Sam Hammington | |
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Birth name | Samuel Hammington |
Born |
Wellington, New Zealand |
31 July 1977
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1981-present |
Spouse | Jung Yu-mi |
Samuel Hammington (born 31 July 1977) is a New Zealand-born Australian who lives and performs in South Korea as a comedian, television personality, radio presenter and actor. Hammington hosted radio show Drivetime with Annabelle Ambrose from 2008 to 2012. He was a cast member of popular reality-military show Real Men.
Hammington was born on 31 July 1977 in Wellington, New Zealand, the son of 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 the Korean language for 18 months before becoming a transfer student at Korea University in 2002.
In October 2013 Hammington married Korean Jung Yumi. They had two wedding ceremonies, a traditional Korean one in Korea and another in his home country, Australia, at the Melbourne Zoo. The couple welcomed a healthy baby boy named William on July 12 2016.