Armie Hammer made his first acting appearance in 2 years in a role called ‘Kannibal Ken’

• Armie Hammer’s cameo in a new music video this week marks his first acting appearance since 2022.
• In 2021, the actor was accused of sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and having cannibalistic fantasies.
• In the music video released Monday, Hammer plays a character called “Kannibal Ken.”

Armie Hammer played a character called “Kannibal Ken” in a new music video released on Monday. The cameo comes three years after his career was tanked due to allegations of sexual assault and cannibalistic fantasies.

The cameo seems to be Hammer’s latest move in his career comeback, following the launch of a podcast in October.

The music video featuring Hammer is for the song “Typical Squeeze” by Georgie Leahy, a British actor and singer. It’s Hammer’s first acting role since 2022’s “Death of the Nile,” filmed in 2019.

While Leahy and Hammer don’t seem to have an obvious relationship, the music video director, Jerry Brunskill, is a friend of Hammer’s and the producer of his podcast. The video was also shot in Ramsey Art Gallery, owned by another friend of Hammer’s and guest on the podcast, Tyler Ramsey.

In the video, Hammer jumps out of the trunk of a car that Leahy is driving, causing her to scream and flip the car over. As the car flips, severed limbs fall out of the vehicle.

The scene and Hammer’s character name, as it appears in the video’s official Youtube credits, seem to be referencing the allegations made against Hammer in 2021.

In 2021, Hammer faced backlash after a woman accused him of sexual assault, and two others alleged emotional abuse and sexual coercion involving cannibalistic and BDSM fetishes.

In March 2021, The Los Angeles Police Department opened an investigation into the sexual assault.

Following the allegations, Hammer was dropped by his talent agency and publicist. He also left two movie projects and a TV series.

Hammer told Air Mail in 2023 that he was emotionally abusive to his accusers but has denied the other allegations. In 2023, the LAPD closed their investigation saying that there was insufficient evidence to charge Hammer.

After three years of laying low, Hammer is trying to re-enter the entertainment industry.

In June, Hammer said on the “Painful Lessons” podcast that he had written a script with a friend, which he hopes to turn into his next project.

Hammer also launched his own podcast in October, “The Armie HammerTime Podcast” as “a chronicling of putting my life back together.” In the first episode, he told listeners he “kind of likes” the cannibalism rumors because it makes “more noise.”

Two days later, Deadline reported Hammer had been cast in a film, “Frontier Crucible.”

Lauren Beeching, a crisis management expert based in London, told Business Insider in October that Hammer’s comeback tour won’t work unless he shows his audience that he has changed.

“Without addressing the serious allegations, it’s probably going to appear more like a distraction than a genuine comeback,” Beeching said. “Listeners will need to believe that he’s learned and changed for them to fully invest in this journey.”