Kirk Hammett
Born: 1962-11-18 in San Francisco, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow as Self
- Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2 as Lead Guitar
- Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1 as Lead Guitar
2025
- Metallica Saved My Life as Self
- Metallica: Polar Beach Party as Self
- Metallica: On the Air (Music Videos + TV Appearances) as Self
- Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96 as Self
- Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans as Self
2024
- On the Roam ... (Theme Song Performance)
- Runt as Runt
- Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction as Self
2023
2022
2021
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony as Self
- The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- Mick Fleetwood and Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac as Self
- Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes
- Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit as Self
- Metallica: Wherever We May Roam as guitars
- Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021
- Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies
- Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2) as guitars
- Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1) as guitars
- Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
- Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
- Metallica: Live in Lincoln, Nebraska - September 6, 2018 as Self
- Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991 as Self
2020
- Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019 as Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
- MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains as Self
- Metallica: Live at Slane Castle as lead guitar
- Metallica: Live in Madrid, Spain - May 31, 2008 as Self
- Metallica: Live in Melbourne, Australia - March 1, 2013 as Self
- Metallica: Live in Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014 as Self
- Metallica: Live at Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York - September 14, 2011 as Self
- Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction
- Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQ as Self
- Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991) as Self
- Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of Puppets as Self
- Metallica: Live in Bogotá, Colombia - May 2, 1999 as Self
- Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 as guitars
- Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000 as Self
- Metallica: Live in Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997 as Self
- Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012 as Self
- Metallica: Live in Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017 as Self
- Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007 as Self
- Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004 as Self
- Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983 as Self
- Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006 as Cast
2019
- Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 as Self
- Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story as Self
- Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
- Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
- Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019
- Live Metallica: Stade de France, Paris - mai 12, 2019 as Self
2018
- Making Fun: The Story of Funko as Self
2017
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington as Self (archive footage)
- Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk as Self
- Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017 as Guitars
- Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago as Self
- Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017
- Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017
- Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017 as guitar
- Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)
- Metallica WorldWired North American Tour 2017 ... (Writer)
- The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film as Self
2016
- Billions as Metallica
- Metallica: Live from The House of Vans as Self - guitars
- Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
- Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos as Guitar
- Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, Berkeley as Self - Guitars
- Metallica: The Night Before
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Musical Guest
- Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015 as Self - Guitar
- Metallica: [2015] X Games as Self - Guitar
- Metallica: Freeze 'Em All as Self
- Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 as Self
- Mission to Lars as Self
2014
- Lennon or McCartney as Self
- Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014 as Guitars
- Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never" as Self
- Metallica Live at Blizzcon as Self
- Metallica: Masters of Metal as Self
- Metallica: This Monster Lives as Self
- How Metallica Raised Hell in De Westereen
- Metallica: Beyond Thunder and Lightning as Self
2013
- Metallica: Through the Never as Self
- Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in Antarctica as Self - Guitars
- 'Tallica Parking Lot as Kirk Hammett (voice)
2012
- Metallica: Rock in Rio as Guitars
- Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012 as Self - Guitar
- Metallica: The Black Album
- Metallica: Live in Orion Music Festival as Self - Guitar
- Metallica: Quebec Magnetic as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)
- Metallica: Live at Rock im Park 2012 as Self - Guitar
2011
- The Big 4 as Self
- Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011 as Guitar
- Metallica: The 30th Anniversary Event as Self
2010
- Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage as Self
- The Big Four: Live in Sofia as Guitars
- Lemmy as Self
- Metallica: Live at Sonisphere as Self
- Metallica: Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set) as Self
- Metallica: Fan Can 6 as Guitars
- Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia as Guitars
2009
- VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments as Self
- Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- Metallica: Français pour une nuit as Self - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009 as Guitars
- Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009 as Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
2008
- Metallica - Rock AM Ring as Self - Guitar
- Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash as Self
- METALLICA the Complete Story as Self
- Metallica: [2008] Rock en France Festival as Self - Guitars
- Metallica Touring Europe
- Metallica: Making Magnetic
2007
2006
- Metalocalypse as Smoked Fingers fan (voice)
- Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 as Lead Guitarist
- Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006 as Guitars
- Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life as Self
- Metallica Korea
- 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
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals as Self
- Metallica: MTV Icon as Self
2001
- Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica as Self - Guitar
2000
- Woodstock '99
- Metallica: Live in Baltimore as Self - Guitar
- Metallica: [2000] Baltimore, Maryland as Self - Guitar
1999
- Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M as Self
- Metallica: Making of S&M as Self - Guitars
- Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – S&M as Self - Guitars
- Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, Bulgaria as Self
- Metallica: Woodstock '99 as Self
1998
- Metallica: Poor East Asian Me - Live at Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea as Self
- Metallica: Cunning Stunts as Self
- Metallica: Live Covers as Self - Guitar
1997
- Classic Albums as Self - Guitarist, Metallica
1996
- Metallica: Fan Can 1 as Self
1995
- The Music Biz as Self
- Metallica: [1995] Loud But Secret as Self - Guitar
1994
1993
- Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile as Guitars
- Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland as Guitars
- Metallican Vid as Self - Lead Guitar
- Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico as Guitars
1992
- Later... with Jools Holland as Self
- Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica as Self
- Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands as Guitars
- For Those About to Rock - Monsters In Moscow
- Metallica: Live at San Diego as Self
- Metallica - ...And Justice For All as Self
- Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992 as Self - Guitar
1989
- The Simpsons as Marv Albert (voice)
- MTV Rockumentary
- Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989 as Lead Guitar
- Metallica: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre as Self
- Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY as Guitars
- Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989 as Lead Guitar
- Metallica: Newark, Delaware as Self
- 2 of One as Self (Lead Guitar)
1988
- Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon as Self - Guitars
1987
- Metallica: Cliff 'Em All as Self - Guitarist
1986
- Metallica: [1986] Toronto, Canada as Self - Guitar
- Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY as Guitars
- Metallica: Nagoya, Japan as Guitars
- Metallica: Detroit, Michigan as Guitars
- Metallica - Roskilde Festival as Lead Guitar
1985
- Metallica: Ride The Lightning as Self
- Metallica: Day on the Green as Guitars
- Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival as Lead Guitar
1984
- MTV Video Music Awards as Self
1983
- Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983 as Lead Guitar