Kirk Hammett

Nov 18, 1962 (63 years old) in San Francisco, California, USA

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

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The Simpsons

Marv Albert (voice)

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Billions

Self

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MTV Video Music Awards

Self

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Carpool Karaoke: The Series

Self

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Metalocalypse

Smoked Fingers fan (voice)

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Classic Albums

Self - Guitarist, Metallica

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Metal Lords

Self

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Metallican Vid

Self - Lead Guitar

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Lennon or McCartney

Self

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The Music Biz

Self

Credits

Metallica: Sick Out Of Studio 2007 Oslo Future

Self

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Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden Future

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Metallica: from the off Future

Self

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Metallica at Raadi Airfield Estonia in Tartu Future

Self

★ NR
Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore] Future

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Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021 Future

★ NR
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow Future

Self

★ NR
Cheesy Home Video Future

★ NR
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge Future

★ NR
Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans 2025

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Polar Beach Party 2025

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96 2025

Self

★ NR
Metallica: On the Air (Music Videos + TV Appearances) 2025

Self

★ NR
Metallica Saved My Life 2025

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction 2024

Self

★ 5.5
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar 2023

Fan (voice)

★ 6.6
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2 2023

Self

★ 9
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1 2023

Self

★ 8.5
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live in Amsterdam - Night 2 2023

Self

★ NR
Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere 2023

Self

★ 7.3
Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert 2022

Self

★ 4.8
Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022 2022

★ 8
Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022 2022

self

★ NR
Metallica Live Hellfest 2022 2022

self

★ NR
Metallica Download Festival Germany 2022

★ NR
Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo 2022

★ NR
Metal Lords 2022

Self

★ 6.9
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2) 2021

guitars

★ 6
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1) 2021

guitars

★ 8
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 2021

Self

★ 4
The History of Metal and Horror 2021

Self

★ 5
Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies 2021

★ 6
Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993 2021

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Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992 2021

★ 6
Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991 2021

Self

★ NR
Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes 2021

★ 8
Metallica: Wherever We May Roam 2021

guitars

★ 6
Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit 2021

Self

★ 8
Metallica: Live in Lincoln, Nebraska - September 6, 2018 2021

Self

★ NR
Mick Fleetwood and Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac 2021

Self

★ 9
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains 2020

Self

★ 9
Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQ 2020

Self

★ NR
Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction 2020

★ 8.3
Metallica: Live in Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017 2020

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Live at Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York - September 14, 2011 2020

Self

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Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004 2020

Self

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Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000 2020

Self

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Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006 2020

Cast

★ NR
Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007 2020

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Live in Bogotá, Colombia - May 2, 1999 2020

Self

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Metallica: Live in Madrid, Spain - May 31, 2008 2020

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Live in Melbourne, Australia - March 1, 2013 2020

Self

★ 7
Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019 2020

Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

★ 10
Metallica: Live in Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997 2020

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Live in Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014 2020

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983 2020

Self

★ 10
Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012 2020

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991) 2020

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 2020

guitars

★ NR
Metallica: Live at Slane Castle 2020

lead guitar

★ 10
Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of Puppets 2020

Self

★ NR
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 2019

Self

★ 8.7
Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019 2019

★ 8
Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019 2019

★ 8.5
Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story 2019

Self

★ 7.4
Live Metallica: Stade de France, Paris - mai 12, 2019 2019

Self

★ NR
Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019 2019

★ 10
Making Fun: The Story of Funko 2018

Self

★ 6.5
Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington 2017

Self (archive footage)

★ 9.7
Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017 2017

★ 10
Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017 2017

guitar

★ NR
Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017) 2017

★ 7.7
Carpool Karaoke: The Series 2017

Self

★ 6.1
Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago 2017

Self

★ 5.5
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk 2017

Self

★ 7.4
The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film 2017

Self

★ NR
Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017 2017

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Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017 2017

Guitars

★ 8
Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct 2016

★ 10
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos 2016

Guitar

★ 10
Metallica: Live from The House of Vans 2016

Self - guitars

★ 10
Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, Berkeley 2016

Self - Guitars

★ 10
Metallica: The Night Before 2016

★ 10
Billions 2016

Self

★ 7.8
Mission to Lars 2015

Self

★ 5.7
Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015 2015

Self - Guitar

★ 7.5
Metallica: [2015] X Games 2015

Self - Guitar

★ 10
Lennon or McCartney 2014

Self

★ 5.2
Metallica: Masters of Metal 2014

Self

★ 7.2
Metallica Live at Blizzcon 2014

Self

★ 8.5
'Tallica Parking Lot 2014

Self (voice)

★ 6.4
How Metallica Raised Hell in De Westereen 2014

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Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014 2014

Guitars

★ NR
Metallica: This Monster Lives 2014

Self

★ 5.9
Metallica: Beyond Thunder and Lightning 2014

Self

★ 10
Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never" 2014

Self

★ 10
Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in Antarctica 2013

Self - Guitars

★ 7.5
Metallica: Through the Never 2013

Self

★ 6.8
Metallica: Quebec Magnetic 2012

Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

★ 8.1
Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night) 2012

★ 10
Metallica: Live in Orion Music Festival 2012

Self - Guitar

★ 8.2
Metallica: The Black Album 2012

★ 7.9
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012 2012

Self - Guitar

★ 10
Metallica: Live at Rock im Park 2012 2012

Self - Guitar

★ NR
Metallica: Rock in Rio 2012

Guitars

★ 8.5
Metallica: The 30th Anniversary Event 2011

Self

★ 6.1
An Evening with Lou Reed & Metallica - Live at Rockpalast 2011

★ NR
Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011 2011

Guitar

★ 7.1
The Big 4 2011

Self

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Metallica: Fan Can 6 2010

Guitars

★ 6.9
The Big Four: Live in Sofia 2010

Guitars

★ 8.2
Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia 2010

Guitars

★ NR
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage 2010

Self

★ 7.5
Metallica: Live at Sonisphere 2010

Self

★ 8.5
Metallica: Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set) 2010

Self

★ 6
Lemmy 2010

Self

★ 7.5
VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments 2009

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City 2009

Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

★ 7.9
Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009 2009

Guitars

★ 8.5
Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen 2009

Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

★ NR
Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009 2009

Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals

★ 10
Metallica: Français pour une nuit 2009

Self - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

★ 8
METALLICA the Complete Story 2008

Self

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Metallica: Making Magnetic 2008

★ 9
Metallica: [2008] Rock en France Festival 2008

Self - Guitars

★ 10
Metallica - Rock AM Ring 2008

Self - Guitar

★ 10
Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash 2008

Self

★ 7
Metallica Touring Europe 2008

★ 10
Metallica - Live Earth 2007

Self

★ 10
Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007 2007

Lead Guitar

★ 2
The Darwin Awards 2007

Self

★ 5.5
Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets 2007

★ NR
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 2006

Lead Guitarist

★ 7.7
Metalocalypse 2006

Smoked Fingers fan (voice)

★ 7.6
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006 2006

Guitars

★ 10
Metallica: Fan Can 5 2006

Guitars

★ 10
Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life 2006

Self

★ 6.8
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn 2005

Self (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")

★ 7.9
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster 2004

Self

★ 7.1
Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals 2003

Self

★ 9.5
Metallica: MTV Icon 2003

Self

★ 7.5
Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica 2001

Self - Guitar

★ 6.1
Metallica: [2000] Baltimore, Maryland 2000

Self - Guitar

★ NR
Metallica: Live in Baltimore 2000

Self - Guitar

★ NR
Woodstock '99 2000

★ 5.1
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M 1999

Self

★ 8.7
Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ‎– S&M 1999

Self - Guitars

★ 7
Metallica: Making of S&M 1999

Self - Guitars

★ NR
Metallica: Woodstock '99 1999

Self

★ NR
Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1999

Self - Guitar

★ NR
Metallica: Cunning Stunts 1998

Self

★ 7.8
Metallica: Live Covers 1998

Self - Guitar

★ NR
Classic Albums 1997

Self - Guitarist, Metallica

★ 7.7
Metallica: Fan Can 1 1996

Self

★ NR
Metallica: [1995] Loud But Secret 1995

Self - Guitar

★ NR
The Music Biz 1995

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Woodstock '94 1994

★ NR
Metallica: Live in Mountain View, CA - July 22, 1994 1994

Self - Guitar

★ NR
Metallican Vid 1993

Self - Lead Guitar

★ NR
Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland 1993

Guitars

★ NR
Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile 1993

Guitars

★ NR
Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico 1993

Guitars

★ NR
Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands 1992

Guitars

★ NR
For Those About to Rock - Monsters In Moscow 1992

★ 8
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica 1992

Self

★ 7.9
Metallica: Live at San Diego 1992

Self

★ 9
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992 1992

Self - Guitar

★ 8.5
Metallica - ...And Justice For All 1992

Self

★ 10
Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock 1991

★ 7.5
Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, Netherlands 1990

★ NR
The Simpsons 1989

Marv Albert (voice)

★ 8
Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989 1989

Lead Guitar

★ NR
Metallica: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre 1989

Self

★ NR
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989 1989

Lead Guitar

★ 8.5
Metallica: Newark, Delaware 1989

Self

★ NR
Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY 1989

Guitars

★ NR
2 of One 1989

Self (Lead Guitar)

★ NR
MTV Rockumentary 1989

★ 7
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1988

Self - Guitars

★ NR
Metallica: Cliff 'Em All 1987

Self - Guitarist

★ 7.7
Metallica: [1986] Toronto, Canada 1986

Self - Guitar

★ NR
Metallica: Nagoya, Japan 1986

Guitars

★ NR
Metallica - Roskilde Festival 1986

Lead Guitar

★ NR
Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY 1986

Guitars

★ NR
Metallica: Detroit, Michigan 1986

Guitars

★ NR
Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival 1985

Lead Guitar

★ NR
Metallica: Day on the Green 1985

Guitars

★ NR
Metallica: Ride The Lightning 1985

Self

★ 10
MTV Video Music Awards 1984

Self

★ 7.7
Metallica - Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983 1983

Lead Guitar

★ 8.5