Richard Hammond

Q: Has Richard Hammond won any awards?

Richard Hammond has received several awards, including the National Television Award for Best Factual Show for his work on 'Top Gear.'

Q: What was Richard Hammond's first television appearance?

Richard Hammond's first notable television appearance was on the show 'Men & Motors' in the late 1990s, where he worked as a presenter.

Q: What are some of Richard Hammond's notable films?

Richard Hammond primarily works in television, but he has appeared in documentaries and specials related to cars and travel, rather than traditional films.

Q: What is Richard Hammond's personal life like?

Richard Hammond is married to Amanda Hammond, and they have two children together. He is known for keeping his family life private.

Q: What is Richard Hammond's estimated net worth?

Richard Hammond's estimated net worth is around $30 million, primarily from his successful career in television and automotive journalism.

Q: How did Richard Hammond rise to fame?

Richard Hammond rose to fame as a co-host on 'Top Gear,' where his charisma and expertise in cars made him a fan favorite and a household name.

Q: What are some milestones in Richard Hammond's career?

Key milestones in Richard Hammond's career include his long tenure on 'Top Gear,' the launch of 'The Grand Tour,' and his recovery and return to television after a serious accident.

Known for

The Grand Tour (2016–)

IMDb 8.7 / 10

2016– / Comedy, Talk-Show / 60 min

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the...

Top Gear (2002–)

IMDb 8.7 / 10

2002– / Adventure, Comedy / 60 min

This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to...

Name

Richard Hammond

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

19 December 1969, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England

Spouses

Amanda Hammond (2002–present)

Children

2 children, names not publicly disclosed

Parents

Eileen Hammond, Alan Hammond

Estimated Net Worth

$30 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	TV The Grand-ish Tour Gathering in the care home where they now live, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May host three special shows...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2025	TV The Not Very Grand Tour Richard Hammond and James May look back at nostalgic clips of The Grand Tour.	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2022	TV Contraption Masters Engineering enthusiasts battle to create the most ingenious contraption using everyday objects. Teams are challenged to fabricate and demonstrate a...	Host	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2022	TV Richard Hammond's Crazy Contraptions Teams compete to build ingenious machines out of everyday objects in TV's most leftfield engineering show.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2022	TV Richard Hammond's Brain Reaction Richard Hamond's Brain Reaction is a brand new comedy science panel show. Richard hosts, ably assisted by comedian and science...	Self - Host	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2021	TV Richard Hammond's Workshop Richard Hammond trades his jet-setting lifestyle for a long-standing dream to set up a classic car restoration workshop close to...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	TV Clarkson's Farm Follow Jeremy Clarkson as he embarks on his latest adventure, farming. The man who on several occasions claims to be...	Self - Smallest Cog boss	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2021	Movie Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz Top Gear will pay tribute to Queen of the Nürburgring Sabine Schmitz, who died last month aged 51, with a...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2021	TV The Great Escapists Shipwrecked on a remote desert island, Hammond and Belleci use their engineering and scientific skills to not only to survive,...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2020	TV Richard Hammond's Big Richard Hammond embarks on a global adventure to explore the world’s biggest structures and machines and discover how engineers build,...	Himself - Presenter	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2019	Movie Top Gear - Planes, Trains and Automobiles Top Gear - Planes, Trains & Automobiles is a collection of classic moments featuring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2018	Movie Top Gear: Winter Blunderland Oh, the weather outside is frightful... so get out there and start doing some stupid stuff in cars. Yes, whether...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2017	Movie Top Gear: The Best of the Specials Welcome to Top Gear, The Best of the Specials. All the wildest, funniest, exciting-est bits from all the legendary Top...	Richard Hammond	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2016	TV The Grand Tour Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as...	Self - Host	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2016	TV Top Gear: The Races From very early on in Top Gear's life the phrase 'We decided to have a race' has appeared often. Some...	Self	Not rated
2015	TV Top Gear From A-Z From A-Z incorporates a wealth of footage and incredible facts from the past 13 years of Top Gear. Viewers get...	Self	Not rated
2015	Movie Top Gear: From A-Z From A-Z incorporates a wealth of footage and incredible facts from the past 13 years of Top Gear. Viewers get...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2015	TV Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish This compilation show presented by Richard Hammond takes a look back at Top Gear's most famous creations from the past...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2015	TV Richard Hammond's Jungle Quest Since he was eight years old, Richard Hammond's dream has been to be a wildlife photographer in the Amazon rainforest....	Himself	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2015	Movie Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special Hammond and May host a special episode featuring two films that had been completed prior to the dismissal of their...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2015	Movie Top Gear: Greatest Hits Collection of the best moments from the BBC motoring show presented by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond.	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2015	Movie Top Gear: Australian Road Trip The presenters travel to Australia's Northern Territory for a road trip across the outback in three GT cars. On their...	Himself	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2014	Movie Top Gear: Patagonia Special The 11th Top Gear Special is a glorious celebration of the V8 engine, or at least, it was supposed to...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2014	TV Wild Weather with Richard Hammond Richard Hammond travels the globe to discover the unexplained and the unexpected, the unbelievable and the just plain unlikely, in...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2014	Movie Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 2 In 2013 Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond embarked on what they hoped would be the perfect road trip. It started...	Richard Hammond	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie Top Gear: The Burma Special In this special Clarkson, Hammond and May don’t just buy three knackered old lorries and drive miles through the beautiful...	Himself	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2014	TV Science of Stupid This show combines cold hard science with some of the craziest, most spectacular and painful user generated clips ever recorded....	Self - Host	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2014	Movie International Buffoons' Vacation "International Buffoons' Vacation" is The Grand Tour season 3, episode 8, where the hosts take an RV holiday in the...	Unknown character	Not rated
2013	Movie Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip The aim: to select the ideal mode of transport for each leg of a pilgrimage from Venice, Italy to Pau...	Richard Hammond	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2013	TV Crackanory Crackanory is a storytelling television series aimed at adults, inspired by the popular children's series Jackanory. Each episode features two...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	TV Top Gear's Top 41 Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and occasionally The Stig, have created some of the most memorable moments on TV...	self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	TV How to Build a Planet The series uses stunning interactive CGI to reveal step-by-step how a world is put together. With a little help from...	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	Movie Top Gear: The Great African Adventure Another expedition for Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. This time around, our intrepid explorers take on the task...	Himself	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2013	TV Richard Hammond's Secret Service Richard Hammond leads a team executing covert missions requested by the public under the format of hidden camera.	Self - Presenter	Not rated
2012	TV Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature Richard Hammond reveals secret animal abilities from the natural world, and discovers how those same animals have inspired a series...	Himself - Presenter	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of the most iconic...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2012	TV Top Gear: Top Fails	Self - Host	Not rated
2012	TV Planet Earth Live Richard Hammond and Julia Bradbury are the hosts of this live global wildlife event. For three weeks they will follow...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	Movie Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy Top Gear: Supercars Across Italy	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2012	TV Richard Hammond's Crash Course Richard Hammond's Crash Course is an original series made for BBC America, presented by Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond. The...	Himself	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2012	Movie Top Gear: The Great Adventures 5 The gang embarks on a trade mission to India. Equipped with three old British cars and a range of uniquely...	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2012	Movie Top Gear: The Challenges 6 Top Gear THE CHALLENGES 6 combines all the meaty goodness of incredible car-based endeavours with all the tasty treats of...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2011	TV Top Gear's Top 40 Through the years, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have taken on a truckload of challenges and BBC America...	Richard Hammond	Not rated
2011	Movie Top Gear: At the Movies Cars! Film! Cars on film! Film involving cars! You get the idea. It’s basically a DVD involving those two things....	Himself	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2011	Movie The Interceptors It’s a time of peace, love and karate kicks as the lads try out the reborn Jensen Interceptor in a...	Roger St. Hammond	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2011	TV Richard Hammond's Journey to the Centre of the Planet Richard Hammond presents a geological journey to the bottom of the ocean and the centre of the Earth, revealing how...	Himself - Presenter	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2011	Movie Top Gear: The Challenges 5 Allow us to present yet another challenges bonanza crammed with volcanoes, World speed records, flying caravans, unstable Reliant Robins, jaw...	Himself	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2011	Movie Top Gear: The Great Adventures 4 The film predates the Syrian Civil War and involves a 1,200-mile (1,900 km) road-trip from Erbil International Airport in Iraqi...	Himself	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2011	Movie Top Gear: Cars with Soul Some cars have a million horsepower, others have twinkly lights and big shiny wheels. But a rare few have something...	Himself	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2011	Movie Top Gear: The U.S. Special In their not quite biggest adventures yet, the boys visit the good old US of A and former Eastern Bloc...	Himself	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2010	Movie Top Gear: Apocalypse Just what will motoring be like in a post apocalyptic world that's been blown to bits by nuclear bombs or...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2010	Movie Hammond Meets Moss Top Gear Presenter Richard Hammond candidly interviews racing veteran Sir Stirling Moss about the life altering similarities between their respective...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2010	Movie Top Gear: The Challenges 4 Hot places! Cold places! Places where the temperature is quite pleasant! There's nowhere Top Gear hasn't been in the name...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2010	Movie Top Gear: The Great Adventures 3 Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are dropped deep in the Bolivian rainforest armed only with three 4x4s which...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2010	TV Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds Using state-of-the-art technologies, Richard Hammond goes beyond the limits of the naked eye and explores the hidden secrets of the...	Himself - Presenter	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2010	Movie Top Gear: Romania Special Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May take an Aston DBS Volante, a Ferrari California and a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder...	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2009	Movie Top Gear: Uncovered Being a Top Gear presenter is often described as being the best job in the world, especially if you work...	Himself	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2009	Movie Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Blow-Ups Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab Blow-Ups is a 2 hour DVD extravaganza, jam-packed with the most spectacular stunts and awesome experiments...	Himself / Presenter	Not rated
2009	Movie Top Gear: The Challenges 3 Jeremy, Richard and James embark on yet more ill-advised attempts to out-do each other in a stinky cloud of tyre...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2009	TV Total Wipeout Each week, 20 contestants compete in a series of challenges in an attempt to win £10,000. These challenges are based...	Self - Presenter	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2009	TV Richard Hammond's Blast Lab Richard Hammond's Blast Lab is a children's television programme made by DCD Media-owned September Films and Hamster's Wheel Productions for...	Presenter	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	Movie Top Gear: The Great Adventures 2 The boys headed to Vietnam for epic road trip across the country. Each of them were given 15 million dong...	Self	TMDB 8.9 / 10
2008	Movie Richard Hammond's Stunt Challenge Richard Hammond's Top Gear Stunt Challenge was the name of the second release to feature exclusive scenarios not recorded for...	Self - Host	Not rated
2008	TV Celebrity Juice The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2008	TV Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections Richard Hammond looks at the connections behind the greatest feats of engineering.	Himself - Presenter	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2008	Movie Top Ground Gear Force As part of Sports Relief 2008, the Top Gear crew tries to revive the TV show "Ground Force" and revamp...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2008	Movie Top Gear: The Great Adventures Vol. 1 The Top Gear: The Great Adventures is a boxed release of the Polar Special which is a 72 minute "Director's...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2008	Movie Top Gear: The Challenges 2 Races, chases and things on fire; treat yourself to a bucketload of Top Gear's attempts to get melted, hurt or...	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2008	Movie Top Gear - Planes, Rockets & Automobiles Trains have a place in this world, but no on this DVD, thanks. 'Rockets' it is. Rockets are far more...	Presenter	Not rated
2007	Movie Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel The documentary is based around the Evel Knievel Days event in Butte, Montana. The presenter, Richard Hammond, spends four days...	himself	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2007	Movie Top Gear: Botswana Special In the ‘Botswana Special’, our intrepid explorers, attempting to reach the Namibian border, have to traverse arduous salt pans, do...	Himself	Not rated
2007	TV Helicopter Heroes Helicopter Heroes is a British daytime television series, following the lifesaving work of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The first episode...	Presenter	Not rated
2007	Movie Top Gear: Polar Special Clarkson and May, in a seriously modified Toyota, take on Hammond and his dog sled in a 450 mil race...	himself	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2007	TV Would I Lie to You? A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2007	Movie Top Gear - Best of the Challenges Can a rocket propelled Mini take on an Olympic ski jump and survive? Can an Italian supercar be bought for...	Unknown character	Not rated
2007	Movie Top Gear of the Pops As part of Comic Relief 2007, the boys revived "Top Of The Pops" by having performances by Lethal Bizzle, Supergrass,...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2007	Movie Top Gear: The Challenges Featuring the most ludicrous stunts ever undertaken on TV. Top Gear doesn't do things by halves, which is completely apparent...	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2007	Movie Top Gear: US Special The Top Gear team go on a US adventure. Its the ultimate road trip and finds the guys driving $1000...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2006	Movie Top Gear: The Races Le Mans? Not gruelling enough. Indy 500? Too slow. Monaco? No glamour. Forget them all - here are the three...	Himself	Not rated
2006	Movie Top Gear: Winter Olympics Special The Top Gear team hit Norway for a Winter Olympics special in which they attempt Olympic events, but with cars....	Himself	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2006	Movie Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail Exploring hundreds of years of history, Richard Hammond embarks on an entertaining travelogue examining the popular and enduring myths and...	Himself	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2006	TV School's Out School's Out was a BBC television series hosted by Danny Wallace. Based on the premise of school subjects, celebrity contestants...	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie Top Gear: Supercars Top Gear: Supercars	Presenter	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2006	TV Petrolheads Petrolheads is a BBC panel game presented by Neil Morrissey, with team captains Richard Hammond and Chris Barrie. The show...	Team Captain	Not rated
2005	Movie Greatest Ever Screen Chases A rollicking race through the best ever chases sequences. Think Indiana Jones, the Dukes of Hazzard and OJ Simpson, with...	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	Movie The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend Richard Hammond recreates elements of the Gunpowder Plot in which Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up the House of Lords.	Presenter	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	Movie Top Gear: Revved Up Highlights from series three through five of the popular motoring show, alongside out-takes and unbroadcast material. A preview disc, entitled...	Himself	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2005	TV 8 Out of 10 Cats A weekly, topical panel show based around a huge series of opinion poll surveys carried out around Britain.	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2004	Movie Top Gear's Stars in Fast Cars The Top Gear special feature for Sports Relief 2004. Jeremy Clarkson went bumper to bumper with Jodie Kidd, Alan Davies,...	Unknown character	Not rated
2003	TV Brainiac: Science Abuse Brainiac is The Alternative science series that shows you the experiments you were never allowed to do in school. Richard...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2003	Movie Top Gear: Back in the Fast Lane A special containing all the best bits from the brand new first and second series of the nation’s favourite motoring...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2003	TV Time Commanders Contest in which teams fight each other in virtual reruns of the world's greatest battles.	Self - Host	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2002	TV Top Gear This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The...	Self - Host	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2001	TV Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2001	TV Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and...	Self - Special Guest	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1997	TV Motor Week Motor Week was a United Kingdom daytime car show aired on Men & Motors presented by various hosts including famous...	Unknown character	Not rated
1993	TV GMTV GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1988	TV This Morning This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech,...	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1982	TV Timewatch Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast...	Self - Co-presenter	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1978	TV Top Gear Motoring programme featuring reviews of and reports about cars of all types.	Presenter	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1964	TV Top of the Pops The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.	Self - Host	TMDB 6.7 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2016	TV The Grand Tour Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as...	Creator Creator	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2015	TV Top Gear: Ambitious But Rubbish This compilation show presented by Richard Hammond takes a look back at Top Gear's most famous creations from the past...	Creator Creator	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2015	Movie Top Gear: Australian Road Trip The presenters travel to Australia's Northern Territory for a road trip across the outback in three GT cars. On their...	Writer Writing	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2014	TV Wild Weather with Richard Hammond Richard Hammond travels the globe to discover the unexplained and the unexpected, the unbelievable and the just plain unlikely, in...	Creator Creator	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2014	TV Science of Stupid This show combines cold hard science with some of the craziest, most spectacular and painful user generated clips ever recorded....	Creator Creator	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2013	TV Richard Hammond's Secret Service Richard Hammond leads a team executing covert missions requested by the public under the format of hidden camera.	Creator Creator	Not rated
2011	TV Top Gear's Top 40 Through the years, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond have taken on a truckload of challenges and BBC America...	Creator Creator	Not rated
2008	TV Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections Richard Hammond looks at the connections behind the greatest feats of engineering.	Creator Creator	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	TV Top Gear This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The...	Presenter Crew	TMDB 7.6 / 10

Top Gear: A Tribute to Sabine Schmitz

2021 / TMDB 9.0

Top Gear: The Big Send Off Special

2015 / TMDB 8.2

Top Gear: Australian Road Trip

2015 / TMDB 10.0

Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip 2

2014 / TMDB 7.0

International Buffoons' Vacation

2014

Top Gear: The Perfect Road Trip

2013 / TMDB 6.9

See All

Best Adventure Movies to Stream

Embark on a journey with the best adventure movies to stream now. We list epic quests, daring escapes & action-packed classics in Australia.

Top Gear Australia: TV release date and where to watch

Top Gear Australia is returning for the first time in more than a decade with new hosts Blair Joscelyne, Beau Ryan, and Jonathan LaPaglia.

How to Watch The Grand Tour in Australia

How to watch The Grand Tour Season 4 in Australia? Stream The Grand Tour Specials on Amazon Prime Video with a 30-day free trial!

Got a question about Richard Hammond?

What are Richard Hammond's most successful shows?

Richard Hammond is best known for 'Top Gear' and 'The Grand Tour,' both of which have garnered massive audiences and critical acclaim in the automotive genre.

Has Richard Hammond won any awards?

What was Richard Hammond's first television appearance?

What are some of Richard Hammond's notable films?

What is Richard Hammond's personal life like?

What is Richard Hammond's estimated net worth?

How did Richard Hammond rise to fame?

What are some milestones in Richard Hammond's career?