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