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.

Filmography

• 2026Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1 — Lead Guitar
• 2026Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2 — Lead Guitar
• On the Roam — Theme Song Performance
• 2024Runt — Runt
• 2023Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar — Fan (voice)
• 2022Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022
• 2022Metallica Download Festival Germany
• 2022Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo
• 2021Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
• 2021Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
• 2021Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies
• 2021Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes
• 2021Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1) — guitars
• 2021Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2) — guitars
• 2021Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021
• 2021Metallica: Wherever We May Roam — guitars
• 2020Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction
• 2020Metallica: Live at Slane Castle — lead guitar
• 2020Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006 — Cast
• 2020Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 — guitars
• 2020Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019 — Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
• 2019Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019
• 2019Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
• 2019Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
• 2017Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)
• 2017Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017
• 2017Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017 — guitar
• 2017Metallica WorldWired North American Tour 2017 — Writer
• 2017Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017
• 2017Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017 — Guitars
• Billions — Metallica
• 2016Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos — Guitar
• 2016Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
• 2016Metallica: The Night Before
• 2014How Metallica Raised Hell in De Westereen
• 2014Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014 — Guitars
• 2013'Tallica Parking Lot — Kirk Hammett (voice)
• 2013Metallica: Through the Never — Self, Writer, Original Music Composer
• 2012Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)
• 2012Metallica: Quebec Magnetic — Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals, Writer
• 2012Metallica: Rock in Rio — Guitars
• 2012Metallica: The Black Album
• 2011Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011 — Guitar
• 2010Metallica: Fan Can 6 — Guitars
• 2010Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia — Guitars
• 2010The Big Four: Live in Sofia — Guitars
• 2009Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen — Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
• 2009Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009 — Guitars
• 2009Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009 — Self - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
• 2009Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City — Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
• 2008Metallica Touring Europe
• 2008Metallica: Making Magnetic
• 2007Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007 — Lead Guitar
• 2007Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets
• 2006Metallica Korea
• 2006Metallica: Fan Can 5 — Guitars
• 2006Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006 — Guitars
• 2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 — Lead Guitarist
• Metalocalypse — Smoked Fingers fan (voice), Queen of Denmark (voice), Barkeep (voice)
• 2000Woodstock '99
• 1999Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M — Self, Writer
• Classic Albums — Self - Guitarist, Metallica
• 1994Metallica: Woodstock '94
• Space Ghost Coast to Coast
• 1993Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico — Guitars
• 1993Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland — Guitars
• 1993Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile — Guitars
• 1992For Those About to Rock - Monsters In Moscow
• 1992Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands — Guitars
• 1991Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock
• 1990Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, Netherlands
• MTV Rockumentary
• 1989Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989 — Lead Guitar
• 1989Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989 — Lead Guitar
• 1989Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY — Guitars
• The Simpsons — Marv Albert (voice)
• 1986Metallica - Roskilde Festival — Lead Guitar
• 1986Metallica: Detroit, Michigan — Guitars
• 1986Metallica: Nagoya, Japan — Guitars
• 1986Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY — Guitars
• 1985Metallica: Day on the Green — Guitars
• 1985Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival — Lead Guitar
• 1983Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983 — Lead Guitar
• Cheesy Home Video
• Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]
• Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden
• Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge

Appearances as themselves (115)

• 2026Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self
• 2025Metallica Saved My Life — Self
• 2025Metallica: On the Air (Music Videos + TV Appearances) — Self
• 2025Metallica: Polar Beach Party — Self
• 2025Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96 — Self
• 2025Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans — Self
• 2024Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction — Self
• 2023Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere — Self
• 2023Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1 — Self
• 2023Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2 — Self
• 2023Metallica: M72 World Tour Live in Amsterdam - Night 2 — Self
• 2022Metal Lords — Self
• 2022Metallica Live Hellfest 2022 — self
• 2022Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert — Self
• 2022Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022 — self
• 20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self
• 2021Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991 — Self
• 2021Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit — Self
• 2021Metallica: Live in Lincoln, Nebraska - September 6, 2018 — Self
• 2021Mick Fleetwood and Friends: Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac — Self
• 2021The History of Metal and Horror — Self
• 2020Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of Puppets — Self
• 2020Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQ — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live at Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York - September 14, 2011 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Bogotá, Colombia - May 2, 1999 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Madrid, Spain - May 31, 2008 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Melbourne, Australia - March 1, 2013 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991) — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012 — Self
• 2020Metallica: Live in Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997 — Self
• 2020MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains — Self
• 2019Live Metallica: Stade de France, Paris - mai 12, 2019 — Self
• 2019Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 — Self
• 2019Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story — Self
• 2018Making Fun: The Story of Funko — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• 2017Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington — Self (archive footage)
• 2017The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film — Self
• 2017Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk — Self
• 2017Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago — Self
• 2016Metallica: Live from The House of Vans — Self - guitars
• 2016Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, Berkeley — Self - Guitars
• 2015Metallica: Freeze 'Em All — Self
• 2015Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 — Self
• 2015Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015 — Self - Guitar
• 2015Metallica: [2015] X Games — Self - Guitar
• 2015Mission to Lars — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Musical Guest
• 2014Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never" — Self
• 2014Lennon or McCartney — Self
• 2014Metallica Live at Blizzcon — Self
• 2014Metallica: Beyond Thunder and Lightning — Self
• 2014Metallica: Masters of Metal — Self
• 2014Metallica: This Monster Lives — Self
• 2013Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in Antarctica — Self - Guitars
• 2012Metallica: Live at Rock im Park 2012 — Self - Guitar
• 2012Metallica: Live in Orion Music Festival — Self - Guitar
• 2012Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012 — Self - Guitar
• 2011Metallica: The 30th Anniversary Event — Self
• The Big 4 — Self
• 2010Lemmy — Self
• 2010Metallica: Live at Sonisphere — Self
• 2010Metallica: Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set) — Self
• 2010Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage — Self
• 2009Metallica: Français pour une nuit — Self - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
• 2009VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments — Self
• 2008Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash — Self
• 2008METALLICA the Complete Story — Self
• 2008Metallica - Rock AM Ring — Self - Guitar
• 2008Metallica: [2008] Rock en France Festival — Self - Guitars
• 2007Metallica - Live Earth — Self
• 2007The Darwin Awards — Self
• 2006Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life — Self
• 2005The Work of Director Anton Corbijn — Self (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")
• 2004Metallica: Some Kind of Monster — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2003Metallica: MTV Icon — Self
• 2003Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals — Self
• 2001Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica — Self - Guitar
• 2000Metallica: Live in Baltimore — Self - Guitar
• 2000Metallica: [2000] Baltimore, Maryland — Self - Guitar
• 1999Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ‎– S&M — Self - Guitars
• 1999Metallica: Making of S&M — Self - Guitars
• 1999Metallica: Woodstock '99 — Self
• 1999Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, Bulgaria — Self
• 1998Metallica: Cunning Stunts — Self
• 1998Metallica: Live Covers — Self - Guitar
• 1998Metallica: Poor East Asian Me - Live at Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea — Self
• 1996Metallica: Fan Can 1 — Self
• 1995Metallica: [1995] Loud But Secret — Self - Guitar
• The Music Biz — Self
• 1994Metallica: Live in Mountain View, CA - July 22, 1994 — Self - Guitar
• 1993Metallican Vid — Self - Lead Guitar
• Later... with Jools Holland — Self
• 1992Metallica - ...And Justice For All — Self
• 1992Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica — Self
• 1992Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992 — Self - Guitar
• 1992Metallica: Live at San Diego — Self
• 19892 of One — Self (Lead Guitar)
• 1989Metallica: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre — Self
• 1989Metallica: Newark, Delaware — Self
• 1988Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon — Self - Guitars
• 1987Metallica: Cliff 'Em All — Self - Guitarist
• 1986Metallica: [1986] Toronto, Canada — Self - Guitar
• 1985Metallica: Ride The Lightning — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• Metallica at Raadi Airfield Estonia in Tartu — Self
• Metallica: Sick Out Of Studio 2007 Oslo — Self
• Metallica: from the off — Self