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