Darrell Clayton Hammond (born October 8, 1955 in Melbourne, Florida) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and impressionist best known for Saturday Night Live, both as cast member from 1995-2009, and, later, announcer after Don Pardo's passing in 2014. He was both the oldest and the longest-serving cast member at the time he left the show in 2009 at age 53, having spent 14 seasons on SNL (Kenan Thompson would later break the latter record in 2017). Some of his most notable impressions include Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Donald Trump, John McCain, John Travolta, Phil McGraw, and Sean Connery.
He was married to E. A. Hammond twice, 1990-1994, 1997-2011.
Hammond has been open about his abusive childhood and his struggles with mental illness and addiction.
Filmography
- Celtic Pride as Chris McCarthy
- A Freezerburnt Christmas (TV Film)
- Blues Brothers 2000 as Robertson
- The King and I as Master Little
- 3rd Rock from the Sun as Darrell Hammond (1 episode)
- Saturday Night Live as Various/Announcer (1995-2009, 2014-present)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Ted Bolger (1 episode)
- Agent Cody Banks as Earl
- Scary Movie 3 as Father Muldoon
- Shortcut to Happiness as Andrew Bailey
- New York Minute as Hudson McGill
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Leonard Timmons (1 episode)
- Starved as Josh (1 episode)
- Las Vegas as Ben Carlson/Carlos/Ted Waters (1 episode)
- Kiss Me Again as Michael
- Puff Puff Pass as Jonathan
- Ira And Abby as Dr. Lawrence Rosenblum
- Epic Movie as Captain Jack Swallows
- Netherbeast Incorporated as Turner Claymore
- Wieners as Dr. Dwayne
- Damages as The Deacon (7 episodes)
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Announcer (1 episode)
- Criminal Minds as Lawrence Coleman (1 episode)
- Bizaardvark as Red Duckworth (2 episodes)
