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Darrell Hammond
Darrell Hammond on stage, 2005
Born	October 8, 1955 (1955-10-08) (age 52) Melbourne, Florida, U.S.
Medium	Television
Nationality	American
Spouse	Elizabeth

Darrell Hammond (born October 8, 1955) is an American comedian who has been a cast member of Saturday Night Live (SNL) since 1995. He has made more SNL appearances, by far, than any other cast member in its entire history. This page is about Arena Football player Darryl Hammond. ... Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 592 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (842 × 852 pixel, file size: 434 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Darrell Hammond Metadata This file contains... is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Nickname: Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State County Brevard Settled c. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... For the documentary about Jerry Seinfeld, see Comedian (film). ... SNL redirects here. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Biography

Personal life

Hammond was born in Tampa, Florida. Darrell graduated from Melbourne High School in Melbourne, Florida in 1973 and then attended the University of Florida at Gainesville where he majored in broadcasting. After completing college, Hammond moved to New York City where he lived for several years before joining the cast of SNL. He married his wife, Elizabeth, in 1986 but the death of a close personal friend of his in 1991 led to a relapse of drug and alcohol abuse.^[1] They divorced in the early 1990s and remarried in 1997. They now have a daughter named Mia who was born in 1998. Tampa redirects here. ... Nickname: Location in Brevard County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State County Brevard Settled c. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a flagship public land-grant, sea-grant[3] major research university located on a 2,000 acre campus in Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. ... Location in Alachua County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State County Incorporated (city) 15 April 1869 Government  - Type Council-manager  - Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan  - City Manager Russ Blackburn Area [1]  - City 49. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

When he isn't busy working Darrell is involved with numerous charitable causes and enjoys spending time working for causes important to him.

Career

Midway between the 2004–2005 season, Hammond set the record for the longest consecutive tenure of any SNL cast member in the show's history. He also holds SNL records for most impressions by a single cast-member, and most times for saying the legendary catch-phrase "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" to start the show (beating out Dana Carvey). Look up tenure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Dana Thomas Carvey (born April 2, 1955, in Missoula, Montana) is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and the spin-off movie Waynes World. ...

Principally an impressionist, he became famous for his impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ted Koppel, Bill O'Reilly, Regis Philbin, Jack Perkins, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Dr. Phil, Jesse Jackson, Phil Donahue, Don Imus, Jay Leno, Bob Costas, Tim Russert, Dan Rather, Geraldo Rivera, Richard Dreyfuss, Tony Soprano, Rudy Giuliani, Al Gore, and George W. Bush. Although he does many impressions, he is best known for his segments impersonating Sean Connery, Bill Clinton, Chris Matthews from Hardball, and more recently Donald Trump and John McCain. When veteran announcer Don Pardo is unavailable, Hammond fills in to introduce the cast, with a spot-on Pardo impersonation. In the film Epic Movie, he parodies Johnny Depp's role as Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. On several occasions his fake moustaches seem to fall off, examples of this can be seen in the Ludacris episode as well as the Ian McKellen/Kylie Minogue episode (both of which were covered up by ad-libs referring to Hammond's mustache coming undone). An impressionist is a performer whose act consists of giving the impression of being someone else by imitating the other persons voice and mannerisms. ... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German IPA: ; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, Golden Globe-winning actor, businessman and politician currently serving as the 38th Governor of the U.S. state of California. ... Photo by Bob DAmico/ABC Ted Koppel, anchor of the ABC News program Nightline. ... It has been suggested that Bill OReilly political beliefs and points of view be merged into this article or section. ... 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In the late 1980s, Hammond gained fame for his impersonations of Elmer Fudd and other Looney Tunes characters in the comedy single "Wappin'." The song was so popular with Dr. Demento listeners, it was included on the show's 20th Anniversary compilation. Elmer J. Fudd is a fictional cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies characters. ... Looney Tunes opening title Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers animated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969. ... Dr. Demento is the stage name of Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941),[1] a radio disc jockey specializing in novelty songs and pop music parodies. ...

Hammond is a frequent guest on The Howard Stern Show. He has also guest starred in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He had his own stand-up comedy special on Comedy Central: Comedy Central Presents Darrell Hammond. Hammond can frequently be seen at The Comedy Cellar in New York City. This article is about the radio show hosted by Howard Stern. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... Law & Order: Criminal Intent is a United States crime drama television series that began in 2001. ... The Comedy Cellar is a famous comedy club in Manhattan, where many top New York comedians perform. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

In the summer of 2007, Hammond made his Broadway theatre debut, playing the role of Vice Principal Douglas Panch in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a one act musical comedy with music and lyrics by William Finn and a book by Rachel Sheinkin. ...

Filmography

• Netherbeast Incorporated (2007)
• Epic Movie (2007)
• New York Minute (2004)
• Scary Movie 3 (2003)
• Agent Cody Banks (2003)
• The Devil and Daniel Webster (2001)
• The King and I (1999) (voice)
• Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
• Celtic Pride (1996)

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See also

• Celebrity Jeopardy!, a popular SNL skit which regularly featured Hammond as Sean Connery.

Will Ferrell (as Alex Trebek) and Darrell Hammond (as Sean Connery). ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25, 1930) is a Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ...

References

External links

• Darrell Hammond at the Internet Movie Database
• Darrell Hammond: 12 years on SNL

• Darrell Hammond Official Site