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Name
James Hetfield

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1963-08-03 (63 years old)

Place of Birth
Downey, California, USA

Biography

James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering an advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won nine Grammy Awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 24 singles.

In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at no. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and no. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed Hetfield as the 87th greatest guitarist of all time.

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2007 Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007 as Singer,Guitar
1993 Metallican Vid as Self - Rhythm/Lead Vocal
2004 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster as Self
1999 Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M as Self
2009 Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2021 Metallica: Wherever We May Roam as vocals, guitars
2021 Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes
2021 Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies
2021 Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991 as Self
2021 Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
2021 Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
2021 Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit as Self
2024 The Thicket as Simon Deasy
2023 Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere as Self
2017 Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017
2009 Metallica: Français pour une nuit as Self - Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2017 Cum On Feel The Noize as Self
1998 Metallica: Cunning Stunts as Self
1992 Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego 1992 as Self - Guitar, Vocals
2010 The Big Four: Live in Sofia as Guitars
1992 Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica as Self
1987 Metallica: Cliff 'Em All as Self - Guitarist / Vocalist
2008 METALLICA the Complete Story as Self
2021 Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2) as vocals, guitars
2021 Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1) as vocals, guitars
2003 Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals as Self
1972 Deep Purple: Made In Japan as Self
2010 Metallica: Fan Can 6 as Vocals, Guitars
2006 Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 as Vocalist, Guitarrist
Soon Metallica: Sick Out Of Studio 2007 Oslo as Self
2008 Metallica Touring Europe
2010 Lemmy as Self
2011 Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011 as Vocal, Guitar
2022 Ennio as Self
2012 Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)
2011 Metallica: The 30th Anniversary Event as Self
2003 Metallica: MTV Icon as Self
2008 Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash as Self
2008 Metallica: Making Magnetic
2011 Absent as Self
2012 Metallica: Quebec Magnetic as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
1990 Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, Netherlands
2023 Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 1 as Self
2023 Metallica: M72 World Tour Live from Texas - Night 2 as Self
Soon Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden
2023 Metallica: M72 World Tour Live in Amsterdam - Night 2 as Self
2013 Metallica: Through the Never as Self
2016 Orchestrating An Upset: The 1996 World Cup of Hockey as Self / Narrator
2007 Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets
2007 Metallica: Up Close and Personal as Self
2013 Metallica: Freeze 'Em All - Live in Antarctica as Self - Vocals, Guitars
2012 Metallica: Live in Orion Music Festival as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2022 Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo
2019 Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story as Self
2013 Surfing Your Dreams
2014 Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never" as Self
2014 Metallica: Beyond Thunder and Lightning as Self
2014 Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014 as Vocals, Guitars
2022 Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022 as self
2005 Hard Rock Treasures as Self
2022 Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022
2022 Metallica Live Hellfest 2022 as Self
2022 Metallica Download Festival Germany
2014 Metallica: Masters of Metal as Self
2022 Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert as Self
2014 'Tallica Parking Lot as Self (voice)
2014 Metallica Live at Blizzcon as Self
2016 Metallica: The Night Before
Soon Metal Massacre: The Story of the Legendary Album as Self - Metallica
2012 Metallica: Rock in Rio as Vox, Guitars
1993 Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile as Vox, Guitars
1992 Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands as Vox, Guitars
2006 Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006 as Vocals, Guitars
1993 Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland as Vox, Guitars
1985 Metallica: Day on the Green as Vox, Guitars
1989 Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY as Vox, Guitars
1983 Metallica - Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983 as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
1983 Metallica: [1983] Kiss the Stone as Vox, Guitars
1995 Metallica: [1995] Loud But Secret as Self - Guitar, Vocals
1998 Metallica: Live Covers as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2008 Metallica: [2008] Rock en France Festival as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
1999 Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, Bulgaria as Self
1993 Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico as Vox, Guitars
2000 Metallica: [2000] Baltimore, Maryland as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2015 Metallica: [2015] X Games as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2016 Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, Berkeley as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Soon Metallica: from the off as Self
1986 Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY as Vox, Guitars
1986 Metallica: Detroit, Michigan as Vox, Guitars
2012 Anton Corbijn Inside Out as Self
1989 Metallica: Newark, Delaware as Self
1989 Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989 as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2016 Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos as Voice & Rithm Guitar
2017 Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly as Narrator
1988 Metallica - Live at Hammersmith Odeon as Self - Vocals, Guitars
2014 Metallica: This Monster Lives as Self
2015 Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015 as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2016 Metallica: Live from The House of Vans as Self - vocals, guitars
1992 The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert as Self
2017 Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017 as Vocals, Guitars
2006 Metallica: Fan Can 5 as Vocals, Guitars
2008 Metallica - Rock AM Ring as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2005 The Work of Director Anton Corbijn as Self (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")
2001 Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2019 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile as Officer Bob Hayward
1999 Metallica: Woodstock '99 as Self
2017 Who the Fuck Is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago as Self
1999 Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ‎– S&M as Self - Guitar, Vocals
2007 Metallica - Live Earth as Self
2016 Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
2018 Sad Hill Unearthed as Self - Musician
2012 Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012 as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2009 Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009 as Vocals, Guitars
2006 Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life as Self
2019 Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019
2019 Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 as Self
2014 Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II as Self
1989 Metallica: Live at Shoreline Amphitheatre as Self
2017 Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington as Self (archive footage)
Soon Metallica at Raadi Airfield Estonia in Tartu as Self
2010 Metallica: Live at Sonisphere as Self
2020 Metallica: Live at Slane Castle as lead vocals, guitar
2017 Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017
2019 Live Metallica: Stade de France, Paris - mai 12, 2019 as Self
2017 Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)
Soon Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]
2015 Mission to Lars as Self
2009 Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009 as Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
2020 Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 as vocals
2017 Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017 as vocals
2015 Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 as Self
2012 Metallica: Live at Rock im Park 2012 as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2020 Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991) as Self
2020 Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012 as Self
2020 Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983 as Self
1985 Metallica: Ride The Lightning as Self
1985 Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2020 Metallica: Live in Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997 as Self
2020 Metallica: Live in Melbourne, Australia - March 1, 2013 as Self
2020 Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019 as Self - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
2020 Metallica: Live in Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014 as Self
1992 Metallica: Live at San Diego as Self
1994 Metallica: Live in Mountain View, CA - July 22, 1994 as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
1986 Metallica - Roskilde Festival as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
1986 Metallica: Nagoya, Japan as Vox, Guitars
2012 Metallica: The Black Album
1994 Metallica: Woodstock '94
2020 Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007 as Self
2010 Metallica: Master of Puppets (Deluxe Box Set) as Self
1992 Metallica - ...And Justice For All as Self
2020 Metallica: Live in Bogotá, Colombia - May 2, 1999 as Self
2020 Metallica: Live in Madrid, Spain - May 31, 2008 as Self
2020 Metallica: Live in Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017 as Self
2020 Metallica: Live at Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York - September 14, 2011 as Self
2020 Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004 as Self
2020 Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000 as Self
2020 Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006 as Cast
2020 Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQ as Self
2020 Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction
2020 Flying V as Self
1999 Metallica: Making of S&M as Self - Guitar, Vocals
2019 Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
1989 Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989 as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2019 Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
2021 Metallica: Live in Lincoln, Nebraska - September 6, 2018 as Self
2020 Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away as Self
1989 2 of One as Self (Rhythm Guitar/Lead Vocal)
2020 Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of Puppets as Self
1996 Metallica: Fan Can 1 as Self
2009 Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
1991 Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock
2015 Randy Johnson: The Big Picture
2024 Metallica: Helping Hands Concert & Auction as Self
2020 MoPOP Founders Award 2020 Honoring Alice in Chains as Self
1986 Metallica: [1986] Toronto, Canada as Self - Vocals, Guitar
2010 Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia as Vocals, guitars
2007 The Darwin Awards as Self
2025 Metallica Saved My Life as Self
Soon Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021
2025 Metallica: Studio Shit + U.K. Shenanigans as Self
2025 Metallica: Polar Beach Party as Self
2025 Metallica: Poor Swedish Me '96 as Self
2025 Metallica: On the Air (Music Videos + TV Appearances) as Self
2025 Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow as Self
2000 Metallica: Live in Baltimore as Self - Vocals/Guitar
1992 For Those About to Rock - Monsters In Moscow
2025 Ozzy: No Escape from Now as Self
2025 Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer as Self
2000 Woodstock '99
Soon Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge
2006 Metallica Korea
2003 Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Vol. 5 as Self
1998 Metallica: Poor East Asian Me - Live at Olympic Gymnastics Arena, Seoul, South Korea as Self

1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as William Rieflin (voice)
2006 Metalocalypse ( 1 episode ) as Fan #1 (voice)
2005 De Wereld Draait Door ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 The Hunt ( 8 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
1997 Classic Albums ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guitarist, Vocalist, Metallica
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
2016 Skylanders Academy ( 38 episodes ) as Wolfgang (voice)
1992 Later... with Jools Holland ( 1 episode ) as Self
2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Self
2006 Metalocalypse ( 1 episode ) as Sniper (voice)
2006 Metalocalypse ( 1 episode ) as Troll (voice)
2006 Metalocalypse ( 1 episode ) as Lorkey (voice)
1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2016 Billions ( 1 episode ) as Metallica
1994 Space Ghost Coast to Coast ( 1 episode )
2020 History 101 ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as James Hetfield (voice)
2011 The Big 4 ( 4 episodes ) as Self
Soon Live Earth: A Concert for a Climate in Crisis ( 12 episodes ) as Self
2007 Seven Ages of Rock ( 7 episodes ) as Self
1989 MTV Rockumentary ( 1 episode )
2022 Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head ( 1 episode ) as James Hetfield (voice)
1989 Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira ( 1 episode ) as Himself - Metalica
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest

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