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M.C. Hammer

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Stanley Kirk Burrell
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2013 Britain's Got Talent (TV series)
– Episode #7.2 (2013) (performer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
 
2012 Supernatural (TV series)
– Southern Comfort (2012) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited / performer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
 
2011 Dexter (TV series)
– Those Kinds of Things (2011) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited / performer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
 
2011 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Elton John/Leon Russell (2011) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
2011 Detention (writer: "2 Legit 2 Quit" / performer: "2 Legit 2 Quit")
 
2010 Glee (TV series)
– Bad Reputation (2010) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
 
2010 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (TV series)
– Dancing with the Stars 1 (2010) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
 
2007-2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
– Adults Only 20 to 1: Sex on the Screen (2010) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / performer: "U Can't Touch This")
– Amazing Moments in Music (2007) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / performer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
2009 So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV series)
– Top 8 Perform (2009) (performer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– 2009 Grand Finale (2009) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
– Episode #9.8 (2009) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
 
2009/I The Proposal (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / as Stanley Kirk Burrell / writer: / as MC Hammer / performer: "U Can't Touch This" / as MC Hammer)
 
2009 Chuck (TV series)
– Chuck Versus the Broken Heart (2009) (writer: "Too Legit to Quit" / performer: "Too Legit to Quit")
 
2009 Being Erica (TV series)
– Dr. Tom (2009) (writer: "Can't Touch This" / performer: "Can't Touch This")
 
2008 Tropic Thunder (writer: "U Can't Touch This" 1990 / as MC Hammer / performer: "U Can't Touch This" 1990 / as MC Hammer)
 
2008 Carpoolers (TV series)
– The Handsomest Man (2008) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited / performer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
 
2007 Into the Wild (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / as Kirk Burrell / performer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
2007 Hot Rod (writer: "Too Legit to Quit")
 
2007 License to Wed (writer: "Pray" / as MC Hammer)
 
2006 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (writer: "U Can't Touch This" 1990 / as Kirk Burrell / performer: "U Can't Touch This" 1990 / as MC Hammer)
 
2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (writer: "I Got It from the Town" / as MC Hammer / performer: "I Got It from the Town" / as MC Hammer)
 
2006 The Fear (El Miedo) (performer: "U Can't Touch This" extract / as MC Hammer)
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of David Spade (TV movie) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
2005/I Man of the House (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
2005 Racing Stripes (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / as Kirk Burrell)
 
2004 Shark Tale (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / as Kirk Burrell)
 
2004 White Chicks (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / as Kirk Burrell)
 
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / performer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
2002 The Master of Disguise (performer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
2002 Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / as Kirk Burrell / performer: "U Can't Touch This" / as MC Hammer)
 
2001 Bubble Boy (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / performer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
2001 Kingdom Come (performer: "Help Lord Won't You Come")
 
1992-1997 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– The She-Creature (1997) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
– Attack of the the Eye Creatures (1992) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
– Crash of Moons (1992) (writer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
 
1996 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
1995 The Simpsons (TV series)
– A Star Is Burns (1995) (writer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
1994 Street Fighter (writer: "Straight To My Feet" / as Hammer / performer: "Straight To My Feet" / as Hammer)
 
1994 Monte Video (TV series)
– Der Fluch (1994) (performer: "Addams Groove")
 
1993 The Meteor Man (writer: "TOO LEGIT TO QUIT" / as Hammer / performer: "TOO LEGIT TO QUIT" / as Hammer)
 
1992 Class Act (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / as Hammer / performer: "U Can't Touch This" / as Hammer)
 
1992 Gladiator (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / performer: "U Can't Touch This" / as Hammer)
 
1992 Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV series)
– If This Is Adulthood, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia (1992) (performer: "U Can't Touch This" - uncredited)
 
1991 The Addams Family (performer: "Addams Groove" / "This Is The Way We Roll", "Too Legit To Quit", "Burn It Up", "Addams Groove")
 
1991 The Super (writer: "U Can't Touch This" / as Kirk Burrell / performer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
1991 Hot Shots! (writer: "U CAN'T TOUCH THIS" / performer: "U CAN'T TOUCH THIS")
 
1990-1991 Family Matters (TV series)
– Busted (1991) (performer: "U Can't Touch This")
– Flashpants (1990) (performer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
1991 Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series)
– East Side Story (1991) (writer: "Let's Go Deeper" - uncredited / performer: "Let's Go Deeper" - uncredited)
 
1990 Rocky V (music: "That's What I Said" / lyrics: "That's What I Said" / performer: "That's What I Said")
 
1990 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV series)
– Courting Disaster (1990) (performer: "U Can't Touch This")
 
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (writer: "THIS IS WHAT WE DO" / performer: "THIS IS WHAT WE DO")
 
Show ShowActor (8 titles)
2007 Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Roy Thunder
 
2003 Dance Fever (TV series)
Judge
 
2001 Deadly Rhapsody
Wizard
 
1997 The Right Connections (TV movie)
Kendrick Bragg (as MC Hammer)
 
1996 Reggie's Prayer
Ranger
 
1996 One Tough Bastard
Dexter Kane (as Hammer)
 
1996 Cheyenne
Haddox (as Hammer)
 
1991 Hammerman (TV series)
Stanley Burrell/Hammerman (voice)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2009 Hammertime (TV series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Love Is in the Air (2009) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1991 Hammerman (TV series) (composer: theme song - 1991 / as Hammer)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
Show ShowSelf (92 titles)
2012 Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2013 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2012 American Music Awards 2012 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Unsung (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Con Funk Shun (2012) … Himself
– Sheila E. (2012) … Himself (as Hammer)
 
2011 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself
– Whatever Happend to M.C. Hammer, Bo Derek, and Pam Grier? (2011) … Himself
 
2010 2010 BET Hip Hop Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2010 Glenn Martin DDS (TV series)
Himself
– Step Brother (2010) … Himself (voice)
 
2010 1040: Christianity in the New Asia (documentary)
 
2009 2009 Soul Train Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 The 7PM Project (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.84 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 The Wendy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.11 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Hammertime (TV series)
Himself
– Family Vacation (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 March 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Life on the Road with Mr. and Mrs. Brown (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 A Soldier's Peace (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Ghostride the Whip (video documentary)
Himself (as MC Hammer)
 
2008 Inside Death Row (video)
Himself
 
2008 James Brown: The Man, the Music, & the Message (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Rock the Cradle (TV series)
Himself
 
2007 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991-2006 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 November 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 May 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
2002-2006 Praise the Lord (TV series)
Himself
– Praise the Lord (2006)
– Episode dated 6 February 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 July 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2005 The Tom Joyner Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 25 Strong: The BET Silver Anniversary Special (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 MTV Video Music Awards 2005 (TV special)
Himself - Surprise Performer
 
2005 Letter to the President (video documentary)
Himself - Recording Artist (as MC Hammer)
 
2005 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself - Superbowl XXXIX Visitor
– Episode #12.94 (2005) … Himself - Superbowl XXXIX Visitor (as Hammer)
 
2005 Black in the 80s (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2004 VH1: A Very Classic Thanksgiving (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Hip-Hop Honors (TV special)
Himself
 
2004 And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Back in the Day (2004) … Himself (as Hammer)
 
2004 I Love the '90s (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 1998 (2004) … Himself (as MC Hammer)
– 1999 (2004) … Himself (as MC Hammer)
– 1996 (2004) … Himself (as MC Hammer)
– 1997 (2004) … Himself (as MC Hammer)
– 1994 (2004) … Himself (as MC Hammer)
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2004 ESPN 25: Who's #1? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Most Outrageous Characters (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Rebels of Oakland: The A's, the Raiders, the '70s (TV documentary)
Himself - Exec. VP, Oakland A's 1972-1980 (as MC Hammer)
 
2003 I Married... (TV series)
 
2003 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 April 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 April 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 April 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 April 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 April 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2002-2003 The Surreal Life (TV series)
Himself
– Corey's Wedding (2003) … Himself
– Wedding, Goodbye (2003) … Himself
– Boys Up Against the Girls (2003) … Himself
– Softball/Pre-Wedding Jitters (2003) … Himself
– Brande Needs a Man (2003) … Himself
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2003 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 January 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
1995-2003 Howard Stern (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 January 2003 (2003) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 November 1995 (1995) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 November 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
2002 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Guilty Pleasures (2002) … Himself
 
2001 Street Life (video documentary)
Himself
 
2001 I Love 1990's (TV series documentary)
Himself
– I Love 1990 (2001) … Himself (also archive footage) (as MC Hammer)
 
2000 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
Himself
– 1990 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Deion Sanders (2000) … Himself
– Charlie Finley (2000) … Himself
 
1999 The Chris Rock Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 November 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 After They Were Famous (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1999) … Himself
 
1997-1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Vanilla Ice (1999) … Himself
– M.C. Hammer (1997) … Himself
 
1997 Private Parts
Himself (as Hammer)
 
1996 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Episode #4.139 (1996) … Himself - Musical Guest
 
1996 The 23rd Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 Soul Train's 25th Anniversary (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Martin (TV series)
Himself
– C.R.E.A.M. (1995) … Himself (as Hammer)
 
1995 The 9th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 5 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989-1994 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 May 1994 (1994) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 February 1994 (1994) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 June 1990 (1990) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 June 1989 (1989) … Himself
– Episode #1.69 (1989) … Himself
 
1992-1994 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Himself
– I Hate the Way I Look (1994) … Himself
– Surviving a Break-up (1992) … Himself
 
1994 The Word (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.15 (1994) … Himself (as Hammer)
 
1994 ¡Hola Raffaella! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 March 1994 (1994) … Himself
 
1993 Last Action Hero
Himself (as Hammer)
 
1993 The Ultimate Driving Challenge (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Story of a People (TV mini-series documentary)
Host
 
1992 Out All Night (TV series)
Himself
– Hammer Halloween (1992) … Himself
 
1992 American Bandstand's 40th Anniversary Special (TV movie)
Himself (as Hammer)
 
1992 Hammerin' Home (video)
Himself
 
1992 The Last Laugh: Memories of the Cosby Show (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Japan Gold Disk Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration (TV special)
Himself
 
1990-1992 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 February 1992 (1992) … Himself (as Hammer)
– Episode dated 4 May 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1992 NBA All-Star Stay in School Jam (TV movie)
Himself
 
1992 The 13th Annual American Black Achievement Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1992 The 19th Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1992 Hammer from the Heart (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 The Making of 'The Addams Family' (TV documentary)
Himself (as Hammer)
 
1991 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Host / Musical Guest / Santa / …
– Hammer (1991) … Himself - Host (as Hammer) / Musical Guest (as Hammer) / Various (as Hammer) / …
 
1991 Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Influences: James Brown and M.C. Hammer (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 The Simple Truth: A Concert for Kurdish Refugees (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 Midnight Journal (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 March 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1991 Amen (TV series)
Himself / Reverend Pressure
– Three Men and a Hammer (1991) … Himself/Reverend Pressure
 
1991 The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1991 Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 1991 (1991) … Himself
 
1991 The Best of Robert Townsend & His Partners in Crime (TV movie)
Himself
 
1991 The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Favourite Male Musical Performer
 
1991 The 18th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1990 1990 Billboard Music Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 MTV Video Music Awards 1990 (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
1990 The 17th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1990 Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie (video short)
Himself/Reverend Pressure
 
1989 Showtime at the Apollo (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 September 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Himself
– M.C. Hammer/Hiroshima/James Ingram (1989) … Himself
 
1988 Minasan no okage desu (TV series)
Himself
 
1987 Tocata (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 1987 (1987) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2012 Vanilla Ice Archive (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 How Hip Hop Changed the World (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007-2010 20 to 1 (TV series documentary)
 
2004 I Love the '90s (TV series documentary)
 
2004 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs... Ever (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Hip Hop Babylon 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 MC Hammer: 2 Legit - The Videos (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Monte Video (TV series)
 
1991 Great Performances (TV series)
 

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Alternate Names:

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5' 11½" (1.82 m)
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January 20, 2009 on being present at Barack Obama's Inaguration in Washington DC - It's not a moment for any individual group, but an American moment. And it can only happen with the participation of many ethnicities throughout America saying this is what we want. I understood the progress that has been made as a people. It brought tears to my face. See more »

Trivia:

Friends with the entertainer James Brown. See more »

Trademark:

Electric and intense performance style See more »

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