Armie Hammer
Armand Douglas \”Armie\” Hammer is an American actor. He gained wider recognition for his portrayal of the Winklevoss twins in David Fincher’s biographical drama film The Social Network. In 2017, he starred in Luca Guadagnino’s romantic drama Call Me by Your Name, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor.
About Armie Hammer in brief
Armand Douglas \”Armie\” Hammer is an American actor. His first leading role was as Billy Graham in the 2008 film Billy: The Early Years. He gained wider recognition for his portrayal of the Winklevoss twins in David Fincher’s biographical drama film The Social Network. In 2017, he starred in Luca Guadagnino’s romantic drama Call Me by Your Name, for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He has also played Clyde Tolson in the biopic J. Edgar and Illya Kuryakin in the action film The Man from U. N. C. L. E. He dropped out of high school in eleventh grade to pursue an acting career. His parents disowned him when he decided to leave school and take up acting but have since become supportive and proud of his work. Hammer has described his background as \”half Jewish.\” His paternal great-grandfather was oil tycoon and philanthropist Armand Hammer, whose parents were Jewish immigrants to the U.S. from the Russian Empire. His paternal grandmother was from Texas, while his mother’s family is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended Faulkner’s Academy in Governor’s Harbour, Cayman Islands, and Grace Christian Academy, also in Grand Cayman, and later went to Los Angeles Baptist High School in the San Fernando Valley. Hammer lived in the Dallas neighborhood of Highland Park for several years.
He lived in Los Angeles with his family until he was seven, when he moved to the Cayman islands, where they lived for five years, and then settled back in LA. Hammer was hand-picked by filmmaker George Miller, after a long search, to star in the planned superhero film Justice League: Mortal, as BatmanBruce Wayne. The film’s cancellation came in large part due to the looming 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike as well as stalled budgetary rebate negotiations with the Australian Government. In 2009, he played Harrison Bergeron in 2081, based on the short story of the same name by author Kurt Vonnegut, which premiered at the Seattle International International Film Festival. In 2010, Hammer’s breakthrough role was in Cameron Cameron’s Social Network, about the creation of Facebook, with actor Josh Cameron serving as a body double during filming. He portrayed the identical twins and Tyler WinklevOSS in Cameron’s social networking film. In 2012, he portrayed Martin D. Ginsburg in theBiopic On the Basis of Sex, and starred in a production of Straight White Men in 2018. He is the son of Michael Hammer and Dru Ann, and his father owns several businesses, including Knoedler Publishing and armand Hammer Productions.
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