Portrait of Kirk Hammett

Acting

Kirk Hammett

Career

Active from 1983 to 2026, busiest in 1986 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
35
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score81/100
Highest rated
Poster for Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kirk Hammett Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    3.0, average 5.5
  • Family Dynamics
    2.4, average 4.9
  • Melancholy
    2.4, average 4.7
  • Crime
    1.3, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Heavy Metal 5
  • Metallica 4
  • Concert Film 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Live Performance 3
  • Live Concert 2
  • Musical Performance 2
  • Energetic 2
  • Music 2
  • High Energy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 70
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1 (2026)

as Lead Guitar

Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2 (2026)

as Lead Guitar

Runt
Runt (2024)
GoodWatch score 63

as Runt

Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar (2023)
GoodWatch score 78

as Fan (voice)

Metallica: Wherever We May Roam
Metallica: Wherever We May Roam (2021)

as guitars

Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2) (2021)

as guitars

Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1) (2021)

as guitars

Metallica: Live at Slane Castle
Metallica: Live at Slane Castle (2020)

as lead guitar

Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015
Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 (2020)

as guitars

Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006
Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006 (2020)

as Cast

2010s

14 titles ยท average score 78
Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017
Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017 (2017)

as Guitars

Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017
Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017 (2017)

as guitar

Billions
Billions (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Metallica

Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos (2016)

as Guitar

Metallica: Through the Never
Metallica: Through the Never (2013)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Music Composer, Writer

'Tallica Parking Lot
'Tallica Parking Lot (2013)

as Kirk Hammett (voice)

Metallica: Quebec Magnetic
Metallica: Quebec Magnetic (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

Metallica: Rock in Rio
Metallica: Rock in Rio (2012)

as Guitars

Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011
Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011 (2011)

as Guitar

Metallica: Fan Can 6
Metallica: Fan Can 6 (2010)

as Guitars

The Big Four: Live in Sofia
The Big Four: Live in Sofia (2010)
GoodWatch score 84

as Guitars

Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia
Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia (2010)

as Guitars

2000s

8 titles ยท average score 81
Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City
Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City (2009)
GoodWatch score 82

as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009
Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009 (2009)

as Guitars

Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen
Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen (2009)

as Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007
Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007 (2007)

as Lead Guitar

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006)
GoodWatch score 80

as Lead Guitarist

Metalocalypse
Metalocalypse (2006)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Barkeep (voice) / Smoked Fingers fan (voice)

Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006 (2006)

as Guitars

Metallica: Fan Can 5
Metallica: Fan Can 5 (2006)

as Guitars

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 83
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M (1999)
GoodWatch score 87

Writer

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland
Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland (1993)

as Guitars

Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile
Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile (1993)

as Guitars

Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico
Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico (1993)

as Guitars

Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands
Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands (1992)

as Guitars

1980s

12 titles ยท average score 86
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Marv Albert (voice)

Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989 (1989)
GoodWatch score 87

as Lead Guitar

MTV Rockumentary
MTV Rockumentary (1989)

TV show

Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY
Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY (1989)

as Guitars

Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989
Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989 (1989)

as Lead Guitar

Metallica -  Roskilde Festival
Metallica - Roskilde Festival (1986)

as Lead Guitar

Metallica: Detroit, Michigan
Metallica: Detroit, Michigan (1986)

as Guitars

Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY
Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY (1986)

as Guitars

Metallica: Nagoya, Japan
Metallica: Nagoya, Japan (1986)

as Guitars

Metallica: Day on the Green
Metallica: Day on the Green (1985)

as Guitars

Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival
Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival (1985)

as Lead Guitar

Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983
Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983 (1983)

as Lead Guitar