Sam Hammington

Samuel Mayer Russ Hammington (born 31 July 1977) is a New Zealand-born 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. He was also cast as a member of the popular KBS reality-variety show The Return of Superman with his two sons, William and Bentley Hammington.

Early life Hammington was born on 31 July 1977 in Wellington, New Zealand, to Bruce William Hammington and casting director, Jan Russ.

While studying a business degree in university, he decided he needed to take up Asian-language courses 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 Jeong Yu-mi, a Korean. They had two wedding ceremonies: a traditional Korean one in Korea and another in his home country, Australia, at Melbourne Zoo. and Bentley (; Jeong Woo-seong) Hammington (born 8 November 2017).

Filmography

TV shows

Film

Variety show

Awards and nominations

Year Award ceremony Category Nominee / work Result 2013 MBC Entertainment Awards Best Male Newcomer/Rookie Award in Show/Variety Real Men 2014Friendship Award 2018 16th KBS Entertainment Awards Top Excellence Award – Male Variety Category The Return of Superman 201917th KBS Entertainment AwardsTop Excellence Award – Entertainment Category Grand Prize (Daesang) w/ other Superman fathers 202018th KBS Entertainment AwardsGrand Prize (Daesang)