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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 30, 1962
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also Known As
- Stanley Kirk Burrell
- Hammer
- Hammertime
- King Hammer
- Hammerman
- Kirk Burrell
- K.B.
- M.C. Hammer
MC Hammer
0.2 Popularity
Biography
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).
Known For
8.5
Self (archive footage)
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
2024
9.0
Self
The '91 Falcons
2017
8.5
Self (archive footage)
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017
5.0
Self
Beat Shazam
2017
0.0
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Swingin' A's
2017
4.9
M.C. Hammer
Zoolander 2
2016
8.0
Self
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014
4.6
MC Hammer (voice)
Uncle Grandpa
2013
🎬
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012
🎬
0.0
Self
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
2010
Credits
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
8.5
The '91 Falcons
as Self
2017
9.0
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
as Self (archive footage)
2017
8.5
Beat Shazam
as Self
2017
5.0
The Swingin' A's
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
0.0
Zoolander 2
as M.C. Hammer
2016
4.9
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
as Self
2014
8.0
Uncle Grandpa
as MC Hammer (voice)
2013
4.6
🎬
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)
2012
0.0
🎬
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
as Self
2010
0.0
Katt Williams: Pimpadelic
as Self
2009
6.6
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
6.3
Hammertime
as Self
2009
0.0
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
as Roy Thunder
2007
4.9
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
as Self
2005
0.0
Infinite Challenge
as Self
2005
7.7
Letter to the President
as Self
2005
2.0
Black in the 80s
as Self
2005
0.0
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
as Self
2003
6.0
🎬
Dance Fever
as Self - Judge
2003
0.0
🎬
The New Tom Green Show
as Self
2003
4.5
The Surreal Life
as Self
2003
7.0
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
as Self (archive footage)
2002
0.0
Rhapsody
as Wizard
2001
1.7
🎬
Street Life
2001
2.0
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
7.5
The Hip Hop Years
as Self
1999
7.0
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
as Self
1998
0.0
Behind the Music
as Self
1997
7.2
The Right Connections
as Kendrick Bragg
1997
2.3
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Private Parts
as M.C. Hammer
1997
6.4
The Chris Rock Show
1997
4.2
Cheyenne
as Haddox
1996
4.1
Reggie's Prayer
as Forest Ranger Baker
1996
3.7
One Tough Bastard
as Dexter Kane
1996
5.8
🎬
I Hate The Way I Look
as Self
1994
0.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Last Action Hero
as M.C. Hammer
1993
6.5
🎬
Surviving A Break-Up
as Self
1992
0.0
🎬
Out All Night
as Self
1992
8.5
Martin
as Hammer
1992
7.7
🎬
The Making of "The Addams Family"
as Self
1991
0.0
Hammerman
as Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (voice)
1991
4.2
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie
as Self / Reverend Pressure
1990
6.0
🎬
8:15 from Manchester
1990
5.0
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
as Self
1990
0.0
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
1988
7.5
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
7.7
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975
7.0
American Music Awards
as Self - Musical Guest
1974
8.2