Early life and family background

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. His paternal grandmother was from Texas, while his mother's family is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Armie has described his background as "half Jewish". In 2013, genealogical research by staff members of Ancestry.com stated that one of his eight times great-grandfathers was Cherokee chief Kanagatucko.

Hammer lived in the Dallas enclave of Highland Park for several years. When he was seven, his family moved to the Cayman Islands, where they lived for five years, and then settled back in Los Angeles. He attended Faulkner's Academy in Governor's Harbour, Grace Christian Academy in the Cayman Islands (a school founded by his father), and later went to Los Angeles Baptist High School in the San Fernando Valley. He dropped out of high school in eleventh grade to pursue an acting career. Subsequently, he took college courses.

Career

After appearing in the television series Veronica Mars, Gossip Girl, Reaper and Desperate Housewives, Hammer played the Christian evangelist Billy Graham in Billy: The Early Years, which premiered in October 2008. The film garnered Hammer a “Faith and Values Award” nomination in the Grace Award category, which is awarded for the Most Inspiring Performance in Movie or Television by Mediaguide, an organization which provides movie reviews from a Christian perspective. He played Harrison Bergeron in 2081, based on the short story "Harrison Bergeron" by author Kurt Vonnegut, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival.

In 2007, Hammer was hand-picked by filmmaker George Miller, after a long search, to star in Justice League: Mortal as Batman/Bruce Wayne. The film was to be directed by Miller, but Miller left the project.

In 2010, Hammer co-starred in David Fincher's The Social Network, about the creation of Facebook. He portrayed the identical twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, with Josh Pence, using CGI. Hammer stated that he had to learn how to row on both sides of a boat in order to play the twins, who are rowing champions.

His next role was in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar, a drama about J. Edgar Hoover. He co-starred with Julia Roberts and Lily Collins in Mirror Mirror (2012), playing Prince Andrew Alcott. In January 2012, he voiced the Winklevoss twins in an episode of The Simpsons titled "The D'oh-cial Network".

Hammer played the Lone Ranger, alongside Johnny Depp as Tonto, in the 2013 adaptation of the radio and film serials. In 2015, he starred in director Guy Ritchie's film adaptation of the 1960s TV show The Man from U.N.C.L.E., playing Illya Kuryakin, opposite Henry Cavill.

In January, 2016 was revealed that since 2013 Armie Hammer contacted the family of the infamous drug lord Edgar Valdez "La Barbie" and secured the rights to film the life story of the cartel leader.

Hammer will play Oliver in Call Me By Your Name, an adaptation of an André Aciman‘s novel of the same name directed by Luca Guadagnino, in which he stars opposite Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg. Filming began in May 2016 and the film is expected to be released in 2017.

Personal life

In a 2008 interview, Hammer stated, regarding his religious beliefs, "I have my own spiritual life, and I value it very much".

Hammer married television personality Elizabeth Chambers on May 22, 2010, and their wedding was featured in the January 2011 issue of Town & Country. The two were introduced by Hammer's friend, artist Tyler Ramsey. On December 1, 2014, Hammer and Chambers welcomed a baby girl, Harper.

In 2012, Hammer stated that "for all intents and purposes", his parents disowned him when he dropped out of high school and began acting, but are now supportive of him and proud of his work.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Flicka	Male prefect
2008	Blackout	Tommy
2008	Billy: The Early Years	Billy Graham
2009	Spring Breakdown	Abercrombie boy
2009	2081	Harrison Bergeron	Short film
2010	The Social Network	Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss
2011	J. Edgar	Clyde Tolson
2012	Mirror Mirror	Prince Andrew Alcott
2012	The Polar Bears	Zook
2013	The Lone Ranger	John Reid / The Lone Ranger
2015	Entourage	Himself
2015	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Illya Kuryakin
2016	The Birth of a Nation	Samuel Turner
2016	Free Fire	Ord
2016	Nocturnal Animals	Walker Marrow
2017	Call Me By Your Name	Oliver	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Arrested Development	Student #2	Episode: "The Immaculate Election"
2006	Veronica Mars	Kurt	Episode: "Wichita Linebacker"
2007	Desperate Housewives	Barrett	Episode: "Distant Past"
2009	Reaper	Morgan	5 episodes
2009	Gossip Girl	Gabriel Edwards	4 episodes
2012	The Simpsons	Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (voice)	Episode: "The D'oh-cial Network"
2012	American Dad!	Car rental agent (voice)	Episode: "The Wrestler"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Disney Infinity 3.0	John Reid/The Lone Ranger

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2010	The Social Network	Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble of the Year	Won
2010	The Social Network	Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	Won
2010	The Social Network	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast	Nominated
2010	The Social Network	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer	Nominated
2010	The Social Network	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2011	J. Edgar	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated
2011	J. Edgar	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]