Actor profile

Richard Hammond

19th December 1969 Solihull - Warwickshire - England Acting

Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English presenter, writer, and journalist. He is most noted for co-hosting the car programme Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson and James May, as well as presenting series 1–4 of Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky1. He also co-hosted Total Wipeout with Amanda Byram on BBC One. Hammond presented Planet Earth Live alongside Julia Bradbury.

54 Movies 46 TV Shows 100 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz poster

Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz 4th April 2021 as Self

Top Gear - Planes, Trains and Automobiles poster

Top Gear - Planes, Trains and Automobiles 10th October 2019

Top Gear: Winter Blunderland poster

Top Gear: Winter Blunderland 26th November 2018

Top Gear: The Best of the Specials poster

Top Gear: The Best of the Specials 27th November 2017 as Richard Hammond

Top Gear: From A-Z poster

Top Gear: From A-Z 25th December 2015 as Self (archive footage)

Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special poster

Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special 28th June 2015

Top Gear: Greatest Hits poster

Top Gear: Greatest Hits 1st June 2015 as Himself

Top Gear: Australian Road Trip poster

Top Gear: Australian Road Trip 2nd February 2015 as Himself

Top Gear: Patagonia Special poster

Top Gear: Patagonia Special 27th December 2014

Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 2 poster

Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 2 17th November 2014 as Richard Hammond

Top Gear: The Burma Special poster

Top Gear: The Burma Special 2nd June 2014 as Himself

International Buffoons' Vacation 17th March 2014

Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip poster

Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 17th November 2013 as Richard Hammond

Top Gear: The Great African Adventure poster

Top Gear: The Great African Adventure 3rd June 2013 as Himself

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars poster

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars 29th October 2012 as Self

Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy poster

Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy 23rd April 2012 as Himself

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 5 poster

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 5 26th March 2012 as Himself

Top Gear: The Challenges 6 poster

Top Gear: The Challenges 6 8th February 2012

Top Gear: At the Movies poster

Top Gear: At the Movies 14th November 2011 as Himself

The Interceptors poster

The Interceptors 24th July 2011 as Roger St. Hammond

Top Gear: The Challenges 5 poster

Top Gear: The Challenges 5 13th June 2011 as Himself

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 4 poster

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 4 28th March 2011 as Himself

Top Gear: Cars with Soul poster

Top Gear: Cars with Soul 4th January 2011 as Himself

Top Gear: The U.S. Special poster

Top Gear: The U.S. Special 2nd January 2011 as Himself

Top Gear: Apocalypse poster

Top Gear: Apocalypse 22nd November 2010 as Himself

Hammond Meets Moss 9th June 2010

Top Gear: The Challenges 4 poster

Top Gear: The Challenges 4 7th June 2010

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 3 poster

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 3 22nd March 2010

Top Gear: Romania Special poster

Top Gear: Romania Special 3rd January 2010 as Himself

Top Gear: Uncovered poster

Top Gear: Uncovered 16th November 2009 as Himself

Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Blow-Ups poster

Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Blow-Ups 19th October 2009 as Himself / Presenter

Top Gear: The Challenges 3 poster

Top Gear: The Challenges 3 8th June 2009

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2 poster

Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2 28th December 2008 as Self

Richard Hammond's Stunt Challenge 17th November 2008 as Self - Host

Top Ground Gear Force poster

Top Ground Gear Force 14th March 2008

Top Gear: The Great Adventures Vol. 1 poster

Top Gear: The Great Adventures Vol. 1 3rd March 2008

Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles poster

Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles 1st January 2008 as Presenter

Top Gear: The Challenges 2 poster

Top Gear: The Challenges 2 1st January 2008 as Himself

Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel poster

Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel 23rd December 2007 as himself

Top Gear: Botswana Special poster

Top Gear: Botswana Special 4th November 2007 as Himself

Top Gear: Polar Special poster

Top Gear: Polar Special 25th July 2007 as himself

Top Gear - Best of the Challenges poster

Top Gear - Best of the Challenges 1st April 2007

Top Gear of the Pops poster

Top Gear of the Pops 16th March 2007 as Self

Top Gear: The Challenges poster

Top Gear: The Challenges 10th March 2007 as Himself

Top Gear: US Special poster

Top Gear: US Special 11th February 2007 as Self

Top Gear: The Races poster

Top Gear: The Races 10th November 2006 as Himself

Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special poster

Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special 5th June 2006 as Himself

Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail poster

Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail 29th May 2006 as Himself

Top Gear: Supercars poster

Top Gear: Supercars 27th March 2006 as Presenter

Greatest Ever Screen Chases 23rd December 2005 as Himself

The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend poster

The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend 1st November 2005 as Presenter

Top Gear: Revved Up poster

Top Gear: Revved Up 6th June 2005 as Himself

Top Gear's Stars in Fast Cars poster

Top Gear's Stars in Fast Cars 10th July 2004

Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane poster

Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane 26th October 2003 as Self

The Grand-ish Tour poster

The Grand-ish Tour 1st May 2026 as Self

The Not Very Grand Tour poster

The Not Very Grand Tour 18th April 2025 as Self

Contraption Masters poster

Contraption Masters 29th April 2022 as Host

Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions poster

Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions 29th April 2022

Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction poster

Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction 13th April 2022 as Self - Host

Richard Hammond's Workshop poster

Richard Hammond's Workshop 18th October 2021 as Self - Host

Clarkson's Farm poster

Clarkson's Farm 11th June 2021 as Self - Smallest Cog boss

The Great Escapists poster

The Great Escapists 28th January 2021 as Self - Host

Richard Hammond's Big poster

Richard Hammond's Big 15th January 2020 as Himself - Presenter

The Grand Tour poster

The Grand Tour 17th November 2016 as Self - Host

Top Gear: The Races poster

Top Gear: The Races 18th January 2016 as Self

Top Gear From A-Z poster

Top Gear From A-Z 25th December 2015 as Self

Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish poster

Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish 2nd December 2015

Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest poster

Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest 1st September 2015 as Himself

Wild Weather with Richard Hammond poster

Wild Weather with Richard Hammond 1st December 2014 as Self - Presenter

Science of Stupid poster

Science of Stupid 9th April 2014 as Self - Host

Crackanory poster

Crackanory 13th November 2013 as Self

How to Build a Planet poster

How to Build a Planet 14th October 2013 as Himself

Top Gear's Top 41 poster

Top Gear's Top 41 14th October 2013 as self

Richard Hammond's Secret Service 5th January 2013 as Self - Presenter

Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature poster

Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature 5th November 2012 as Himself - Presenter

Top Gear: Top Fails poster

Top Gear: Top Fails 22nd October 2012 as Self - Host

Planet Earth Live poster

Planet Earth Live 6th May 2012 as Self - Presenter

Richard Hammond's Crash Course poster

Richard Hammond's Crash Course 16th April 2012 as Himself

Top Gear's Top 40 poster

Top Gear's Top 40 28th November 2011 as Richard Hammond

Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet poster

Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet 19th July 2011 as Himself - Presenter

Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds poster

Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds 16th March 2010 as Himself - Presenter

Richard Hammond's Blast Lab poster

Richard Hammond's Blast Lab 3rd January 2009 as Presenter

Total Wipeout poster

Total Wipeout 3rd January 2009 as Self - Presenter

Celebrity Juice poster

Celebrity Juice 24th September 2008 as Self

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections poster

Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections 8th September 2008 as Himself - Presenter

Helicopter Heroes 3rd September 2007 as Presenter

Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You? 16th June 2007 as Self

School's Out 19th April 2006 as Self

Petrolheads poster

Petrolheads 12th February 2006 as Team Captain

8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats 3rd June 2005 as Self

Brainiac: Science Abuse poster

Brainiac: Science Abuse 13th November 2003 as Self - Host

Time Commanders poster

Time Commanders 4th September 2003 as Self - Host

Top Gear poster

Top Gear 20th October 2002 as Self - Host

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2nd November 2001 as Self - Special Guest

Motor Week poster

Motor Week 2nd October 1997

GMTV poster

GMTV 1st January 1993 as Self

This Morning poster

This Morning 3rd October 1988 as Self

Timewatch poster

Timewatch 29th September 1982 as Self - Co-presenter

Top Gear poster

Top Gear 13th July 1978 as Presenter

Top of the Pops poster

Top of the Pops 1st January 1964 as Self - Host