Armie Hammer | |
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Hammer at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International promoting The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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Born |
Armand Douglas Hammer August 28, 1986 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Chambers (m. 2010) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives |
Michael Armand Hammer (father) Armand Hammer (great-grandfather) |
Armand Douglas "Armie" Hammer (born August 28, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of the Winklevoss twins in the film The Social Network (2010), Prince Andrew Alcott in Mirror Mirror (2012) and the title character in the 2013 adventure film The Lone Ranger (2013). He took over David McCallum's role of Illya Kuryakin in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), and stars as Oliver in the 2017 romance drama Call Me By Your Name. For his portrayal of Clyde Tolson in J. Edgar (2011), he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Hammer was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Dru Ann (née Mobley), is a former bank loan officer, and his father, Michael Armand Hammer, owns several businesses, including Knoedler Publishing and Armand Hammer Productions (a film/television production company). He has a younger brother, Viktor.
Hammer's paternal great-grandfather was oil tycoon and philanthropist Armand Hammer. Armand's own parents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and Armand's father, Julius Hammer, who was from Odessa, "founded the Communist Party in New York." Armie's paternal great-grandmother was Russian-born actress and singer Olga Vadimovna Vadina (aka Von Root), the daughter of a tsarist general.