MC Hammer
Born: 1962-03-30 in Oakland, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, actor, TV personality, entrepreneur, celebrity spokesperson, and ordained preacher. Known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit", and "Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography, and his eponymous Hammer pants. A multi-award winner, Hammer is considered a "forefather" and pioneering innovator of pop rap (incorporating elements of freestyle music), and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status with his album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em. BET ranked Hammer as the No. 7 "Best Dancer of All Time". Vibe's "The Best Rapper Ever Tournament" declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round. He continues to perform concerts at music venues and appears in television advertisements, along with participating in social media and ministry/outreach functions. Along with a Mattel doll and other merchandise, Hammer starred in a Saturday-morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991. He became an ordained preacher during the late 1990s and hosted M.C. Hammer and Friends, a Christian ministry program on TBN. Hammer was also a dance judge on Dance Fever in 2003, was the co-creator of the dance website DanceJam.com, and was executive producer of his own reality show titled Hammertime (which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009).
Filmography
2024
- 40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2017
- The Swingin' A's as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Beat Shazam as Self
- The '91 Falcons as Self
- Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Zoolander 2 as M.C. Hammer
2014
2013
- Uncle Grandpa as MC Hammer (voice)
2012
- Vanilla Ice Archive as Self (archive footage)
2010
2009
- Glenn Martin, DDS
- Katt Williams: Pimpadelic as Self
- Hammertime as Self
2007
- Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee as Roy Thunder
2005
- Infinite Challenge as Self
- Letter to the President as Self
- Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation as Self
- Black in the 80s as Self
- Oaktown's 357: Wild & Loose ... (Writer)
2003
- The New Tom Green Show as Self
- The Surreal Life as Self
- Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s as Self
- Dance Fever as Self - Judge
2002
- Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's as Self (archive footage)
2001
- Rhapsody as Wizard
- Street Life
1999
- Where Are They Now? as Self
- The Hip Hop Years as Self
1998
1997
- The View as Self
- Behind the Music as Self
- The Chris Rock Show
- Private Parts as M.C. Hammer
- The Right Connections as Kendrick Bragg
1996
- Cheyenne as Haddox
- One Tough Bastard as Dexter Kane
- Reggie's Prayer as Forest Ranger Baker
1994
- I Hate The Way I Look as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Last Action Hero as M.C. Hammer
1992
- Martin as Hammer
- Out All Night as Self
- Surviving A Break-Up as Self
1991
- The Making of "The Addams Family" as Self
- Hammerman as Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (voice)
1990
- Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1 as Self
- 8:15 from Manchester
- Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie as Self / Reverend Pressure
1988
- Yo! MTV Raps as Self
1984
- MTV Video Music Awards as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host & Musical Guest
1974
- American Music Awards as Self - Musical Guest