MC Hammer
Acting
1962-03-30 · Oakland, California, USA
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).
Filmography
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
2024 · Movie
The '91 Falcons
2017 · Movie
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017 · Movie
Beat Shazam
2017 · Series
The Swingin' A's
2017 · Movie
Zoolander 2
2016 · Movie
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014 · Movie
Uncle Grandpa
2013 · Series
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012 · Movie
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
2010 · Movie
Katt Williams: Pimpadelic
2009 · Movie
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009 · Series
Hammertime
2009 · Series
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007 · Movie
Oaktown's 357: Wild & Loose
2005 · Movie
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005 · Movie
Infinite Challenge
2005 · Series
Letter to the President
2005 · Movie
Black in the 80s
2005 · Series
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
2003 · Movie
Dance Fever
2003 · Series
The New Tom Green Show
2003 · Series
The Surreal Life
2003 · Series
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
2002 · Movie
Rhapsody
2001 · Movie
Street Life
2001 · Movie
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Series
The Hip Hop Years
1999 · Series
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
1998 · Movie
Behind the Music
1997 · Series
The Right Connections
1997 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Private Parts
1997 · Movie
The Chris Rock Show
1997 · Series
Cheyenne
1996 · Movie
Reggie's Prayer
1996 · Movie
One Tough Bastard
1996 · Movie
I Hate the Way I Look
1994 · Movie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Last Action Hero
1993 · Movie
Surviving a Break-Up
1992 · Movie
Out All Night
1992 · Series
Martin
1992 · Series
The Making of "The Addams Family"
1991 · Movie
Hammerman
1991 · Series
The Word
1990 · Series
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie
1990 · Movie
8:15 from Manchester
1990 · Series
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
1990 · Movie
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 · Series
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
American Music Awards
1974 · Series