MC Hammer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 30, 1962 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- Oakland, California, USA
- Credits
- 52
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
Filmography
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
The '91 Falcons
2017Movie
Self
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Beat Shazam
2017TV
Self
The Swingin' A's
2017Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Zoolander 2
2016Movie
M.C. Hammer
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
2014Movie
Self
Uncle Grandpa
2013TV
MC Hammer (voice)
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
2010Movie
Self
Katt Williams: Pimpadelic
2009Movie
Self
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009TV
Hammertime
2009TV
Self
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007Movie
Roy Thunder
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
2005Movie
Self
Infinite Challenge
2005TV
Self
Letter to the President
2005Movie
Self
Black in the 80s
2005TV
Self
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
2003Movie
Self
Dance Fever
2003TV
Self - Judge
The New Tom Green Show
2003TV
Self
The Surreal Life
2003TV
Self
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Rhapsody
2001Movie
Wizard
Street Life
2001Movie
Where Are They Now?
1999TV
Self
The Hip Hop Years
1999TV
Self
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
1998Movie
Self
Behind the Music
1997TV
Self
The Right Connections
1997Movie
Kendrick Bragg
The View
1997TV
Self
Private Parts
1997Movie
M.C. Hammer
The Chris Rock Show
1997TV
Cheyenne
1996Movie
Haddox
Reggie's Prayer
1996Movie
Forest Ranger Baker
One Tough Bastard
1996Movie
Dexter Kane
I Hate the Way I Look
1994Movie
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Last Action Hero
1993Movie
M.C. Hammer
Surviving a Break-Up
1992Movie
Self
Out All Night
1992TV
Self
Martin
1992TV
Hammer
The Making of "The Addams Family"
1991Movie
Self
Hammerman
1991TV
Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (voice)
The Word
1990TV
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie
1990Movie
Self / Reverend Pressure
8:15 from Manchester
1990TV
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
1990Movie
Self
Yo! MTV Raps
1988TV
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984TV
Self
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host & Musical Guest
American Music Awards
1974TV
Self - Musical Guest