Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 30, 1962
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Credits
53 titles
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).
Known For
Filmography
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
The '91 Falcons
Self
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
Self (archive footage)
Beat Shazam
Self
The Swingin' A's
Self - Narrator (voice)
Zoolander 2
M.C. Hammer
James Brown - The Man, The Music & The Message
Self
Uncle Grandpa
MC Hammer (voice)
Vanilla Ice Archive
Self (archive footage)
1040: Christianity in the New Asia
Self
Katt Williams: Pimpadelic
Self
Glenn Martin, DDS
Hammertime
Self
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Roy Thunder
Oaktown's 357: Wild & Loose
Writer
Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
Self
Infinite Challenge
Self
Letter to the President
Self
Black in the 80s
Self
Rebels of Oakland: The A's, The Raiders, The '70s
Self
Dance Fever
Self - Judge
The New Tom Green Show
Self
The Surreal Life
Self
Greatest Hits of the 70's & 80's
Self (archive footage)
Rhapsody
Wizard
Street Life
Where Are They Now?
Self
The Hip Hop Years
Self
I Am a Man: Black Masculinity in America
Self
Behind the Music
Self
The Right Connections
Kendrick Bragg
The View
Self
Private Parts
M.C. Hammer
The Chris Rock Show
Cheyenne
Haddox
Reggie's Prayer
Forest Ranger Baker
One Tough Bastard
Dexter Kane
I Hate the Way I Look
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Last Action Hero
M.C. Hammer
Surviving a Break-Up
Self
Out All Night
Self
Martin
Hammer
The Making of "The Addams Family"
Self
Hammerman
Hammerman/Stanley Burrell (voice)
The Word
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie
Self / Reverend Pressure
8:15 from Manchester
Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1
Self
Yo! MTV Raps
Self