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.

Personal Facts

Known For: Acting
Gender: male
Known Credits: 195
Birth Date: 1962-11-18 00:00:00
Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA

Known For

Credits

actors (190 credits)
- Metallica: Sick Out Of Studio 2007 Oslo
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Metallica: from the off
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Cheesy Home Video
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Metallica at Raadi Airfield Estonia in Tartu
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Metallica: Polar Beach Party
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Metallica: On the Air (Music Videos + TV Appearances)
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Metallica Saved My Life
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Runt
  Runt
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
  Fan (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Metallica: M72 World Tour Live in Amsterdam - Night 2
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022
  self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Metallica Live Hellfest 2022
  self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Metallica Download Festival Germany
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Metal Lords
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)
  guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)
  guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- The History of Metal and Horror
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Metallica: Wherever We May Roam
  guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Metallica: Live in Lincoln, Nebraska - September 6, 2018
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Mick Fleetwood and Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQ
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live at Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York - September 14, 2011
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006
  Cast
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Bogotá, Colombia - May 2, 1999
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Madrid, Spain - May 31, 2008
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Melbourne, Australia - March 1, 2013
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019
  Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991)
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015
  guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica: Live at Slane Castle
  lead guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of Puppets
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2020
- Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Live Metallica: Stade de France, Paris - mai 12, 2019
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Making Fun: The Story of Funko
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017
  guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos
  Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Metallica: Live from The House of Vans
  Self - guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, Berkeley
  Self - Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Metallica: The Night Before
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Billions
  
  - Short Squeeze (2016) ... Metallica actor actors
  
  2016
- Mission to Lars
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Metallica: [2015] X Games
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  
  - Robert Downey Jr., Tiffany Haddish, Metallica (2021) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
  
  2015
- Lennon or McCartney
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Metallica: Masters of Metal
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Metallica Live at Blizzcon
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- 'Tallica Parking Lot
  Self (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- How Metallica Raised Hell in De Westereen
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Metallica: This Monster Lives
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Metallica: Beyond Thunder and Lightning
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never"
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in Antarctica
  Self - Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Metallica: Through the Never
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Metallica: Quebec Magnetic
  Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Metallica: Live in Orion Music Festival
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Metallica: The Black Album
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Metallica: Live at Rock im Park 2012
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Metallica: Rock in Rio
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Metallica: The 30th Anniversary Event
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- An Evening with Lou Reed & Metallica - Live at Rockpalast
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011
  Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- Metallica: Fan Can 6
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- The Big Four: Live in Sofia
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Metallica: Live at Sonisphere
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Metallica: Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set)
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Lemmy
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City
  Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen
  Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009
  Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Metallica: Français pour une nuit
  Self - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- METALLICA the Complete Story
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Metallica: Making Magnetic
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Metallica: [2008] Rock en France Festival
  Self - Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Metallica - Rock AM Ring
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Metallica Touring Europe
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Metallica - Live Earth
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007
  Lead Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- The Darwin Awards
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
  Lead Guitarist
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Metallica Korea
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Metallica: Fan Can 5
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
  Self (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2005
- Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Metallica: MTV Icon
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!
  
  - Jeremy Renner (2023) ... Self actor actors
  
  2003
- Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Metallica: [2000] Baltimore, Maryland
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Metallica: Live in Baltimore
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Woodstock '99
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ‎– S&M
  Self - Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Metallica: Making of S&M
  Self - Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Metallica: Woodstock '99
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1999
- Metallica: Cunning Stunts
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- Metallica: Live Covers
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- Metallica: Fan Can 1
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- Metallica: [1995] Loud But Secret
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Metallica: Woodstock '94
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Metallica: Live in Mountain View, CA - July 22, 1994
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1994
- Metallican Vid
  Self - Lead Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1993
- Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- For Those About to Rock - Monsters In Moscow
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Metallica: Live at San Diego
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Metallica - ...And Justice For All
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1991
- Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, Netherlands
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1990
- Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989
  Lead Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Metallica: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
  Lead Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Metallica: Newark, Delaware
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- 2 of One
  Self (Lead Guitar)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- The Simpsons
  
  - The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer (2006) ... Marv Albert (voice) actor actors
  
  1989
- Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon
  Self - Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- Metallica: Cliff 'Em All
  Self - Guitarist
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1987
- Metallica: [1986] Toronto, Canada
  Self - Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Metallica: Nagoya, Japan
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Metallica - Roskilde Festival
  Lead Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Metallica: Detroit, Michigan
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival
  Lead Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Metallica: Day on the Green
  Guitars
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- Metallica: Ride The Lightning
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1985
- MTV Video Music Awards
  
  - 20th Annual MTV Video Music Awards (2003) ... Self actor actors
  
  - 13th Annual MTV Video Music Awards (1996) ... Self actor actors
  
  - 8th Annual MTV Video Music Awards (1991) ... Self actor actors
  
  1984
- Metallica - Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983
  Lead Guitar
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Saturday Night Live
  
  - Nathan Lane/Metallica (1997) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
  
  1975
writing (4 credits)
- Metallica WorldWired North American Tour 2017
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2017
- Metallica: Through the Never
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2013
- Metallica: Quebec Magnetic
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2012
- Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
  
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1999
sound (1 credits)
- Metallica: Through the Never
  
  original music composer
  
  sound
  
  2013