Hammer was born in Santa Monica, California.[1][2] His mother, Dru Ann (née Mobley), is a former bank loan officer,[3] and his father, Michael Armand Hammer, owns several businesses, including Knoedler Publishing and Armand Hammer Productions (a film/television production company).[4][5] He has a younger brother, Viktor.[6]
Armie's paternal great-grandmother was Russian-born actress and singer Olga Vadimovna Vadina, the daughter of a tsarist general.[14][15] His paternal grandmother was from Texas, while his mother's family is from Tulsa, Oklahoma.[16][17]
Hammer lived in the Dallas neighborhood of Highland Park for several years.[18] When he was seven, his family moved to the Cayman Islands, where they lived for five years, and then settled back in Los Angeles.[19][20] He attended Faulkner's Academy in Governor's Harbour, Cayman Islands, and Grace Christian Academy, also in Grand Cayman (a school founded by his father in West Bay, Grand Cayman), 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.[20] Hammer said his parents disowned him when he decided to leave school and take up acting but have since become supportive and proud of his work.[21]
In 2007, Hammer was hand-picked by filmmaker George Miller, after a long search, to star in the planned superhero film Justice League: Mortal, as Batman/Bruce Wayne. The film, which was to be directed by Miller, was eventually cancelled.[11]
In a 2008 interview, Hammer stated, regarding his religious beliefs, "I have my own spiritual life, and I value it very much".[42]
Hammer married television personality Elizabeth Chambers on May 22, 2010. Their wedding was featured in the January 2011 issue of Town & Country.[43][44] The two were introduced by Hammer's friend, artist Tyler Ramsey.[45] They have two children.[46][47]
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