Armand Douglas Hammer was born in Los Angeles, California, to Dru Ann since 2010. They have two children, a boy and a girl.
He is the great-grandson of industrialist, art collector and philanthropist Armand Hammer.
He is the son of Michael and Dru Hammer. His mother is from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is a graduate of Oklahoma State University. His father graduated from the University of San Diego and received an M.B.A. degree from New York University.
He plays the guitar.
He spent the better part of his formative years in the Cayman Islands after his father saw the movie, The Firm , which is partially set there.
Became engaged to Elizabeth Chambers on August 18, 2009.
On his fathers side, he is the grandson of Julian Armand Hammer and Glenna Sue (Ervin). On his mothers side, he is the grandson of longtime Tulsa real estate developer Douglas Lee "Doug" Mobley and Donna Rae (Kaufman).
His parents did not support his decision to pursue a career in acting, preferring him to enter business. According to Hammer, his relationship with them became strained but he reconciled with them after he started getting starring roles.
Would like to open a cigar shop.
In 2007, he was set to play Bruce Wayne/Batman in a Justice League film, under the direction of George Miller, but the project was canceled. He was considered by Warner Bros. for the part of Batman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , which went to Ben Affleck.
Armies paternal great-grandfather, Armand Hammer, was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Rose (Lifschitz) and Julius Hammer, from Odessa (then in the Russian Empire). Armies other ancestry is German, English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), Scottish, Russian, Polish, Swiss-German, Danish, distant Greek, and 1/512 Cherokee Native American (through his paternal grandmother, Armie descends from Chief Kanagatucko, a Cherokee elder who lived in the 18th century).
Brother-in-law to Catherine Chambers, John Chambers, and Joseph Chambers.
Family opened the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, CA.
Lived in the Cayman Islands from ages 7 to 13.
Daughter Harper Grace Hammer was born December 1, 2014.
Despite his familys wealth, he claims that he has never had a trust fund and that he supported himself through his acting career.
Contrary to very popular belief, his family is not the namesake of the home goods brand Arm & Hammer. Though patriarch Armand Hammers name is thought to be a pun, he was named after an Alexandre Dumas character, Armand Duval, in the book La Dame aux Camlias , published in 1848.
His wife Elizabeth Chambers are expecting 2nd child in the spring 2017.
He dropped out of high school at sixteen to pursue acting.
I love art. I used to have a painting of Gorbachev that was given to my,family by Gorbachev.
I like reading. I just hate school.
As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in,California.
I think a primal role of a man in a relationship is to protect his,woman.
I try to do romantic gestures all the time.
I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always,too busy, like, outside being a kid.
Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure,what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate).
My great-great-grandfather Julius founded the Communist Party in New,York.
I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab,my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.
I try to do romantic gestures all the time.
