Kirk Hammett
b. 1962 (age 64)
San Francisco, California, USA
Actor
Composer
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
Filmography
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★ 7.6
The Ballad of Judas Priest
2026 Self
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★ 8.8
Metallica Saved My Life
2025 Self
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★ 6.4
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
2023 Actor
Fan
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★ 7.4
Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere
2023 Self
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★ 8.3
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1
2023 Actor
Metallica
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★ 8.1
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2
2023 Actor
Metallica
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★ 5.9
Parking Lot Payday
2022 Self
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★ 6.6
Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert
2022 Actor
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★ 6.4
The History of Metal and Horror
2021 Self
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★ 8.7
Metallica 40th Anniversary Live
2021 Self
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★ 8.3
Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green
2021 Self
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MasterClass: Metallica Teaches Being a Band
2021 Self
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★ 8.7
Hypnotizing Power: The Making of Master of Puppets
2020 Self
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★ 7.1
Metallica'nin Hikayesi - bir mini-belgesel serisi
2020 Self
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Surfing Rockers
2020 Self
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Gibson TV: Icons
2020 Self
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★ 8.6
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2
2019 Self
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S&M2 - Behind the Scenes Making of the Show
2019 Self
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★ 6.9
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2018 Self
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★ 6.3
Who the Fuck Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago
2017 Self
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★ 7.7
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
2017 Self
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Smokestack Lightning: The Legendary Howlin' Wolf
2017 Actor
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Metallica: Live in Concert
2016 Self
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Metallica: The Early Years
2016 Self
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★ 6.2
Metallica: Masters of Metal
2015 Self
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★ 6.0
Metallica: This Monster Lives
2014 Self
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★ 8.7
Metallica Live at Blizzcon
2014 Self
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★ 7.1
Metallica Through the Never
2013 Self
Writer
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★ 6.2
Metallica: Amped for IMAX
2013 Self
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★ 7.6
Tallica Parking Lot
2013 Actor
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Too Much Horror Business: The Kirk Hammett Collection
2012 Self
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★ 9.5
Metallica: Rock in Rio 2011
2011 Self
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★ 8.4
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010 Self
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★ 8.6
The Big 4: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 Self
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★ 8.4
Metallica: In Their Own Words
2009 Self
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The Metallica Phenomenon
2008 Actor
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Metallica: For Whom the Bell Tolls
2008 Actor
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Lars Ulrich - En metalrod vender hjem
2008 Self
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Rock Milestones: Metallica - The Halcyon Years
2007 Actor
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Metallica: Master of Puppets
2007 Actor
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★ 8.3
Metalocalypse
2006 Actor
Dick
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★ 6.1
Metallica: Kill 'Em All to St. Anger - The Ultimate Critical Review
2006 Self
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★ 7.5
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004 Self
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★ 7.2
MTV Icon: Metallica
2003 Self
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★ 8.7
MTV Backstage Pass: Summer Sanitarium Tailgate Party
2003 Self
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★ 7.1
MTV Icon: Aerosmith
2002 Self
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★ 8.8
Metallica: S&M
2000 Self
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★ 7.5
100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock
2000 Self
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MTV: All Access Weekend-Summer Sanitarium Tour
2000 Self
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MTV's Ultimate Cover Band Battle
2000 Self
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★ 7.4
Metallica: Reload/Rehearse/Request
1998 Self
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★ 7.9
Metallica: Live Covers
1998 Self
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★ 6.9
Metallica TV
1998 Self
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★ 6.8
Metallimania
1997 Self
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It Came from the 80's Heavy Metal
1997 Self
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★ 8.9
For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow
1992 Self
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MTV Headbangers Ball - Decade of Metal Marathon
1990 Self