Sam Hammington


Samuel Mayer Hammington 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.

Early life

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

Personal life

In October 2013, Hammington married to Korean woman Jung Yu-mi. They had two wedding ceremonies, a traditional Korean one in Korea and another in his home country, Australia, at the Melbourne Zoo.
The couple have two sons, William Tae-oh Hammington and Bentley Woo-sung Hammington.

Filmography

TV shows

Film

Variety Shows

Awards