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Kirk Hammett

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Born on November 18, 1962 to a Fillipino mother and merchant seaman father. Learned guitar at age 15. Joined Metallica to replace Dave Mustaine in 1982. Has won several Grammys with Metallica and participated in their class action law suit against Napster. See full bio »

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Kirk Lee Hammett
in San Francisco, California, USA
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2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #20.26 (2011) (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
– Episode #20.21 (2011) (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
 
2010-2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #19.15 (2011) (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
– Episode #19.12 (2011) (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
– Episode #18.51 (2010) (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
 
2011 Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta (TV documentary) (writer: "Master of Puppets", "Enter Sandman")
 
2011 Cry Baby: The Pedal that Rocks the World (video documentary) (writer: "Enter Sandman")
 
2010 Trauma (TV series)
– Tunnel Vision (2010) (writer: "Hero of the Day")
 
2010 Super Bowl XLIV (TV special) (writer: "Cyanide" - uncredited)
 
2010 Casino Jack and the United States of Money (documentary) (writer: "ENTER SANDMAN")
 
2009 House M.D. (TV series)
– Known Unknowns (2009) (writer: "Fuel" - uncredited)
 
2009 WWF Raw (TV series)
– Episode dated 26 October 2009 (2009) (writer: "Fuel")
 
2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Video Game) (writer: "One")
 
2007 Heavy Metal in Baghdad (documentary) (writer: "Fade to Black")
 
2005 Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (documentary) (writer: "Master Of Puppets")
 
2005 The Devil and Daniel Johnston (documentary) (writer: "Master of Puppets")
 
2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (documentary) (writer: "Frantic", "Some Kind of Monster", "Dirty Window", "My World", "Shoot Me Again", "Enter Sandman", "Purify", "Master of Puppets", "The Unnamed Feeling", "Sweet Amber", "All Within My Hands", "Damage, Inc.", "St. Anger", "Invisible Kid" / as Hammett)
 
2003 Old School (writer: "Master Of Puppets")
 
2003 Biker Boyz (writer: "We Did It Again")
 
2001 The Forsaken (writer: "Enter Sandman" / as Kirk L. Hammett)
 
1998 Metallica: Cunning Stunts (video documentary) (writer: "Creeping Death", "Hero of the Day", "King Nothing", "Fuel", "Until It Sleeps", "Fade to Black", "Master of Puppets", "Enter Sandman")
 
1998 Your Friends & Neighbors (writer: "Enter Sandman", "Welcome Home Sanitarium")
 
1997 Spawn (performer: "Satan")
 
1996 Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (documentary) (writer: "Welcome Home Sanitarium, "Orion")
 
1994 ECW Hardcore Heaven 1994 (video) (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
 
1987 Metallica: Cliff 'Em All! (video documentary) (writer: "Creeping Death", "Damage, Inc.", "Master of Puppets", "Fade To Black", "Welcome Home Sanitarium")
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
2006-2010 Metalocalypse (TV series)
Barkeep / Queen of Denmark / Smoked Fingers fan
– Doublebookedklok (2010) (voice)
– Fertilityklok (2010) (voice)
– Dethtroll (2006) … Barkeep (voice)
– Birthdayface (2006) … Queen of Denmark (voice)
– The Curse of Dethklok (2006) … Smoked Fingers fan (voice)
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Whole Lotta Shakin' (video)
 
Show ShowSelf (64 titles)
2013 Metallica Through the Never (post-production)
Himself
 
2011 Smokestack Lightning: The Legendary Howlin' Wolf (documentary) (post-production)
 
2012 Metallica: Quebec Magnetic (video)
Himself
 
2012 Music Nuggets (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 February 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2011-2012 Metal Evolution (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Progressive Metal (2012) … Himself
– Pre-Metal (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Rock in Rio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.3 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 That Metal Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Kirk Hammett/Uli Jon Roth (2011) … Himself - Guest
 
2011 Cry Baby: The Pedal that Rocks the World (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 X-Play (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 November 2010 (2010) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Lemmy (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Metallica: Orgullo pasión y gloria. Tres noches en la ciudad de México. (video)
Himself
 
2009 Metallica - Français pour une nuit (video)
Himself - guitar
 
2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Message of Love (video)
Himself
 
2009 Metallica: In Their Own Words (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Guitar Hero: Metallica (Video Game)
Himself
 
2008 Lars Ulrich - En metalrod vender hjem (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (video)
Himself
 
2006 Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Simpsons (TV series)
Himself
– The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer (2006) … Himself (as Metallica)
 
2006 The Darwin Awards
Himself
 
2005 The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (video documentary)
Himself (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said") (as Metallica)
 
2005 When Metallica Ruled the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 February 2005 (2005) … Himself (uncredited)
 
2004 Rage (TV series)
Himself
– Metallica Guest Program Rage (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 MTV Video Music Awards 2003 (TV special)
Himself - Performer (as Metallica)
 
2003 Slayer: War at the Warfield (video documentary)
Himself (In Special Feature) (DVD)
 
2003 Boogie (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 June 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Metallica: Dark Souls Unauthorized (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals (video documentary)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
2003 Headbangers Ball (TV series)
Himself
– Season Premiere (2003) … Himself
 
2003 MTV Icon: Metallica (TV special documentary)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
2003 End of the Century (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 MTV Backstage Pass: Summer Sanitarium Tailgate Party (TV short)
Himself
 
2001 Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album (video documentary)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
2000 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Member, Metallica
 
2000 S&M Documentary (video short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 FanClub (TV series)
Himself
– Metallica (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Making the Video (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Metallica: I Disappear (2000) … Himself
 
2000 MADtv (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.12 (2000) … Himself (as Metallica)
 
2000 Metallica: S&M (TV special documentary)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
2000 MTV Video Music Awards 2000 (TV special)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
1999 MTV Video Music Awards 1999 (TV special)
Himself - Performer (as Metallica)
 
1999 Woodstock '99 (TV special)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
1998 Metallica: Cunning Stunts (video documentary)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
1998 Metallica: Live Covers (TV movie)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
1998 Metallica TV (TV special)
Himself
 
1998 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Metallica (1998) … Himself
 
1998 Metallica: Reload/Rehearse/Request (TV documentary)
Himself - Guitarist
 
1998 Hero of the Day (video)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
1997 The 24th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
1997 Metallimania (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
– Jacksonville (1996) … Himself
 
1996 In a Metal Mood
Himself
 
1995 Headbangers Ball (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 August 1995 (1995) … Himself (as Metallica)
 
1995 Woodstock '94 (video documentary)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
1993 Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle (video)
Himself
 
1993 Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego (video documentary)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
1992 For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow (documentary)
Himself (as Metallica)
 
1992 A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (video documentary)
Himself - Guitarist
 
1992 MTV Video Music Awards 1992 (TV special)
Himself - Metallica Guitarist
 
1989 Metallica: 2 of One (video)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
1987 Metallica: Cliff 'Em All! (video documentary)
Himself (Guitarist) (as Metallica)
 
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2006 Video on Trial (TV series)
 
1999 SNL: 25 Years of Music (TV movie)
Himself (as Metallica)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

...And Justice for All (album, 1988) See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Interviews  | See more »

Official Sites:

MySpace - Metallica | Official Site - Metallica | See more »

Alternate Names:

Kirk Lee Hammett | Metallica

Height:

5' 7¼" (1.71 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy. See more »

Trivia:

Officially endorsed by ESP Guitars (a Japanese company). He has several signature ESP guitar models (mostly identified by "KH" letters) and he has worked with the company since the late 80s. See more »

Trademark:

Curly hair See more »

Nickname:

The Ripper See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio