Acting · Oakland, California, USA · Born March 30, 1962
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, actor, TV personality, entrepreneur, celebrity spokesperson, and ordained preacher. Known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit", and "Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography, and his eponymous Hammer pants. A multi-award winner, Hammer is considered a "forefather" and pioneering innovator of pop rap (incorporating elements of freestyle music), and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status with his album Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em. BET ranked Hammer as the No. 7 "Best Dancer of All Time". Vibe's "The Best Rapper Ever Tournament" declared him the 17th favorite of all-time during the first round. He continues to perform concerts at music venues and appears in television advertisements, along with participating in social media and ministry/outreach functions. Along with a Mattel doll and other merchandise, Hammer starred in a Saturday-morning cartoon called Hammerman in 1991. He became an ordained preacher during the late 1990s and hosted M.C. Hammer and Friends, a Christian ministry program on TBN. Hammer was also a dance judge on Dance Fever in 2003, was the co-creator of the dance website DanceJam.com, and was executive producer of his own reality show titled Hammertime (which aired on the A&E Network during the summer of 2009).
Movie40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The '91 Falcons
2017
as Self
MovieSpringfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017
as Self (archive footage)
TVBeat Shazam
2017
as Self
MovieThe Swingin' A's
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieZoolander 2
2016
as M.C. Hammer
MovieJames Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014
as Self
TVUncle Grandpa
2013
as MC Hammer (voice)
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012
as Self (archive footage)
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
2010
as Self
MovieKatt Williams: Pimpadelic
2009
as Self
TVGlenn Martin, DDS
2009
TVHammertime
2009
as Self
MovieFinishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
as Roy Thunder
MovieLife O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005
as Self
TVInfinite Challenge
2005
as Self
MovieLetter to the President
2005
as Self
TVBlack in the 80s
2005
as Self
MovieRebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
2003
as Self
Dance Fever
2003
as Self - Judge
The New Tom Green Show
2003
as Self
TVThe Surreal Life
2003
as Self
MovieGreatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieRhapsody
2001
as Wizard
MovieStreet Life
2001
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
TVThe Hip Hop Years
1999
as Self
MovieI Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
1998
as Self
TVBehind the Music
1997
as Self
MovieThe Right Connections
1997
as Kendrick Bragg
TVThe View
1997
as Self
MoviePrivate Parts
1997
as M.C. Hammer
TVThe Chris Rock Show
1997
MovieCheyenne
1996
as Haddox
MovieReggie's Prayer
1996
as Forest Ranger Baker
MovieOne Tough Bastard
1996
as Dexter Kane
I Hate the Way I Look
1994
as Self
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieLast Action Hero
1993
as M.C. Hammer
Surviving a Break-Up
1992
as Self
Out All Night
1992
as Self
TVMartin
1992
as Hammer
The Making of "The Addams Family"
1991
as Self
TVHammerman
1991
as Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (voice)
TVThe Word
1990
MoviePlease Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie
1990
as Self / Reverend Pressure
8:15 from Manchester
1990
MovieSlammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
1990
as Self
TVYo! MTV Raps
1988
as Self
TVMTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host & Musical Guest
TVAmerican Music Awards
1974
as Self - Musical Guest
