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MC Hammer

Born · March 30, 1962 (63 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA

Bio

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

Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero

Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Private Parts

Private Parts

40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC

Self (archive footage)

2024

The '91 Falcons

Self

2017

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

Self (archive footage)

2017

Beat Shazam

Self · (1 episode)

2017

The Swingin' A's

Self - Narrator (voice)

2017

Zoolander 2

M.C. Hammer

2016

James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message

Self

2014

Uncle Grandpa

MC Hammer (voice) · (1 episode)

2013

Vanilla Ice Archive

Self (archive footage)

2012

1040: Christianity in the New Asia

Self

2010

Katt Williams: Pimpadelic

Self

2009

Glenn Martin, DDS

(1 episode)

2009

Hammertime

Self · (11 episodes)

2009

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

Roy Thunder

2007

Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation

Self

2005

Infinite Challenge

Self · (2 episodes)

2005

Letter to the President

Self

2005

Black in the 80s

Self · (3 episodes)

2005

Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s

Self

2003

The New Tom Green Show

Self · (1 episode)

2003

The Surreal Life

Self · (8 episodes)

2003

Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's

Self (archive footage)

2002

Rhapsody

Wizard

2001

Street Life

2001

Where Are They Now?

Self · (1 episode)

1999

The Hip Hop Years

Self · (1 episode)

1999

I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America

Self

1998

Behind the Music

Self · (1 episode)

1997

The Right Connections

Kendrick Bragg

1997

The View

Self · (1 episode)

1997

Private Parts

M.C. Hammer

1997

The Chris Rock Show

(1 episode)

1997

Cheyenne

Haddox

1996

Reggie's Prayer

Forest Ranger Baker

1996

One Man's Justice

Dexter Kane

1996

I Hate The Way I Look

Self

1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

1993

Last Action Hero

M.C. Hammer

1993

Surviving A Break-Up

Self

1992

Out All Night

Self · (1 episode)

1992

Martin

(1 episode)

1992

The Making of "The Addams Family"

Self

1991

Hammerman

Hammerman/Stanley Burrell · (13 episodes)

1991

Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie

Self / Reverend Pressure

1990

8:15 from Manchester

(1 episode)

1990

Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1

Self

1990

Dance Fever

Self · (1 episode)

Yo! MTV Raps

Self · (1 episode)

1988

MTV Video Music Awards

Self · (2 episodes)

1984

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host & Musical Guest · (1 episode)

1975

American Music Awards

Self - Musical Guest · (1 episode)

1974