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Do not fill this in! ==Early life and background== Armand Douglas Hammer was born on August 28, 1986, in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name=biography.com>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/armie-hammer-21284687 |title=Armie Hammer Biography: Film Actor, Television Actor (1986–)| publisher= [[FYI (TV network)|FYI]]/[[A&E Networks]]| work= [[Biography.com]] |access-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-date=May 10, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160510232012/http://www.biography.com/people/armie-hammer-21284687 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="THR">{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/armie-hammer-his-steamy-new-movie-a-charmed-upbringing-oscars-double-standards-1059752 |title=Armie Hammer on His Steamy New Movie, a Charmed Upbringing and Oscar's "Double Standards" |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=November 20, 2017 |access-date=December 23, 2017 |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |quote=The couple raise their two children [...] in Holmby Hills, just a few miles from where Hammer was born, in Santa Monica. |archive-date=November 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120181517/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/armie-hammer-his-steamy-new-movie-a-charmed-upbringing-oscars-double-standards-1059752 |url-status=live }}</ref> His mother, Dru Ann ([[Married and maiden names|née]] Mobley), is a former bank loan officer,<ref name=eht>{{cite news|title=Miss Mobley Has Nuptials In Oklahoma|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 13, 1985|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/13/style/miss-mobley-has-nuptials-in-oklahoma.html|access-date=October 5, 2010|archive-date=March 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326232035/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/13/style/miss-mobley-has-nuptials-in-oklahoma.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and his father, [[Michael Armand Hammer]], owned several businesses, including Knoedler Publishing and Armand Hammer Productions, a film/television production company.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Smith|title='Network' twin has ties with Tulsa: Armie Hammer connects to Mobleys, Hammers|date=October 22, 2010|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=268&articleid=20101022_283_D1_CUTLIN603839|work=[[Tulsa World]]|access-date=October 22, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012112332/http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=268&articleid=20101022_283_D1_CUTLIN603839|archive-date=October 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has a younger brother, Viktor, named after their great-granduncle [[Victor Hammer (businessman)|Victor Hammer]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/armie-hammer/bio/332606|title=Armie Hammer|magazine=[[TV Guide|TVGuide.com]] |access-date=May 5, 2015| archive-date= June 6, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606204232/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/armie-hammer/bio/332606}}</ref> Hammer has described his background as "half Jewish".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/hollywood-leading-men-ss/all|title=Jim Sturgess headlines a new generation of reluctant leading men|website=wmagazine.com|date=August 1, 2011|access-date=January 26, 2012|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101118/https://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/hollywood-leading-men-ss/all|url-status=live}}</ref> His paternal great-grandfather was oil tycoon and philanthropist [[Armand Hammer]], whose parents were [[History of the Jews in Ukraine|Jewish]] emigrants to the U.S. from the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/1990/12/12/archive/armand-hammer-dead-at-92-on-eve-of-his-bar-mitzvah|title=Armand Hammer Dead at 92 on Eve of His Bar Mitzvah|publisher=JTA-Jewish news|date=December 12, 1990|access-date=April 23, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085806/https://www.jta.org/1990/12/12/archive/armand-hammer-dead-at-92-on-eve-of-his-bar-mitzvah|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="THR" /><ref name=noi>{{Cite book|last=Epstein|first=Edward Jay|title=Dossier: the secret history of Armand Hammer|publisher=Orion Business |year= 1998 |pages= 34| isbn= 0752813862}}</ref> Armand's father, Julius Hammer, was from [[Odesa]] and was an early activist in the [[Communist Party USA|U.S. Communist Party]] in New York.<ref name="eo1"/><ref>{{cite web |url= http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-01-04/lifestyle/9701021044_1_armand-hammer-michael-hammer-baptist-church|title=Church World Service Sends Aid To Cuba| publisher= | website= orlandosentinel.com|date=January 4, 1997|access-date=January 26, 2012|archive-date=September 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927052925/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-01-04/lifestyle/9701021044_1_armand-hammer-michael-hammer-baptist-church|url-status=dead}}</ref> Armie's paternal great-grandmother was the [[Russia]]n-born actress and singer [[Olga von Root|Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root]], from [[Sevastopol]], the daughter of a tsarist general.<ref name= "Remarkable">{{Cite book|last=Considine|first=Bob|title=The remarkable life of Dr. Armand Hammer|publisher=Harper & Row|year=1975|pages=[https://archive.org/details/remarkablelifeof00cons/page/75 75]| url= https://archive.org/details/remarkablelifeof00cons/page/75|isbn=0-06-010836-3|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="rou">{{Cite news|title=Reaches Into Her Gypsy Songbag For Tunes To Give To Posterity |publisher= | work= Meriden Daily Journal|date=March 6, 1934|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cbFIAAAAIBAJ&pg=922,1138675|access-date=May 18, 2011|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210204044140/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cbFIAAAAIBAJ&pg=922,1138675|url-status=live}}</ref> His paternal grandmother was from [[Texas]], while his mother's family is from [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.tmcnet.com/news/2010/10/22/5086003.htm|title='Network' twin has ties with Tulsa|publisher=sports.tmcnet.com|date=October 22, 2010|access-date=January 26, 2012| archive-date=March 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324001258/http://sports.tmcnet.com/news/2010/10/22/5086003.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=283&articleid=20110508_283_D5_CUTLIN172960|title=Actor with Tulsa ties gets cast in thriller '2:22'|newspaper=Tulsa World|access-date=January 26, 2012 |archive-date=October 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014093943/http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=283&articleid=20110508_283_D5_CUTLIN172960|url-status=live}}</ref> Hammer resided in [[Highland Park, Texas]], an affluent town in the [[Dallas]] area, for several years. When he was seven, his family moved to the [[Cayman Islands]], where they lived for five years, and then settled in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kahn|first=Howie|url=http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/cover-stars/201110/armie-hammer-actor-social-network-j-edgar| title= Armie Hammer: Hollywood's New Prince Charming: Cover Stars|publisher= | work= Details.com |access-date=January 26, 2012|archive-date=January 25, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120125062058/http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/cover-stars/201110/armie-hammer-actor-social-network-j-edgar|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=nymeg1>{{cite web| last= Keeps |first=David A.|url=https://nymag.com/movies/features/armie-hammer-2011-11|title=Armie Hammer on Playing Clyde Tolson in 'J. Edgar|publisher= | work= nymag.com|date=November 6, 2011|access-date=January 26, 2012| archive-date= January 12, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120112055403/http://nymag.com/movies/features/armie-hammer-2011-11/|url-status=live}}</ref> While residing in the Cayman Islands,<ref>{{cite web| publisher= | work= Orlando Sentinel | agency= McClatchy Newspapers| first= Roger| last= Moore| url= http://www.cathcom.net/ae/tv/review.php?id=29945 |title= Industrialist's grandson channels young Billy Graham in new film| via= Cathcom.net|date=October 9, 2008|access-date=January 26, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120316100522/http://www.cathcom.net/ae/tv/review.php?id=29945|archive-date=March 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> he attended Faulkner's Academy in Governor's Harbour and Grace Christian Academy (a school founded by his father) in [[West Bay, Cayman Islands|West Bay]], Grand Cayman. As a teen, he attended [[Los Angeles Baptist High School]] in the [[San Fernando Valley]]. He dropped out of high school in eleventh grade to pursue an acting career. However, he subsequently took college courses at [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].<ref name=nymeg1/> Hammer said his parents disowned him when he decided to leave school and take up acting but later became supportive and proud of his work.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/11600650-421/armie-hammer-a-prince-of-a-guy.html|title=Armie Hammer: A prince of a guy|first=Bill|last=Goodykoontz|date=March 29, 2012|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=March 31, 2012|archive-date=April 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401190321/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/11600650-421/armie-hammer-a-prince-of-a-guy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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