The Hamster with the pearly whites.
Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English television presenter, writer, and journalist best known for co-hosting the motoring programmes Top Gear (from 2002 to 2015) and The Grand Tour alongside Jeremy Clarkson (who Hammond was a huge fan of during the "Old Top Gear" days) and James May. He has also presented Brainiac: Science Abuse and Total Wipeout (the British version of the 2008 American show Wipeout), among others."Hamster" has a bit of infamy with crashing things; he miraculously survived a crash in a jet-powered car he was driving for a Top Gear segment on September 20 2006. The car reached speeds of 319 mph (513 km/h) at the time of the crash, which gave him brain damage. He returned to Top Gear in the first episode of series 9 that broadcast on 28 January 2007 where he got a hero's welcome. On 10 June 2017, after having completed a hill climb in a Rimac Concept One for The Grand Tour, he lost control of the electric sports car as it ran off the road and tumbled down the hill. Despite it landing upside-down, he was conscious and managed to escape with only a knee injury that needed a plate inserted.
Partial filmography:
- Top Gear (2002–2015)
- Brainiac: Science Abuse (2003–2008)
- Richard Hammond's Blast Lab (2009–2011)
- Total Wipeout (2009–2012)
- Take Two with Phineas and Ferb (U.K. version, 2010): Himself
- Phineas and Ferb (2014): Nigel (voice; "Live and Let Drive")
- The Grand Tour (2016–present)
- The Great Escapists (2021)
