Sam Hammington

Sam Hammington
Birth name Samuel Hammington
Born July 31, 1977
Wellington, New Zealand
Nationality Australian
Years active 1981-present
Spouse Yumi Jung

Samuel Hammington (born July 31, 1977) is a New Zealand-born Australian comedian, television personality, radio presenter and actor based in South Korea. Hammington hosted radio show Drivetime with Annabelle Ambrose from 2008 to 2012. He is currently a cast member in the TV show Real Men together with Seo Kyung-suk, Kim Su-ro, Ryu Soo-young, Son Jin-young, Jang Hyuk, Park Hyung-sik.[1]

Early life

Hammington was born on 31 July 1977 in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of casting director Jan Russ.[2]

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 the Korean language for 18 months before becoming a transfer student at Korea University in 2002 (during the FIFA World Cup) [3]

In October 2013 Hammington married Korean Jung Yumi.[4] They had two wedding ceremonies, a traditional Korean one in Korea and another in his home country, Australia, at the Melbourne Zoo.[5]

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–present Real Men Himself
2014 Let's Eat President of soy sauce crab restaurant (Episode 12)
True Justice Himself MC[6]

Film

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

Reality Shows

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Happy Together Guest Season 3

Awards

Year Award Category Work
2013 MBC Entertainment Awards Best Male Newcomer in Show/Variety Real Men

References

  1. Lee, Sun-young (7 February 2014). "Real Men adds four new cast members". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. "샘해밍턴, 미모의 어머니 공개 "호주 미다스손 유명PD"". Newsen. 2013-05-09.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wzRCvUAhWs&list=PLMf7VY8La5RE48tnIvV4mIR-19ZTNMLgh. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "The Past Is A Foreign Country - Part Two". Australian Story. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014. (video here)
  5. YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wzRCvUAhWs&list=PLMf7VY8La5RE48tnIvV4mIR-19ZTNMLgh. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Teen Top’s Niel, Kim Gu Ra, and Others to Host New MBC Show, “True Justice”". Soompi. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

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