Sam Hammington

Samuel Mayer Hammington (born 31 July 1977) is a New Zealand-born Australian comedian who is primarily active in South Korea. Hammington hosted radio show Drivetime with Annabelle Ambrose from 2008 to 2012. He was a cast member of popular reality-military show Real Men.[1][2]

Sam Hammington
Birth nameSamuel Mayer Hammington
Born (1977-07-31) 31 July 1977
Wellington, New Zealand
NationalityAustralian
Years active1981–present
Spouse
Jung Yu-mi (m. 2013)
Children2
Parent(s)Jan Russ (mother)

Early life

Hammington was born on 31 July 1977 in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of Bruce William Hammington and casting director Jan Russ.[3]

While in business school, he decided he needed to take up an Asian language to help build up his resume. Due to the popularity of Japanese and Chinese language courses, he decided to study Korean. He studied Korean for 18 months before becoming a transfer student at Korea University in 2002.[4]

Personal life

In October 2013, Hammington married Korean Jung Yu-mi.[5] They had two wedding ceremonies, a traditional Korean one in Korea and another in his home country, Australia, at the Melbourne Zoo.[6] The couple have two sons, William Tae-oh Hammington (born 12 July 2016) and Bentley Woo-sung Hammington (born 8 November 2017).

Filmography

TV shows
Year Title Role Notes
1981 Holiday Island Andrew Alston "The Best of Everything" (Season 1, Episode 12)
1983 All the Rivers Run Gordon Edwards
1983 The Flying Doctors Richard Connors "A Rural Education" (Season 7, Episode 5)
1985 Neighbours Michael Martin 2 episodes
2008 Ophojol Hamel "Hamel Pyoryugi" (Episode 17)
2013 Witch Hunt Himself MC
2014 Let's Eat President of soy sauce crab restaurant (Episode 12)
2014 Adventures of Ceratops[7] Presenter
2015 Who Are You: School 2015 new English teacher cameo (Episode 15)
2017Teacher Oh Soon-namTeacher Cha

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Jaemitneun Yeonghwa Soldier in boat voice
2005 Antarctic Journal English Explorer voice
2014 How to Steal a Dog

Variety Shows
Year Network Title Role Notes
2013–2015 MBC Real Men Season 1 Member
2014 MBC True Justice MC[8]
KBS2 Happy Together Guest Season 3
JTBC Non-Summit Guest Ep. 10
2015 KBS2 2 Days & 1 Night Guest Season 3
KBS1 My Neighbor, Charles Teacher S1 Ep08
SBS Running Man Guest Ep. 271
2016 MBC Infinite Challenge Guest Ep. 453
Ep. 465 (with Jack Black & Sam Okyere)
Cameo Ep. 470
Guest Ep. 484 & 485
KBS2 Battle Trip Contestant Ep. 22 (with Sam Okyere)
2016-present KBS2 The Return of Superman Cast Ep. 154 – present (with his children William and Bentley)
2018 MBC Creaking Heroes Member Ep. 1 – 2
2020-present MBN Friendly Variety Show cast 1-present[9]

Awards
Year Award Category Work Ref.
2013 MBC Entertainment Awards Best Male Newcomer in Show/Variety Real Men
2018 16th KBS Entertainment Awards Top Excellence Award – Male Variety Category The Return of Superman [10]
2019 17th KBS Entertainment Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) The Return of Superman [11]

References
  1. Lee, Sun-young (7 February 2014). "Real Men adds four new cast members". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. an0ya (7 October 2014). "Kim Su Ro, Seo Kyung Suk, and Sam Hammington to Leave MBC's "Real Men"". Soompi. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. "샘해밍턴, 미모의 어머니 공개 "호주 미다스손 유명PD"". Newsen. 9 May 2013.
  4. "Title required".
  5. "The Past Is A Foreign Country - Part Two". Australian Story. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014. (video here)
  6. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wzRCvUAhWs&list=PLMf7VY8La5RE48tnIvV4mIR-19ZTNMLgh. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Adventures of Ceratops". MBC. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. "Teen Top's Niel, Kim Gu Ra, and Others to Host New MBC Show, "True Justice"". Soompi. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  9. "[SC현장] "'1박2일'과 달라"..최수종→브루노 '친한예능', 2.5% 넘길까 (종합)". 스포츠조선 (in Kanuri). 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  10. "[종합] '2018 KBS 연예대상' 이영자 데뷔 27년만에 첫 대상 "웃기고 뭉클" (수상소감)". sports.donga.com (in Korean). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  11. "[2019 KBS 연예대상] '슈돌' 아빠들 대상 영광, 박주호 셋째 임신 수상소감 (종합)". sports.donga.com (in Korean). 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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