Armand Douglas Hammer born August 28, is an American actor. He began his acting career with guest appearances in several television series. Hammer portrayed Clyde Tolson in the biopic J. The following year, Hammer portrayed Martin D.
Ginsburg in the biopic On the Basis of Sex On Broadway , he starred in a production of Straight White Men in In , multiple women came forward with claims of abuse against Hammer. Hammer has described his background as "half Jewish". Communist Party in New York. 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. He dropped out of high school in eleventh grade to pursue an acting career. However, he subsequently took college courses at UCLA. Hammer's professional acting career began with small guest appearances in the television series Arrested Development , Veronica Mars , Gossip Girl , Reaper and Desperate Housewives.
His first ventures into film began with a minor role in the film Flicka , as well as co-starring in a psychological thriller , Blackout. His first leading role in film came with his portrayal of the Christian evangelist Billy Graham in Billy: The Early Years , which premiered in October The film, which was to be directed by Miller, was eventually canceled.
He portrayed the identical twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss , with actor Josh Pence serving as a body double during filming. The filmmakers utilized computer-generated imagery during post-production to superimpose Hammer's face over Pence's as well as the use of split-screen photography in certain scenes. In preparation for the film, 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.
