shows The Queen’s Nose and My Parents Are Aliens. They went on to create and write Peep Show, BBC One sitcom The Old Guys, and most recently Channel 4 comedy-dramas Fresh Meat and Babylon.

Bain and Armstrong also wrote for the Radio Four sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Sound, starring Peep Show’s two main actors David Mitchell and Robert Webb, and its BBC Two adaptation That Mitchell and Webb Look. Peep Show has won several writing awards, including a BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy in 2008.

Bain and Armstrong have written two films together — the 2007 comedy Magicians, and, alongside Chris Morris, the 2010 terrorism satire Four Lions. Bain and Armstrong received the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award at the British Comedy Awards 2010.

In 2012 both Bain and Armstrong were featured on the TV industry journal Broadcast’s ‘Hot 100’ list, highlighting the most successful people in UK television. In 2012 Bain and Armstrong wrote the Channel 4 comedy pilot Bad Sugar, a spoof of Dynasty-style soap operas, which starred Olivia Colman, Julia Davis, and Sharon Horgan, all of whom also co-conceived the show.

Sam Bain wrote the novel Yours Truly, Pierre Stone, which was published by IMP Fiction in 2002. Bain provided additional material for episode one of the BBC Four political satire The Thick of It and was the script editor for the second series of BBC2 sitcom Rev.

In 2017, the black comedy Ill Behaviour, his first television series written solo, screened on BBC2 and Showtime. In 2018, Bain was hired to write the spy action-comedy No Glory by Valparaiso Pictures & Gary Sanchez Productions. Kumail N anjiani is attached to the star.

Wife

Sam Bain is a married man. His wife is an actress/screenwriter Wendy Bain. The couple had their wedding in the United Kingdom. However, much is known about Bain and his wife Wendy’s children. The two rarely speak about their kids.

Sam Bain net worth

How much is Sam Bain worth? Sam Bain net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a comedy writer. Sam Bain’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $368,000 dollars annually. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential comedy writers in the United Kingdom. He stands at an appealing height of 1.83m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.