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Kirk Hammett

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Kirk Hammett

Born Nov 18, 1962 · 63 years199 titles 185 movies · 14 TV
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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.

Also known as

Kirk Lee Hammett · Metallica

Born

Nov 18, 1962

San Francisco, California, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

197

Acting credits

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Directing

4

Writing

2

Other crew

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Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

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Career timeline

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1983 1 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)

1985 3 title(s)

1986 5 title(s)

1987 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1989 8 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 7 title(s)

1993 4 title(s)

1994 3 title(s)

1995 2 title(s)

1996 1 title(s)

1997 1 title(s)

1998 3 title(s)

1999 5 title(s)

2000 3 title(s)

2001 1 title(s)

2003 3 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2005 1 title(s)

2006 6 title(s)

2007 4 title(s)

2008 6 title(s)

2009 6 title(s)

2010 7 title(s)

2011 3 title(s)

2012 7 title(s)

2013 2 title(s)

2014 9 title(s)

2015 5 title(s)

2016 6 title(s)

2017 11 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2019 6 title(s)

2020 21 title(s)

2021 13 title(s)

2022 7 title(s)

2023 5 title(s)

2024 3 title(s)

2025 6 title(s)

Undated 8 title(s)