Person
Kirk Hammett
Acting · Born 1962-11-18 · San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Known for
The Simpsons
Marv Albert (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Billions
Metallica
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
Classic Albums
Self - Guitarist, Metallica
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
Metalocalypse
Smoked Fingers fan (voice)
Later... with Jools Holland
Self
Filmography
- 2025Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final BowSelf
- 2025Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. ShenanigansSelf
- 2025Metallica: Polar Beach PartySelf
- 2025Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96Self
- 2025Metallica: On the Air (Music Videos + TV Appearances)Self
- 2025Metallica Saved My LifeSelf
- 2024Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & AuctionSelf
- 2024RuntRunt
- 2024On the RoamTheme Song Performance
- 2023Metalocalypse: Army of the DoomstarFan (voice)
- 2023Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2Self
- 2023Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1Self
- 2023Metallica: M72 World Tour Live in Amsterdam - Night 2Self
- 2023Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global PremiereSelf
- 2022Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands ConcertSelf
- 2022Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022
- 2022Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022self
- 2022Metallica Live Hellfest 2022self
- 2022Metallica Download Festival Germany
- 2022Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo
- 2022Metal LordsSelf
- 2021Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)guitars
- 2021Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)guitars
- 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf
- 2021The History of Metal and HorrorSelf
- 2021Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies
- 2021Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
- 2021Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
- 2021Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991Self
- 2021Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes
- 2021Metallica: Wherever We May Roamguitars
- 2021Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus ShitSelf
- 2021Metallica: Live in Lincoln, Nebraska - September 6, 2018Self
- 2021Mick Fleetwood and Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood MacSelf
- 2020MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in ChainsSelf
- 2020Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQSelf
- 2020Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction
- 2020Metallica: Live in Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017Self
- 2020Metallica: Live at Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York - September 14, 2011Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006Cast
- 2020Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Bogotá, Colombia - May 2, 1999Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Madrid, Spain - May 31, 2008Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Melbourne, Australia - March 1, 2013Self
- 2020Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
- 2020Metallica: Live in Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991)Self
- 2020Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015guitars
- 2020Metallica: Live at Slane Castlelead guitar
- 2020Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of PuppetsSelf
- 2019Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2Self
- 2019Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
- 2019Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
- 2019Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal StorySelf
- 2019Live Metallica: Stade de France, Paris - mai 12, 2019Self
- 2019Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019
- 2018Making Fun: The Story of FunkoSelf
- 2017Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester BenningtonSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017
- 2017Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017guitar
- 2017Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)
- 2017Carpool Karaoke: The SeriesSelf
- 2017Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael AlagoSelf
- 2017Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay PunkSelf
- 2017The New York Hardcore Chronicles FilmSelf
- 2017Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017
- 2017Metallica WorldWired North American Tour 2017Writer
- 2017Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017Guitars
- 2016Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
- 2016Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct VideosGuitar
- 2016Metallica: Live from The House of VansSelf - guitars
- 2016Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, BerkeleySelf - Guitars
- 2016Metallica: The Night Before
- 2016BillionsMetallica
- 2015Mission to LarsSelf
- 2015Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015Self - Guitar
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Musical Guest
- 2015Metallica: [2015] X GamesSelf - Guitar
- 2015Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015Self
- 2014Lennon or McCartneySelf
- 2014Metallica: Masters of MetalSelf
- 2014Metallica Live at BlizzconSelf
- 2014'Tallica Parking LotSelf (voice)
- 2014How Metallica Raised Hell in De Westereen
- 2014Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014Guitars
- 2014Metallica: This Monster LivesSelf
- 2014Metallica: Beyond Thunder and LightningSelf
- 2014Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never"Self
- 2013Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in AntarcticaSelf - Guitars
- 2013Metallica: Through the NeverSelf
- 2012Metallica: Quebec MagneticLead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- 2012Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)
- 2012Metallica: Live in Orion Music FestivalSelf - Guitar
- 2012Metallica: The Black Album
- 2012Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012Self - Guitar
- 2012Metallica: Live at Rock im Park 2012Self - Guitar
- 2012Metallica: Rock in RioGuitars
- 2011Metallica: The 30th Anniversary EventSelf
- 2011Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011Guitar
- 2011The Big 4Self
- 2010Metallica: Fan Can 6Guitars
- 2010The Big Four: Live in SofiaGuitars
- 2010Metallica: The Big 4 Live in SofiaGuitars
- 2010Rush: Beyond the Lighted StageSelf
- 2010Metallica: Live at SonisphereSelf
- 2010Metallica: Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set)Self
- 2010LemmySelf
- 2009VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music MomentsSelf
- 2009Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico CityLead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- 2009Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009Guitars
- 2009Metallica: Fan Can Six CopenhagenLead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- 2009Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
- 2009Metallica: Français pour une nuitSelf - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- 2008METALLICA the Complete StorySelf
- 2008Metallica: Making Magnetic
- 2008Metallica: [2008] Rock en France FestivalSelf - Guitars
- 2008Metallica - Rock AM RingSelf - Guitar
- 2008Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of ThrashSelf
- 2008Metallica Touring Europe
- 2007Metallica - Live EarthSelf
- 2007Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007Lead Guitar
- 2007The Darwin AwardsSelf
- 2007Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets
- 2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Lead Guitarist
- 2006Metallica Korea
- 2006MetalocalypseSmoked Fingers fan (voice)
- 2006Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006Guitars
- 2006Metallica: Fan Can 5Guitars
- 2006Heavy Metal: Louder Than LifeSelf
- 2005The Work of Director Anton CorbijnSelf (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")
- 2004Metallica: Some Kind of MonsterSelf
- 2003Metallica: St. Anger RehearsalsSelf
- 2003Metallica: MTV IconSelf
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
- 2001Classic Albums: Metallica - MetallicaSelf - Guitar
- 2000Metallica: [2000] Baltimore, MarylandSelf - Guitar
- 2000Metallica: Live in BaltimoreSelf - Guitar
- 2000Woodstock '99
- 1999Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&MSelf
- 1999Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – S&MSelf - Guitars
- 1999Metallica: Making of S&MSelf - Guitars
- 1999Metallica: Woodstock '99Self
- 1999Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, BulgariaSelf - Guitar
- 1998Metallica: Cunning StuntsSelf
- 1998Metallica: Live CoversSelf - Guitar
- 1997Classic AlbumsSelf - Guitarist, Metallica
- 1996Metallica: Fan Can 1Self
- 1995Metallica: [1995] Loud But SecretSelf - Guitar
- 1995The Music BizSelf
- 1994Metallica: Woodstock '94
- 1994Metallica: Live in Mountain View, CA - July 22, 1994Self - Guitar
- 1994Space Ghost Coast to Coast
- 1993Metallican VidSelf - Lead Guitar
- 1993Metallica: [1993] Basel, SwitzerlandGuitars
- 1993Metallica: [1993] Santiago, ChileGuitars
- 1993Metallica: Mexico City, MexicoGuitars
- 1992Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, NetherlandsGuitars
- 1992For Those About to Rock - Monsters In Moscow
- 1992Later... with Jools HollandSelf
- 1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of MetallicaSelf
- 1992Metallica: Live at San DiegoSelf
- 1992Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992Self - Guitar
- 1992Metallica - ...And Justice For AllSelf
- 1991Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock
- 1990Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, Netherlands
- 1989The SimpsonsMarv Albert (voice)
- 1989Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989Lead Guitar
- 1989Metallica: Live at Shoreline AmphitheatreSelf
- 1989Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989Lead Guitar
- 1989Metallica: Newark, DelawareSelf
- 1989Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NYGuitars
- 19892 of OneSelf (Lead Guitar)
- 1989MTV Rockumentary
- 1988Metallica - Live at Hammersmith OdeonSelf - Guitars
- 1987Metallica: Cliff 'Em AllSelf - Guitarist
- 1986Metallica: [1986] Toronto, CanadaSelf - Guitar
- 1986Metallica: Nagoya, JapanGuitars
- 1986Metallica - Roskilde FestivalLead Guitar
- 1986Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NYGuitars
- 1986Metallica: Detroit, MichiganGuitars
- 1985Metallica: Metal Hammer FestivalLead Guitar
- 1985Metallica: Day on the GreenGuitars
- 1985Metallica: Ride The LightningSelf
- 1984MTV Video Music AwardsSelf
- 1983Metallica - Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983Lead Guitar
- —Metallica: Sick Out Of Studio 2007 OsloSelf
- —Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden
- —Metallica: from the offSelf
- —Metallica at Raadi Airfield Estonia in TartuSelf
- —Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]
- —Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021
- —Cheesy Home Video
- —Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge
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