Kirk Hammett |
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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, ...
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Vermont Street
(writer: "Master of Puppets", "Fade to Black", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)") (pre-production)
2017-2018
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Mac and Me
(2018)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
- Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
(2017)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
2018
Evening Urgant
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Alexander Revva/Mikhail Galustyan/Anastasiya Ivleeva/Apocalyptica
(2018)
... (music: "Enter Sandman")
2018
Granada Reports
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- 14 March 2018: Nightly Bulletin
(2018)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
- 14 March 2018: Evening Bulletin
(2018)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
2016
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jude Law/Sterling K. Brown/Macklemore feat. Ariana DeBoo
(2016)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
2016
The Voice Thailand
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Blind Auditions, Week 3
(2016)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
2016
Pinheads
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Charlie Is Pregnant
(2016)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
2016
Billions
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- The Deal
(2016)
... (writer: "Master of Puppets" - uncredited)
- Short Squeeze
(2016)
... (writer: "Master of Puppets" - uncredited)
2016
American Dad!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Smith
(2016)
... (writer: "Master of Puppets", "All Nightmare Long")
2013-2015
Mike & Mike
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 23 September 2015
(2015)
... (writer: "Master Of Puppets")
- Episode dated 23 September 2013
(2013)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
2014
Brows Held High
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Gerry Redux!
(2014)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
2013
Metallica Through the Never
(writer: "...And Justice for All", "Fuel", "Enter Sandman" - as Hetfield'/Urich/Hammett) / (writer: "Creeping Death", "Master Of Puppets" - as Hetfield'/Urich/Burton/Hammett) / (writer: "Cyanide")
2013
Once Upon a Time
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Lacey
(2013)
... (writer: "The Day That Never Comes")
2012
Mulatschag
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.216
(2012)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
2011
Metal Evolution
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Thrash
(2011)
... (writer: "Master of Puppets", "Enter Sandman", "Cyanide")
2011
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- 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) (writer - 3 episodes)
- 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
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
(Documentary) (writer: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Fade to Black", "The Day That Never Comes")
2011
Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Master of Puppets", "Enter Sandman")
2009
House
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Known Unknowns
(2009)
... (writer: "Fuel" - uncredited)
2009
California's Gold
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Golden Knights
(2009)
... (writer: "Fuel" - uncredited)
2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(TV Special) (music: "Master of Puppets", "Enter Sandman")
2009
Guitar Hero: Metallica
(Video Game) (writer: "All Nightmare Long", "Broken Beat & Scarred", "Creeping Death", "Cyanide", "Disposable Heroes", "Dyers Eve", "Enter Sandman", "Fade To Black", "Frantic", "Fuel", "King Nothing", "Master of Puppets", "My Apocalypse", "The Memory Remains", "The Thing That Should Not Be", "The Unforgiven", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)")
2006
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer
(2006)
... (writer: "Master Of Puppets")
2005
Supernatural
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Phantom Traveler
(2005)
... (writer: "Some Kind of Monster")
2004
I Love the '90s
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- 1991
(2004)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
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)
2000
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Fade To Black", "The Unforgiven", "The Unforgiven II", "Fixxer")
2000
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- From Where to Eternity
(2000)
... (writer: "King Nothing" - as 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")
1996
Top of the Pops
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 30 May 1996
(1996)
... (writer: "Until It Sleeps")
1996
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
(Documentary) (writer: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Orion")
1987
Metallica: Cliff 'Em All!
(Video documentary) (writer: "Creeping Death", "Damage, Inc.", "Master of Puppets", "Fade To Black", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)")
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Other Works:
ReLoad (album, 1997) See more »Alternate Names:
Kirk Lee Hammett | MetallicaHeight:
5' 7¼" (1.71 m)
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I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy. See more »Trivia:
His father had Irish, English, Scottish, and German ancestry. His mother's family is Filipino, of Cebuano, and some Chinese, descent. See more »Trademark:
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