Roger Hammond (January 30 1974 in Harlington) is an English bicycle racer, specialising in cyclo-cross and road cycling. Hammond grew up in Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire and attended Dr Challoner's Grammar School as a teenager. While still at school he won the 1992 World Junior Cyclo-Cross Championship in Leeds, but elected to concentrate on his university studies rather than pursue a full-time cycling career at that point. He was the British Road champion in 2003 and 2004. He rode for the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team in 2005 and 2006. He currently rides in the Team High Road.
For the 2005 and 2006 Tour of Britain, Hammond rode for the Great Britain team, as Discovery Channel did not take part in the race.
Roger Hammond (b. March 21, 1936) is an English character actor who has appeared in many movies and television series.
Hammond attended Cambridge University, and appeared extensively in their drama program, alongside actors such as Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, and John Wood. Following that, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1963, he joined the Arts Theatre Company, and appeared in a number of productions there.
In 1964, Hammond made his first television appearance, as Tidiman in an episode of The Villains, and his film appearance the next year. Although he worked primarily as a television actor in his early years, since the 1990s his career has been more focused on film, and his credits boast an impressive 125 credits in a variety of roles, ranging from all sorts of genres, although mostly in costume dramas and period pieces. Hammond's credits includes the Prince of Wales in The Duchess of Duke Street, Valence in A Dangerous Man: Lawrence after Arabia, and Cecil in A Good Woman. Hammond has also been cast as a clergyman several times, including as the Archbishop in Ian McKellen's Richard III, the Bishop de Cambrai in The Princes in the Tower, and as the Chief Augur in the HBO television drama Rome.
Hammond has additionally done some audio books on tape, appearing in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Henry IV, and The Tempest.
