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