Kirk Hammett
November 18, 1962 (62 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
Credits
- 2024 · Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction as Self
- 2023 · Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar as Fan (voice)
- 2022 · Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert as Self
- 2022 · Metal Lords as Kirk Hammett
- 2020 · Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQ 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 Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997 as Himself
- 2020 · Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 as guitars
- 2019 · Live Metallica: Stade de France, Paris - mai 12, 2019 as Kirk Hammett
- 2018 · Making Fun: The Story of Funko as Self
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film as Himself
- 2016 · Billions as Himself
- 2015 · Mission to Lars as Himself
- 2015 · Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015 as Self - Guitar
- 2015 · Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 as
- 2014 · Metallica: Masters of Metal as
- 2014 · Metallica: Masters of Metal as Himself
- 2013 · Metallica: Through the Never as Himself
- 2011 · Metallica: The 30th Anniversary Event as Self
- 2011 · An Evening with Lou Reed & Metallica - Live at Rockpalast as
- 2010 · Lemmy as Self
- 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
- 2008 · Metallica: [2008] Rock en France Festival as Self - Guitars
- 2008 · Metallica Touring Europe as
- 2007 · The Darwin Awards as Self
- 2007 · Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets as
- 2006 · Metalocalypse as Smoked Fingers fan (voice)
- 2006 · Metalocalypse as Queen of Denmark (voice)
- 2006 · Metalocalypse as Barkeep (voice)
- 2006 · Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life as Self
- 2005 · The Work of Director Anton Corbijn as Self (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 1999 · Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M as Self
- 1999 · Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, Bulgaria as Self - Guitar
- 1997 · Classic Albums as Self - Guitarist, Metallica
- 1994 · Space Ghost Coast to Coast as
- 1992 · Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands as Guitars
- 1992 · Later... with Jools Holland as Self
- 1992 · Metallica: Live at San Diego as Himself
- 1991 · Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock as
- 1990 · Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, Netherlands as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Kirk Hammett (voice)
- 1986 · Metallica: [1986] Toronto, Canada as Self - Guitar
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- Future · Metallica: from the off as Self
- 2025 · Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow as Self
- 2021 · The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- 2021 · Metallica: Wherever We May Roam as guitars
- 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 as
- 2020 · Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007 as Himself
- 2020 · Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983 as Himself
- 2020 · Metallica: Live at Slane Castle as lead guitar
- 2019 · Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 as Himself
- 2019 · Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019 as
- 2019 · Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019 as
- 2019 · Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story as Self
- 2017 · Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017 as
- 2017 · Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk as Self
- 2016 · Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, Berkeley as Self - Guitars
- 2016 · Metallica: The Night Before as
- 2014 · Lennon or McCartney as Self
- 2014 · 'Tallica Parking Lot as Kirk Hammett (voice)
- 2014 · Metallica: This Monster Lives as Himself
- 2012 · Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night) as
- 2012 · Metallica: The Black Album as
- 2012 · Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012 as Self - Guitar
- 2012 · Metallica: Live at Rock im Park 2012 as Self - Guitar
- 2011 · Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011 as Guitar
- 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
- 2009 · Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009 as Guitars
- 2008 · Metallica: Making Magnetic as
- 2008 · Metallica - Rock AM Ring as Self - Guitar
- 2007 · Metallica - Live Earth as Himself
- 2007 · Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007 as Lead Guitar
- 2006 · Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006 as Guitars
- 2004 · Metallica: Some Kind of Monster as Self
- 2003 · Metallica: MTV Icon as Hmself
- 1999 · Metallica: Making of S&M as Self - Guitars
- 1998 · Metallica: Live Covers as Self - Guitar
- 1995 · Metallica: [1995] Loud But Secret as Self - Guitar
- 1993 · Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile as Guitars
- 1992 · For Those About to Rock - Monsters In Moscow as
- 1989 · Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY as Guitars
- 1989 · MTV Rockumentary as
- 1985 · Metallica: Day on the Green as Guitars
- 1985 · Metallica: Ride The Lightning as Self
- Future · Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021 as
- 1986 · Metallica: Nagoya, Japan as Guitars
- Future · Metallica: Sick Out Of Studio 2007 Oslo as Self
- Future · Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore] as
- 2025 · Metallica: Polar Beach Party as Self
- 2025 · Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96 as Self
- 2025 · Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans as Self
- 2025 · Metallica: On the Air (Music Videos + TV Appearances) as Self
- 2025 · Metallica Saved My Life as Self
- 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 - Global Citizen Festival 2022 as
- 2022 · Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022 as self
- 2022 · Metallica Live Hellfest 2022 as self
- 2022 · Metallica Download Festival Germany as
- 2022 · Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo as
- 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 · Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993 as
- 2021 · Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit as Self
- 2021 · Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992 as
- 2021 · Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes as
- 2021 · Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991 as Self
- 2021 · Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies as
- 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 Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006 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 Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014 as Himself
- 2020 · Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012 as Himself
- 2020 · Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991) as
- 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 · Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019 as
- 2017 · Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017 as guitar
- 2017 · Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017) as
- 2017 · Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago as Self
- 2017 · Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017 as
- 2017 · Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017 as Guitars
- 2016 · Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct as
- 2016 · Metallica: Live from The House of Vans as Guitars
- 2016 · Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos as Guitar
- 2015 · Metallica: [2015] X Games as Self - Guitar
- 2015 · Metallica: Rock in Rio USA 2015 as Self - Guitar
- 2014 · Metallica Live at Blizzcon as Himself
- 2014 · How Metallica Raised Hell in De Westereen as
- 2014 · Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014 as Guitars
- 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
- 2012 · Metallica: Quebec Magnetic as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- 2012 · Metallica: Live in Orion Music Festival as Self - Guitar
- 2012 · Metallica: Rock in Rio as Guitars
- 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
- 2009 · VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments as Self
- 2009 · Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- 2009 · Metallica: Français pour une nuit as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
- 2008 · METALLICA the Complete Story as Himself
- 2008 · Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash as Self
- 2006 · Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 as Lead Guitarist
- 2006 · Metallica: Fan Can 5 as Guitars
- 2003 · Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals as Himself
- 2001 · Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica as Self - Guitar
- 2000 · Metallica: [2000] Baltimore, Maryland as Self - Guitar
- 2000 · Metallica: Live in Baltimore as Self - Guitar
- 1999 · Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – S&M as Self - Guitars
- 1999 · Metallica: Woodstock '99 as Self
- 1998 · Metallica: Cunning Stunts as Self
- 1996 · Metallica: Fan Can 1 as Self
- 1995 · The Music Biz as Self
- 1994 · Metallica: Woodstock '94 as
- 1994 · Metallica: Live in Mountain View, CA - July 22, 1994 as Self - Guitar
- 1993 · Metallican Vid as Himself (Lead Guitar)
- 1993 · Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland as Guitars
- 1993 · Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico as Guitars
- 1992 · Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica as Self
- 1992 · Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992 as Self - Guitar
- 1992 · Metallica - ...And Justice For All as Self
- 1989 · Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989 as Lead Guitar
- Future · Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden as
- 1989 · Metallica: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre as Self
- 1989 · Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989 as Lead Guitar
- 1989 · Metallica: Newark, Delaware as Self
- 1989 · 2 of One as Himself (Lead Guitar)
- 1988 · Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon as Self - Guitars
- 1987 · Metallica: Cliff 'Em All as Himself (Guitarist)
- 1986 · Metallica - Roskilde Festival as Lead Guitar
- 1986 · Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY as Guitars
- 1986 · Metallica: Detroit, Michigan as Guitars
- 1985 · Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival as Lead Guitar
- 1983 · Metallica - Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983 as Lead Guitar
- Future · Metallica at Raadi Airfield Estonia in Tartu as Himself