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Kirk Hammett

Acting • 1962-11-18 • 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

Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989

Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989

1993

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

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

2009

Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock

Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock

1991

Metallica: Quebec Magnetic

Metallica: Quebec Magnetic

2012

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004

2006

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar

2023

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Filmography

2026
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final BowFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2026
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2Film
Lead Guitar
2026
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1Film
Lead Guitar
2025
Metallica: Polar Beach PartyFilm
Self
2025
Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96Film
Self
2025
Metallica: On the Air (Music Videos + TV Appearances)Film
Self
2025
Metallica Saved My LifeFilm
Self
2025
Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. ShenanigansFilm
Self
2024
RuntFilm
Runt
★ 6.2
2024
Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & AuctionFilm
Self
★ 5.5
2023
Metalocalypse: Army of the DoomstarFilm
Fan (voice)
★ 6.6
2023
Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global PremiereFilm
Self
★ 7.3
2023
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1Film
Self
★ 8.5
2023
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2Film
Self
★ 9.0
2023
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live in Amsterdam - Night 2Film
Self
2022
Metal LordsFilm
Self
★ 6.8
2022
Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands ConcertFilm
Self
★ 4.8
2022
Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022Film
★ 8.0
2022
Metallica: Campo Argentino de PoloFilm
2022
Metallica Live Hellfest 2022Film
self
2022
Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022Film
self
2022
Metallica Download Festival GermanyFilm
2021
Mick Fleetwood and Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood MacFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2021
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)Film
guitars
★ 7.0
2021
The History of Metal and HorrorFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2021
Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus ShitFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2021
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)Film
guitars
★ 8.0
2021
Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica OuttakesFilm
★ 8.0
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyFilm
Self
★ 4.0
2021
Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home MoviesFilm
★ 6.0
2021
Metallica: Wherever We May RoamFilm
guitars
★ 6.0
2021
Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992Film
★ 6.0
2021
Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993Film
★ 6.0
2021
Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows (Night 1&2) - Live at Chase CenterFilm
2021
Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991Film
Self
2021
Metallica: Live in Lincoln, Nebraska - September 6, 2018Film
Self
2021
Metallica - Metallica (Deluxe Box Set DVDs)Film
Self
2020
Metallica: Live at Slane CastleFilm
lead guitar
★ 10.0
2020
Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & AuctionFilm
★ 8.3
2020
MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in ChainsFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2020
Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019Film
Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
★ 10.0
2020
Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983Film
Self
★ 10.0
2020
Metallica: Live in Melbourne, Australia - March 1, 2013Film
Self
★ 7.0
2020
Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007Film
Self
2020
Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991)Film
Self
2020
Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQFilm
Self
2020
Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of PuppetsFilm
Self
2020
Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006Film
Cast
2020
Metallica: Live in Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997Film
Self
2020
Metallica: Live in Bogotá, Colombia - May 2, 1999Film
Self
2020
Metallica: Live in Madrid, Spain - May 31, 2008Film
Self
2020
Metallica: Live at Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York - September 14, 2011Film
Self
2020
Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015Film
guitars
2020
Metallica: Live in Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014Film
Self
2020
Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000Film
Self
2020
Metallica: Live in Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017Film
Self
2020
Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004Film
Self
2020
Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012Film
Self
2019
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2Film
Self
★ 8.7
2019
Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal StoryFilm
Self
★ 7.3
2019
Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019Film
★ 8.5
2019
Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019Film
★ 8.0
2019
Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019Film
★ 10.0
2019
Live Metallica: Stade de France, Paris - mai 12, 2019Film
Self
2018
Making Fun: The Story of FunkoFilm
Self
★ 6.5
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The SeriesTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
2017
Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester BenningtonFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 9.6
2017
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay PunkFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2017
Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael AlagoFilm
Self
★ 5.4
2017
Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)Film
★ 8.0
2017
Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017Film
Guitars
★ 8.0
2017
Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017Film
★ 10.0
2017
Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017Film
2017
The New York Hardcore Chronicles FilmFilm
Self
2017
Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017Film
guitar
2016
BillionsTV
Metallica • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
2016
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct VideosFilm
Guitar
★ 10.0
2016
Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-DestructFilm
★ 10.0
2016
Metallica: Live from The House of VansFilm
Self - guitars
★ 10.0
2016
Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, BerkeleyFilm
Self - Guitars
★ 10.0
2016
Metallica: The Night BeforeFilm
★ 10.0
2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
Self - Musical Guest • 1 episodes
★ 6.1
2015
Mission to LarsFilm
Self
★ 5.7
2015
Metallica: [2015] X GamesFilm
Self - Guitar
★ 10.0
2015
Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015Film
Self - Guitar
★ 7.5
2015
Metallica: Freeze 'Em AllFilm
Self
2015
Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015Film
Self
2014
Lennon or McCartneyFilm
Self
★ 5.3
2014
Metallica: This Monster LivesFilm
Self
★ 5.8
2014
Metallica: Masters of MetalFilm
Self
★ 7.2
2014
Metallica Live at BlizzconFilm
Self
★ 8.5
2014
Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never"Film
Self
★ 10.0
2014
Metallica: Beyond Thunder and LightningFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2014
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014Film
Guitars
2014
How Metallica Raised Hell in De WestereenFilm
2013
Metallica: Through the NeverFilm
Self
★ 6.8
2013
'Tallica Parking LotFilm
Kirk Hammett (voice)
★ 6.4
2013
Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in AntarcticaFilm
Self - Guitars
★ 7.5
2012
Metallica: Quebec MagneticFilm
Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
★ 8.1
2012
Metallica: The Black AlbumFilm
★ 7.9
2012
Metallica: Rock in RioFilm
Guitars
★ 8.5
2012
Metallica: Live in Orion Music FestivalFilm
Self - Guitar
★ 8.2
2012
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012Film
Self - Guitar
★ 10.0
2012
Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)Film
★ 10.0
2012
Metallica: Live at Rock im Park 2012Film
Self - Guitar
2011
Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011Film
Guitar
★ 7.1
2011
Metallica: The 30th Anniversary EventFilm
Self
★ 6.1
2011
The Big 4TV
Self • 4 episodes
2010
LemmyFilm
Self
★ 7.6
2010
Rush: Beyond the Lighted StageFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2010
The Big Four: Live in SofiaFilm
Guitars
★ 8.3
2010
Metallica: Fan Can 6Film
Guitars
★ 6.9
2010
Metallica: Live at SonisphereFilm
Self
★ 8.5
2010
Metallica: Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set)Film
Self
★ 6.0
2010
Metallica: The Big 4 Live in SofiaFilm
Guitars
2009
Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico CityFilm
Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
★ 7.9
2009
Metallica: Français pour une nuitFilm
Self - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
★ 8.0
2009
Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009Film
Guitars
★ 8.5
2009
Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009Film
Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
★ 10.0
2009
Number One!TV
Self • 1 episodes
2009
VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music MomentsFilm
Self
2009
Metallica: Fan Can Six CopenhagenFilm
Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
2008
Metallica: Making MagneticFilm
★ 9.0
2008
Metallica - Rock AM RingFilm
Self - Guitar
★ 10.0
2008
Metallica Touring EuropeFilm
★ 10.0
2008
Metallica: [2008] Rock en France FestivalFilm
Self - Guitars
★ 10.0
2008
Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of ThrashFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2008
METALLICA the Complete StoryFilm
Self
2007
The Darwin AwardsFilm
Self
★ 5.5
2007
Metallica - Live EarthFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2007
Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007Film
Lead Guitar
★ 2.0
2007
Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of PuppetsFilm
2006
MetalocalypseTV
Smoked Fingers fan (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2006
MetalocalypseTV
Queen of Denmark (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2006
MetalocalypseTV
Barkeep (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.6
2006
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Film
Lead Guitarist
★ 7.7
2006
Heavy Metal: Louder Than LifeFilm
Self
★ 6.8
2006
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006Film
Guitars
★ 10.0
2006
Metallica: Fan Can 5Film
Guitars
★ 10.0
2006
Metallica KoreaFilm
2005
The Work of Director Anton CorbijnFilm
Self (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")
★ 7.8
2004
Metallica: Some Kind of MonsterFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2003
Metallica: MTV IconFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2003
Metallica: St. Anger RehearsalsFilm
Self
★ 9.5
2001
Classic Albums: Metallica - MetallicaFilm
Self - Guitar
★ 6.3
2000
Woodstock '99Film
★ 5.5
2000
Metallica: [2000] Baltimore, MarylandFilm
Self - Guitar
2000
Metallica: Live in BaltimoreFilm
Self - Guitar
1999
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&MFilm
Self
★ 8.7
1999
1999 Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ‎– S&MFilm
Self - Guitars
★ 7.0
1999
Metallica: Woodstock '99Film
Self
1999
Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, BulgariaFilm
Self
1999
Metallica: Making of S&MFilm
Self - Guitars
1998
Metallica: Cunning StuntsFilm
Self
★ 7.8
1998
Metallica: Live CoversFilm
Self - Guitar
★ 10.0
1998
Metallica: Poor East Asian Me - Live at Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South KoreaFilm
Self
1997
Classic AlbumsTV
Self - Guitarist, Metallica • 1 episodes
★ 7.7
1996
Metallica: Fan Can 1Film
Self
1995
The Music BizTV
Self • 1 episodes
1995
Metallica: [1995] Loud But SecretFilm
Self - Guitar
1994
Space Ghost Coast to CoastTV
★ 7.9
1994
Metallica: Woodstock '94Film
1994
Metallica: Live in Mountain View, CA - July 22, 1994Film
Self - Guitar
1993
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989Film
Lead Guitar
★ 8.6
1993
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992Film
Self - Guitar
★ 8.6
1993
Metallica: [1993] Basel, SwitzerlandFilm
Guitars
1993
Metallican VidFilm
Self - Lead Guitar
1993
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & PurgeFilm
1993
Metallica: [1993] Santiago, ChileFilm
Guitars
1993
Metallica: Mexico City, MexicoFilm
Guitars
1992
Later... with Jools HollandTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.9
1992
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of MetallicaFilm
Self
★ 7.8
1992
For Those About to Rock - Monsters In MoscowFilm
★ 8.2
1992
Metallica - ...And Justice For AllFilm
Self
★ 10.0
1992
Metallica: Live at San DiegoFilm
Self
★ 9.0
1992
Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, NetherlandsFilm
Guitars
1991
Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of RockFilm
★ 7.7
1990
Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, NetherlandsFilm
1989
The SimpsonsTV
Marv Albert (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1989
MTV RockumentaryTV
★ 7.0
1989
Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NYFilm
Guitars
1989
Metallica: Live at Shoreline AmphitheatreFilm
Self
1989
Metallica: Newark, DelawareFilm
Self
1989
2 of OneFilm
Self (Lead Guitar)
1989
Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989Film
Lead Guitar
1988
Metallica - Live at Hammersmith OdeonFilm
Self - Guitars
1987
Metallica: Cliff 'Em AllFilm
Self - Guitarist
★ 7.7
1986
Metallica: [1986] Toronto, CanadaFilm
Self - Guitar
1986
Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NYFilm
Guitars
1986
Metallica: Nagoya, JapanFilm
Guitars
1986
Metallica: Detroit, MichiganFilm
Guitars
1986
Metallica - Roskilde FestivalFilm
Lead Guitar
1985
Metallica: Ride The LightningFilm
Self
★ 10.0
1985
Metallica: Day on the GreenFilm
Guitars
1985
Metallica: Metal Hammer FestivalFilm
Lead Guitar
1984
MTV Video Music AwardsTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.8
1983
Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983Film
Lead Guitar
★ 8.5