Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

193

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-11-18 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Kirk Lee Hammett
Metallica

Kirk Hammett

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

8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

7.7%

Billions

Jan 17, 2016

6.9%

Metal Lords

Apr 8, 2022

6.9%

Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

6.8%

Metallica: Through the Never

Sep 25, 2013

7.0%

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

Jun 10, 2004

7.6%

Metalocalypse

Aug 6, 2006

7.6%

Metalocalypse

Aug 6, 2006

7.6%

Metalocalypse

Aug 6, 2006

5.6%

The Darwin Awards

Jul 5, 2006

5.5%

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jan 26, 2003

7.5%

Lemmy

Mar 15, 2010

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Acting

—		Metallica: Sick Out Of Studio 2007 Oslo as Self
—		Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden
—		Metallica: from the off as Self
—		Metallica at Raadi Airfield Estonia in Tartu as Himself
—		Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]
—		Metallica_ Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015

2025

Metallica Saved My Life as Self

2024

Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction as Self

2023		Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar as Fan (voice)
2023		Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2 as Himself
2023		Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1 as Himself
2023		Metallica: M72 World Tour Live in Amsterdam - Night 2 as Self
2023		Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere as Self

2022		Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert as Self
2022		Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022
2022		Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022 as self
2022		Metallica Live Hellfest 2022 as self
2022		Metallica Download Festival Germany
2022		Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo
2022		Metal Lords as Kirk Hammett

2021		Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2) as guitars
2021		Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1) as guitars
2021		2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
2021		The History of Metal and Horror as Self
2021		Metallica - Wherever We May Roam as guitars
2021		Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes
2021		Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
2021		Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies
2021		Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
2021		Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit as Self
2021		Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991 as Self
2021		Metallica: Black Album Deluxe Box Set as Self
2021		Metallica: Live in Lincoln, Nebraska - September 6, 2018 as Himself

2020		MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains as Self
2020		Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction
2020		Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQ as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live at Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York - September 14, 2011 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000 as Himself
2020		Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989 as Lead Guitar
2020		Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Bogotá, Colombia - May 2, 1999 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Madrid, Spain - May 31, 2008 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Melbourne, Australia - March 1, 2013 as Himself
2020		Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019 as Himself - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
2020		Metallica: Live in Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012 as Himself
2020		Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991)
2020		Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 as guitars
2020		Metallica: Live at Slane Castle as lead guitar
2020		Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of Puppets as Self
2020		Mick Fleetwood and Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac as Self

2019		Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 as Himself
2019		Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
2019		Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
2019		Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story as Self
2019		Live Metallica: Stade de France, Paris - mai 12, 2019 as Kirk Hammett
2019		Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019

2018

Making Fun: The Story of Funko as Self

2017		Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington as Self (archive footage)
2017		Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017
2017		Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017 as guitar
2017		Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)
2017		Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
2017		Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago as Self
2017		Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk as Self
2017		The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film as Himself
2017		Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017
2017		Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017 as Guitars

2016		Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
2016		Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos as Guitar
2016		Metallica: Live from The House of Vans as Guitars
2016		Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, Berkeley as Self - Guitars
2016		Metallica: The Night Before
2016		Billions as Himself

2015		Mission to Lars as Himself
2015		Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015 as Self - Guitar
2015		Metallica - Live at Reading Festival as Guitars
2015		Metallica: [2015] X Games as Self - Guitar
2015		Metallica: Rock in Rio USA 2015 as Self - Guitar

2014		Lennon or McCartney as Self
2014		Metallica: Masters of Metal
2014		Metallica: Masters of Metal as Himself
2014		Metallica Live at Blizzcon as Himself
2014		'Tallica Parking Lot as Kirk Hammett (voice)
2014		How Metallica Raised Hell in De Westereen
2014		Metallica: Glastonbury Festival
2014		Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014 as Guitars
2014		Metallica: This Monster Lives as Himself
2014		Metallica: Beyond Thunder and Lightning as Himself
2014		Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never" as Self

2013		Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in Antarctica as Self - Guitars
2013		Metallica: Through the Never as Himself
2013		Metallica: Rock In Rio 2013 as Self - Guitars
2013		Ghost: Webisodes as Self

2012		Metallica: Quebec Magnetic as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
2012		Metallica: Live in Orion Music Festival as Self - Guitar
2012		Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)
2012		Metallica: The Black Album
2012		Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012 as Self - Guitar
2012		Metallica: Live at Rock im Park 2012 as Self - Guitar
2012		Metallica: Rock in Rio as Guitars

2011		Metallica: The 30th Anniversary Event as Self
2011		An Evening with Lou Reed & Metallica - Live at Rockpalast
2011		Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011 as Guitar
2011		The Big 4 as Himself

2010		Metallica: Fan Can 6 as Guitars
2010		The Big Four: Live in Sofia as Guitars
2010		Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Sofia as Guitars
2010		Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage as Self
2010		Metallica: Live at Sonisphere as Kirk Hammett
2010		Metallica - Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set) as Self
2010		Lemmy as Self

2009		Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
2009		Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009 as Guitars
2009		Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
2009		Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009 as Himself - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
2009		Metallica: Français pour une nuit as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

2008		METALLICA the Complete Story as Himself
2008		Metallica: Making Magnetic
2008		Metallica: [2008] Rock en France Festival as Self - Guitars
2008		Metallica - Rock AM Ring as Self - Guitar
2008		Metallica: Live at Rock in Rio Lisboa 2008 as Himself
2008		Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash as Self
2008		Metallica Touring Europe

2007		Metallica - Live Earth as Himself
2007		Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007 as Lead Guitar
2007		Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets

2006		Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 as Lead Guitarist
2006		Metallica: Live in Seoul 2006 as Guitars
2006		Metalocalypse as Smoked Fingers fan (voice)
2006		Metalocalypse as Queen of Denmark (voice)
2006		Metalocalypse as Barkeep (voice)
2006		The Darwin Awards as Self
2006		Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006 as Guitars
2006		Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life as Self
2006		Metallica: Fan Can 5 as Guitars

2005

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn as Self (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")

2004

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster as Self

2003		Metallica: St. Anger as Himself
2003		Metallica: MTV Icon as Hmself
2003		Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self

2001

Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica as Self - Guitar

2000

Metallica: [2000] Baltimore, Maryland as Self - Guitar

1999		Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M as Self
1999		Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ‎– S&M as Self - Guitars
1999		Metallica: Making of S&M as Self - Guitars
1999		Metallica: Woodstock '99 as Self
1999		Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, Bulgaria as Self - Guitar

1998		Metallica: Cunning Stunts as Self
1998		Metallica: Live Covers as Self - Guitar

1997

Classic Albums as Self - Guitarist, Metallica

1996

Metallica: Fan Can 1 as Self

1995

Metallica: [1995] Loud But Secret as Self - Guitar

1994		Metallica: Woodstock '94
1994		Metallica: Live in Mountain View, CA - July 22, 1994 as Self - Guitar
1994		Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1993		Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992 as Self - Guitar
1993		Metallican Vid as Himself (Lead Guitar)
1993		Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland as Guitars
1993		Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile as Guitars
1993		Metallica: [1993] Mexico City, Mexico as Guitars

1992		Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands as Guitars
1992		Later... with Jools Holland as Self
1992		Metallica: A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica as Self
1992		Metallica: Live at San Diego as Himself
1992		Metallica - ...And Justice For All as Self

1991

Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock

1990

Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, Netherlands

1989		The Simpsons as Kirk Hammett (voice)
1989		Metallica: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre as Self
1989		Metallica - Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989 as Lead Guitar
1989		Metallica: [1989] Newark, Delaware as Self
1989		Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY as Guitars
1989		2 of One as Himself (Lead Guitar)
1989		MTV Rockumentary

1988

Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon as Self - Guitars

1987

Metallica - Cliff 'Em All as Himself (Guitarist)

1986		Metallica: [1986] Toronto, Canada as Self - Guitar
1986		Metallica: [1986] Nagoya, Japan as Guitars
1986		Metallica - Roskilde Festival as Lead Guitar
1986		Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY as Guitars
1986		Metallica: [1986] Detroit, Michigan as Guitars