Sam Hammington

Samuel Mayer Hammington (born 31 July 1977) is a New Zealander 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] He is currently a fixed member on the popular KBS reality-variety show The Return of Superman with his two sons, William and Bentley.

Sam Hammington
Birth nameSamuel Mayer Hammington
Born (1977-07-31) 31 July 1977
Wellington, New Zealand
NationalityAustralian, New Zealander
Years active1981–present
Spouse
Jung Yu-mi
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(m. 2013)​
ChildrenWilliam Hammington (정태오 : Jeong Tae-oh) ; Bentley Hammington (정우성 : Jeong Woo-seong)
Parent(s)Jan Russ (mother)

Early life

Hammington was born on 31 July 1977 in Wellington, New Zealand, to 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 a non-celebrity Korean woman, Jung Yu-mi.[5] They had two wedding ceremonies – a traditional Korean one in Korea and another in his home country, Australia, at Melbourne Zoo.[4] The couple have two sons, William "Tae-oh" Hammington (born 12 July 2016)[6] and Bentley "Woo-sung" Hammington (born 8 November 2017)[7].

Filmography

TV shows
Year Title Network Role Notes Ref.
1981 Holiday Island Network Ten Andrew Alston "The Best of Everything" (Season 1, Episode 12)
1983 All the Rivers Run Seven Network / HBO Gordon Edwards
1983 The Flying Doctors Nine Network Richard Connors "A Rural Education" (Season 7, Episode 5)
1985 Neighbours Network Ten Michael Martin 2 episodes
2008 Ophojol Hamel "Hamel Pyoryugi" (Episode 17)
2014 Let's Eat tvN President of Soy Sauce Crab Restaurant Ep. 12
2014 Adventures of Ceratops[8] Presenter
2015 Who Are You: School 2015 KBS2 New English Teacher Cameo (Ep. 15)
2017Teacher Oh Soon-Nam MBC Teacher Cha
2020 Zombie Detective KBS2 Butcher Cameo w/ son William (Ep. 5)

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002 Jaemitneun Yeonghwa Soldier in Boat Voice
2005 Antarctic Journal English Explorer Voice
2014 How to Steal a Dog English Teacher
2015 Granny's Got Talent English Teacher

Variety Shows
Year Network Title Role Notes Ref.
2013 JTBC Witch Hunt Host Ep. 1–33
2013–2015 MBC Real Men Season 1 Member
2014 MBC True Justice Host [9]
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 Ep. 8
SBS Running Man Guest Ep. 271
Law of the Jungle Tribe Member Ep. 150–152
Tribe Member Ep. 171–177
Tribe Member Ep. 191–194
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 (w/ his children William and Bentley)
2018 MBC Creaking Heroes Member Ep. 1–2
2020–present MBN Friendly Variety Show cast 1 – present [10]

Awards
Year Award ceremony Category Nominee / work Result Ref.
2013 MBC Entertainment Awards Best Male Newcomer/Rookie Award in Show/Variety Real Men Won
2014 Friendship Award Won [11]
2018 16th KBS Entertainment Awards Top Excellence Award – Male Variety Category The Return of Superman Won [12]
2019 17th KBS Entertainment Awards Top Excellence Award – Entertainment Category Nominated
Grand Prize (Daesang) w/ other Superman fathers Won [13]
2020 18th KBS Entertainment Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Nominated


References
  1. Lee, Sun-young (7 February 2014). "Real Men adds four new cast members". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. "Kim Su Ro, Seo Kyung Suk, and Sam Hammington to Leave MBC's "Real Men"". Soompi. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  3. Hwang, Hye-jin (9 May 2013). "샘해밍턴, 미모의 어머니 공개 "호주 미다스손 유명PD"". Newsen. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. "Happy Together - Korean Dream Special with Sam Hammington, Fabien & more! (2014.05.29)". Youtube. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. Page, Wendy (21 September 2014). "Australian Sam Hammington 'kicking goals' as unlikely reality TV star in South Korea". abc.net.au. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. "Sam Hammington welcomes a new baby boy". kpopherald.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  7. "[공식입장] 샘 해밍턴 측 "오늘 둘째 출산..산모·아이 모두 건강"". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  8. "Adventures of Ceratops". MBC. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. "Teen Top's Niel, Kim Gu Ra, and Others to Host New MBC Show, "True Justice"". Soompi. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  10. Moon, Ji-yeon (7 January 2020). "[SC현장] "'1박2일'과 달라"..최수종→브루노 '친한예능', 2.5% 넘길까 (종합)". 스포츠조선 (in Korean). Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  11. "Winners of The 2014 MBC Entertainment Awards". Soompi. 1419848543. Retrieved 2021-02-03. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. Hong, Se-young (23 December 2018). "[종합] '2018 KBS 연예대상' 이영자 데뷔 27년만에 첫 대상 "웃기고 뭉클" (수상소감)". sports.donga.com (in Korean). Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  13. Hong, Se-young (22 December 2019). "[2019 KBS 연예대상] '슈돌' 아빠들 대상 영광, 박주호 셋째 임신 수상소감 (종합)". sports.donga.com (in Korean). Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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