Kirk Hammett

Actor, Composer, Music Department

Birthdate: Nov 18, 1962

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA

Hammett was born in San Francisco, California on November 18, 1962, to Teofila (Oyao) and Dennis L. Hammett, a merchant seaman. He learned guitar at age 15 and joined Metallica to replace Dave Mustaine in 1982. He has won several Grammys with Metallica and participated in their class action law suit against Napster. His father had Irish, English, Scottish, and German ancestry, and his mother's family is Filipino.

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Movies

Known For

Jungle Cruise

(2021)

Spawn

(1997)

Game Over, Man!

(2018)

Old School

(2003)

Kirk Hammett Movies

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2023 |
Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere
2023 |
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1
2023 |
Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2
2023 |
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstaras Fan
2021 |
Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green
2021 |
The History of Metal and Horror
2020 |
Hypnotizing Power: The Making of Master of Puppets
2019 |
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2017 |
Smokestack Lightning: The Legendary Howlin' Wolf
2017 |
Who the Fuck Is That Guy? The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago
2017 |
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
2017
2h 35m
Documentary, History, Music
7.8
A documentary spanning over 30 years of the California Bay Area's punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of Berkeley's inspiring 924 Gilman Street music collective.
asSelf - Metallica
2015 |
Metallica: Masters of Metal
2013 |
Metallica Through the Never
2013 |
Metallica Through the Never
2011 |
Metallica: Rock in Rio 2011
2010 |
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010 |
The Big 4: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria
2008 |
Metallica: For Whom the Bell Tolls
2008 |
The Metallica Phenomenon
2007 |
Metallica: Master of Puppets
2007 |
Rock Milestones: Metallica - The Halcyon Years
2006 |
Metallica: Kill 'Em All to St. Anger - The Ultimate Critical Review
2004 |
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
1997 |
Metallimania
1992 |
For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow

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2019 |
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony – S&M2
Metallica & San Francisco Symphony – S&M2
2019
2h 30m
Documentary, Music
8.6
Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony perform a live concert together at Chase Center in San Francisco.
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