MC Hammer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 30, 1962 (age 64)
- Birthplace
- Oakland, California, USA
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).
Known For
Filmography
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Swingin' A's
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The '91 Falcons
Movie · as Self
Beat Shazam
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Zoolander 2
Movie · as M.C. Hammer
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
Movie · as Self
Uncle Grandpa
TV · as MC Hammer (voice) · 1 ep
Vanilla Ice Archive
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
Movie · as Self
Katt Williams: Pimpadelic
Movie · as Self
Hammertime
TV · as Self · 11 eps
Glenn Martin, DDS
TV · 1 ep
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Movie · as Roy Thunder
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
Movie · as Self
Letter to the President
Movie · as Self
Black in the 80s
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Infinite Challenge
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
Movie · as Self
The Surreal Life
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Dance Fever
TV · as Self - Judge · 7 eps
The New Tom Green Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Rhapsody
Movie · as Wizard
Street Life
Movie
I Love 1990s
TV · 1 ep
Where Are They Now?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Hip Hop Years
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
Movie · as Self
The Right Connections
Movie · as Kendrick Bragg
Private Parts
Movie · as M.C. Hammer
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Behind the Music
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Chris Rock Show
TV · 1 ep
One Tough Bastard
Movie · as Dexter Kane
Cheyenne
Movie · as Haddox
Reggie's Prayer
Movie · as Forest Ranger Baker
I Hate the Way I Look
Movie · as Self
Last Action Hero
Movie · as M.C. Hammer
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Surviving a Break-Up
Movie · as Self
Martin
TV · as Hammer · 1 ep
Out All Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Making of "The Addams Family"
Movie · as Self
Hammerman
TV · as Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (voice) · 13 eps
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
Movie · as Self
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie
Movie · as Self / Reverend Pressure
8:15 from Manchester
TV · 1 ep
The Word
TV · 1 ep
Yo! MTV Raps
TV · as Self · 1 ep
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host & Musical Guest · 1 ep
American Music Awards
TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep