MC Hammer
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).
Movies 28
Last Action Hero
as M.C. Hammer
1993
Zoolander 2
as M.C. Hammer
2016
Private Parts
as M.C. Hammer
1997
One Tough Bastard
as Dexter Kane
1996
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The Making of "The Addams Family"
as Self
1991
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
as Roy Thunder
2007
Cheyenne
as Haddox
1996
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
as Self
2005
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
as Self
2014
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
as Self
1990
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)
2012
The Right Connections
as Kendrick Bragg
1997
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
as Self
2003
Letter to the President
as Self
2005
Surviving a Break-Up
as Self
1992
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
as Self
1998
The Swingin' A's
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Reggie's Prayer
as Forest Ranger Baker
1996
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie
as Self / Reverend Pressure
1990
The '91 Falcons
as Self
2017
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2024
I Hate the Way I Look
as Self
1994
Rhapsody
as Wizard
2001
Street Life
2001
Katt Williams: Pimpadelic
as Self
2009
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
as Self
2010TV Shows 25
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host & Musical Guest
1975
Infinite Challenge
as Self
2005
The View
as Self
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Uncle Grandpa
as MC Hammer (voice)
2013
Martin
as Hammer
1992
Behind the Music
as Self
1997
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
American Music Awards
as Self - Musical Guest
1974
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
1988
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
The Chris Rock Show
1997
The Word
1990
Beat Shazam
as Self
2017
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
The Surreal Life
as Self
2003
The New Tom Green Show
as Self
2003
Out All Night
as Self
1992
The Hip Hop Years
as Self
1999
8:15 from Manchester
1990
Hammerman
as Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (voice)
1991
I Love 1990s
2001
Black in the 80s
as Self
2005
Hammertime
as Self
2009
Dance Fever
as Self - Judge
2003