Spot Info
Real Name: Samuel Mayer Russ Hammington
Nickname: Sam Hammington
Personal Details
Nationality: Australian, New Zealander
Mother Tongue: English
Languages Known: Korean, English
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Birth Place: Wellington, New Zealand
Born on: 31 July, 1977
Age As On Today: 47 years
Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Education Details
College: Korea University, Swinburne University of Technology
Family Details
Father's Name: Bruce William Hammington
Mother's Name: Jan Russ
Husband/Spouse Name: Jeong Yu-mi
Samuel Mayer Hammington is a New Zealander Australian comedian who is essentially dynamic in South Korea. Hammington facilitated radio show Drivetime with Annabellge Ambrose from 2008 to 2012. He was a cast individual from well known reality-military show Real Men. He is presently a part on the popular KBS reality-assortment show The Return of Superman with his two children.
Hammington was brought into the world on 31 July 1977 in Wellington, New Zealand, to Bruce William Hammington and projecting director, Jan Russ. He is of English drop, following his family line back to Berkshire, England.
While studying on a business degree in college, he concluded he expected to take up Asian language courses to assist work with increasing his resume. Because of the prevalence of Japanese and Chinese language courses, he chose to concentrate on Korean. He read Korean for a long time prior to turning into a student from another school at Korea University in 2002.
Hammington started working in Korea’s television sector after the 2002 World Cup. Playing various parts it was in 2005 when he had his first enormous breakout on Gag Concert, Korea’s most famous satire program. It was this chance that saw Hammington assume the title of Korea’s first unfamiliar joke artist. Hammington has worked in numerous fields since being situated in Korea, including facilitating a public broadcast, Co facilitating Witch Hunt and having won various honors for his exhibitions on the two projects Real Men and The Return of Superman.
In October 2013, Hammington wedded Jeong Yu-mi, a Korean. They have two children, William (Jeong Tae-gracious) Hammington (conceived 12 July 2016) and Jeong Woo-seong) Hammington (conceived 8 November 2017).
- Korean
Ai Furihata
- Korean
Seo Jang-hoon
Professional Details
Skills: Social Media Marketing Agency
Profession: Comedian, RJ, TV Presenter
Agent: Kingkong Entertainment
Casual Details
Smoke Or Drink: No
Interests Details
Pets: Two Dogs Mandoo and Gaji
Physical Details
Eye colour: Black
Hair Colour: Black
Career
Debut Year: 2002
First Break: Gag Concert
Awards: Best Male Newcomer/Rookie Award in Show/Variety(2013)
Achievements: Grand Prize (Daesang)(2019)