Sam Hammington

TV Actor

Birthday July 31, 1977

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace New Zealand

Age 47 years old

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About

Though he also appeared in episodes of The Flying Doctors, Let's Eat, and other Australian and South Korean television series, this New Zealand-born comedian and actor is perhaps most famous as a series regular on the South Korean program Real Men. His work on the series earned him a 2013 MBC Entertainment Award. 

Before Fame

After playing childhood guest star roles on Holiday Island and other television series, he studied at Korea University.

Trivia

From 2008 until 2012, he and Annabelle Ambrose co-hosted a radio program called Drivetime. In 2017, he played Cha Sam in over 50 episodes of the TV show Teacher Oh Soon-Nam. 

Family Life

He grew up in New Zealand and Australia as the son of television casting director Jan Russ. He married Jung Yumi in 2013, and they later settled in South Korea. He welcomed a son named William in 2016, and the following year they welcomed a second son named Bentley.

Associated With

He and Park Hyung-sik were both in the cast of Real Men.