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Kirk Hammett

Kirk Hammett

Actor · Born November 18, 1962 · San Francisco, California, USA

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Biography

Kirk Lee Hammett is an American musician who has been the lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

Acted in 64

2020s

  1. 2026

    Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2

    Lead Guitar

  2. Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1

    Lead Guitar

  3. 2024

    Runt

    Runt

    71
  4. 2023

    Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar

    Fan (voice)

    74
  5. 2022

    Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022

    Movie

  6. Metallica Download Festival Germany

    Movie

  7. Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo

    Movie

  8. 2021

    Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)

    guitars

  9. Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)

    guitars

  10. Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows (Night 1&2) - Live at Chase Center

    Movie

  11. Metallica: Wherever We May Roam

    guitars

  12. Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies

    Movie

  13. Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993

    Movie

  14. Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992

    Movie

  15. Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes

    Movie

  16. 2020

    Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction

    Movie

  17. Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006

    Cast

  18. Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015

    guitars

  19. Metallica: Live at Slane Castle

    lead guitar

2010s

  1. 2019

    Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019

    Movie

  2. Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019

    Movie

  3. Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019

    Movie

  4. 2017

    Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017

    Movie

  5. Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017

    guitar

  6. Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)

    Movie

  7. Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017

    Guitars

  8. 2016

    Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct

    Movie

  9. Metallica: The Night Before

    Movie

  10. Billions

    Metallica · 1 episode

    82
  11. 2014

    How Metallica Raised Hell in De Westereen

    Movie

  12. Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014

    Guitars

  13. 2012

    Metallica: Quebec Magnetic

    Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

  14. Metallica: The Black Album

    Movie

  15. 2011

    Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011

    Guitar

  16. 2010

    The Big Four: Live in Sofia

    Guitars

  17. Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia

    Guitars

2000s

  1. 2009

    Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City

    Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

  2. Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen

    Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

  3. 2008

    Metallica: Making Magnetic

    Movie

  4. 2007

    Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007

    Lead Guitar

  5. Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets

    Movie

  6. 2006

    Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

    Lead Guitarist

  7. Metallica Korea

    Movie

  8. Metalocalypse

    Smoked Fingers fan (voice), Queen of Denmark (voice), Barkeep (voice) · 1 episode

    81
  9. 2000

    Woodstock '99

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1994

    Metallica: Woodstock '94

    Movie

  2. Space Ghost Coast to Coast

    TV · 10 Seasons · Animation · Comedy

    79
  3. 1993

    Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico

    Guitars

  4. 1992

    For Those About to Rock - Monsters In Moscow

    Movie

  5. 1991

    Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1989

    The Simpsons

    Marv Albert (voice) · 1 episode

    84

  2. Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989

    Lead Guitar

  3. Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989

    Lead Guitar

  4. MTV Rockumentary

    TV

  5. 1986

    Metallica: Nagoya, Japan

    Guitars

  6. Metallica - Roskilde Festival

    Lead Guitar

  7. Metallica: Detroit, Michigan

    Guitars

  8. 1985

    Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival

    Lead Guitar

  9. Metallica: Day on the Green

    Guitars

  10. 1983

    Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983

    Lead Guitar

No release date

  1. Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden

    Movie

  2. Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]

    Movie

  3. Cheesy Home Video

    Movie

  4. Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge

    Movie

Wrote 4

2010s

  1. 2017

    Metallica WorldWired North American Tour 2017

    Writer

  2. 2013

    Metallica: Through the Never

    Writer

  3. 2012

    Metallica: Quebec Magnetic

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1999

    Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M

    Writer

Sound 2

2010s

  1. 2013

    Metallica: Through the Never

    Original Music Composer

Appearances104

2020s

  1. 2026

    Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow

    Self

  2. 2025

    Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans

    Self

  3. Metallica: Polar Beach Party

    Self

  4. Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96

    Self

  5. Metallica: On the Air (Music Videos + TV Appearances)

    Self

  6. Metallica Saved My Life

    Self

  7. 2024

    Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction

    Self

  8. 2023

    Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2

    Self

  9. Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1

    Self

  10. Metallica: M72 World Tour Live in Amsterdam - Night 2

    Self

  11. Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere

    Self

  12. 2022

    Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert

    Self

  13. Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022

    self

  14. Metallica Live Hellfest 2022

    self

  15. Metal Lords

    Self

    64
  16. 2021

    2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

    Self

  17. The History of Metal and Horror

    Self

  18. Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991

    Self

  19. Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit

    Self

  20. Metallica: Live in Lincoln, Nebraska - September 6, 2018

    Self

  21. Mick Fleetwood and Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac

    Self

  22. 2020

    MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains

    Self

  23. Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQ

    Self

  24. Metallica: Live in Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017

    Self

  25. Metallica: Live at Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York - September 14, 2011

    Self

  26. Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004

    Self

  27. Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000

    Self

  28. Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007

    Self

  29. Metallica: Live in Bogotá, Colombia - May 2, 1999

    Self

  30. Metallica: Live in Madrid, Spain - May 31, 2008

    Self

  31. Metallica: Live in Melbourne, Australia - March 1, 2013

    Self

  32. Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019

    Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

  33. Metallica: Live in Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997

    Self

  34. Metallica: Live in Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014

    Self

  35. Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983

    Self

  36. Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012

    Self

  37. Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991)

    Self

  38. Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of Puppets

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019

    Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2

    Self

  2. Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story

    Self

  3. 2018

    Making Fun: The Story of Funko

    Self

  4. 2017

    Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Carpool Karaoke: The Series

    Self · 1 episode

    57

  6. Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago

    Self

    60

  7. Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

    Self

    75

  8. The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film

    Self

  9. 2016

    Metallica: Live from The House of Vans

    Self - guitars

  10. 2015

    Metallica: Freeze 'Em All

    Self

  11. Mission to Lars

    Self

  12. Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015

    Self - Guitar

  13. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    Self - Musical Guest · 1 episode

    69

  14. Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015

    Self

  15. 2014

    Lennon or McCartney

    Self

  16. Metallica: Masters of Metal

    Self

  17. Metallica: This Monster Lives

    Self

  18. Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never"

    Self

  19. 2013

    Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in Antarctica

    Self - Guitars

  20. Metallica: Through the Never

    Self

  21. 2012

    Metallica: Live in Orion Music Festival

    Self - Guitar

  22. Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012

    Self - Guitar

  23. 2011

    The Big 4

    Self · 4 episodes

  24. 2010

    Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

    Self

    84

  25. Metallica: Live at Sonisphere

    Self

  26. Metallica: Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set)

    Self

  27. Lemmy

    Self

    76

2000s

  1. 2009

    VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments

    Self

  2. Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009

    Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

  3. Metallica: Français pour une nuit

    Self - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

  4. 2008

    METALLICA the Complete Story

    Self

  5. Metallica - Rock AM Ring

    Self - Guitar

  6. Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash

    Self

  7. 2007

    The Darwin Awards

    Self

    49
  8. 2006

    Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life

    Self

  9. 2005

    The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

    Self (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")

  10. 2004

    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

    Self

  11. 2003

    Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals

    Self

  12. Metallica: MTV Icon

    Self

  13. Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Self · 1 episode

    61
  14. 2001

    Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica

    Self - Guitar

1990s

  1. 1999

    Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M

    Self

  2. 1999 Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ‎– S&M

    Self - Guitars

  3. Metallica: Making of S&M

    Self - Guitars

  4. Metallica: Woodstock '99

    Self

  5. 1998

    Metallica: Cunning Stunts

    Self

  6. Metallica: Live Covers

    Self - Guitar

  7. Metallica: Poor East Asian Me - Live at Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea

    Self

  8. 1997

    Classic Albums

    Self - Guitarist, Metallica · 1 episode

  9. 1996

    Metallica: Fan Can 1

    Self

  10. 1995

    The Music Biz

    Self · 1 episode

  11. 1994

    Metallica: Live in Mountain View, CA - July 22, 1994

    Self - Guitar

  12. 1993

    Metallican Vid

    Self - Lead Guitar

  13. 1992

    Later... with Jools Holland

    Self · 1 episode

  14. Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

    Self

  15. Metallica: Live at San Diego

    Self

  16. Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992

    Self - Guitar

  17. Metallica - ...And Justice For All

    Self

1980s

  1. 1989

    Metallica: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre

    Self

  2. Metallica: Newark, Delaware

    Self

  3. 2 of One

    Self (Lead Guitar)

  4. 1987

    Metallica: Cliff 'Em All

    Self - Guitarist

  5. 1985

    Metallica: Ride The Lightning

    Self

  6. 1984

    MTV Video Music Awards

    Self · 3 episodes

No release date

  1. Metallica: Sick Out Of Studio 2007 Oslo

    Self

  2. Metallica at Raadi Airfield Estonia in Tartu

    Self