Darrell Hammond
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Darrell Hammond (born October 8, 1960 in Melbourne, Florida) has been a cast member of Saturday Night Live (SNL) since 1995. Midway between the 2004–2005 season, Hammond set the record for the longest tenure of any SNL cast member in the show's history.
Hammond graduated from Melbourne High School in Melbourne, Florida in 1974 and then University of Florida in Gainesville where he majored in broadcasting. After completing college, Darrel Hammond moved to New York where he lived for several years before joining the cast of SNL.
A gifted impressionist (thought by many to be the best in the show's history), he became famous for his impressions of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ted Koppel, Regis Philbin, Chris Matthews, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Dr. Phil, Jesse Jackson, Phil Donahue, Sean Connery, Donald Trump, Bob Costas, Rudolph Guiliani, Al Gore and especially Bill Clinton. He also impersonated George W. Bush for a brief period.
Some memorable Hammond quotes:
(As Bill Clinton, speaking to Teresa Heinz Kerry) " Teresa Heinz, there is about 57 varities of things I'd like to do with you. And I will do them with relish."
(As Sean Connery on Celebrity Jeopardy)
"I'll take 'Swords' for $400."
"The day is mine Trebek."
"...ahhh rough, just the way your mother likes it Trebek."
"I'll take Anal Bum Cover for 400."
"I'll take The Rapists for 1000."
"I'll take the Penis Mighter..."
He married his wife, Elizabeth, in 1983 and then again in 1990 after a divorce in 1986. They now have a daughter named Mia who was born in 1998.
Filmography
- 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)
External links
- Darrell Hammond biography (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358669/) on IMDb.
- Darrell Hammond biography (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-25943) on TV Tome.