![]() ![]() Hammer has described his background as "half Jewish." His paternal great-grandfather was oil tycoon and philanthropist Armand Hammer, whose parents were Jewish emigrants to the U.S. He has a younger brother, Viktor, named after their great-granduncle Victor Hammer. 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. Early life and background Īrmand Douglas Hammer was born on August 28, 1986, in Santa Monica, California. He subsequently abandoned several future projects and was dropped by his talent agency and publicist. Hammer denied the allegations, calling them an "online attack". In March 2021, the Los Angeles Police Department stated that he was the subject of a sexual assault investigation. In 2021, claims of sexual abuse and cannibalistic fetishism were made against Hammer, including rape, physical and emotional abuse, and sexual violence masquerading as BDSM with a woman named Courtney Vucekovich also stating that he had asked her if she was willing to let him eat one of her ribs. On Broadway, he starred in a production of Straight White Men in 2018. Ginsburg in the biopic On the Basis of Sex (2018). The following year, he portrayed Martin D. 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 and a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. Edgar (2011), played the title character in the western The Lone Ranger (2013), and starred as Illya Kuryakin in the action film The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Hammer portrayed Clyde Tolson in the biopic J. ![]() His first leading role was as Billy Graham in the 2008 film Billy: The Early Years, and he gained wider recognition for his portrayal of the twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in David Fincher's biographical drama film The Social Network (2010), for which he won the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor. Hammer began his acting career with guest appearances in several television series. Baroness Olga von Root (great-grandmother)Īrmand Douglas Hammer (born August 28, 1986) is an American actor.In the wake of the allegations and social media storm, Hammer was fired from numerous projects and dropped from his agency, WME. When the messages first leaked online, the controversy was covered in a salacious manner, given the nature of the allegations, but as more serious claims surfaced, the women accusing Hammer said the actor used his sexual proclivities as a smokescreen for emotional abuse, manipulation and coercion. The accusation followed a scandal that erupted on social media when Hammer’s alleged DMs were published on Effie’s anonymous Instagram account. The rape accusation led to an investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department. Hammer has maintained that all of his interactions with - and every other sexual partner of his for that matter - have been completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance, and mutually participatory.” At the time of the rape allegation, Hammer’s attorney issued a statement, saying, in part: “From day one, Mr. Hammer has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing and has maintained that all of his relationships were consensual. Effie, represented by power attorney Gloria Allred, accused Hammer of violent rape and physical abuse, during their on-and-off four-year relationship from 2016 to 2020. The rape allegation against Hammer came from a woman named Effie, who is believed to run a now-infamous, anonymous Instagram account, which first published wide-ranging accusations against Hammer from various women, who said he had cannibalistic fantasies and was emotionally abusive.
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