Kirk Hammett

Actor / Composer / Music Department

Birthdate – November 18, 1962 (62 Years Old)

Birthplace – San Francisco, California, USA

Hammett was born in San Francisco, California on November 18, 1962, to Teofila (Oyao) and Dennis L. Hammett, a merchant seaman. He learned guitar at age 15 and joined Metallica to replace Dave Mustaine in 1982. He has won several Grammys with Metallica and participated in their class action law suit against Napster. His father had Irish, English, Scottish, and German ancestry, and his mother’s family is Filipino.

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Videos

Filmography

Metallica & San Francisco Symphony – S&M2

(2019)

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

Self - Metallica (2017)

Jungle Cruise

Soundtrack("Nothing Else Matters") (2021)