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Kirk Hammett
ActingBORN: 1962-11-18San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
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.
Top Filmography

8.0
The Simpsons
1989 // TV

7.7
Billions
2016 // TV

6.9
Metal Lords
2022 // MOVIE

7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975 // TV

6.8
Metallica: Through the Never
2013 // MOVIE

7.1
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004 // MOVIE

7.6
Metalocalypse
2006 // TV

7.6
Metalocalypse
2006 // TV

7.6
Metalocalypse
2006 // TV

5.4
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 // TV

5.5
The Darwin Awards
2007 // MOVIE

7.5
Lemmy
2010 // MOVIE

8.7
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
2019 // MOVIE

7.8
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994 // TV

8.6
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
1999 // MOVIE