James Hetfield
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 3, 1963 (61 years old)
Place of Birth: Downey, California, USA
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. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
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Actor vocals, guitars
Metallica - Wherever We May Roam
Actor
Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes
Actor
Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies
Actor Self
Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark - August 10th, 1991
Actor
Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
Actor
Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
Actor Self
Metallica - Live at Gentofte Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark August 10, 1991 + Bonus Shit
Actor vocals, guitars
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)
Actor vocals, guitars
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)
Actor Self
Metallica: Black Album Deluxe Box Set
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Lincoln, Nebraska - September 6, 2018
2020
Actor lead vocals, guitar
Metallica: Live at Slane Castle
Actor vocals
Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015
Actor
Metallica: Live in Muskegon, Michigan (November 1, 1991)
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Nickelsdorf, Austria - June 10, 2012
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Chicago, Illinois - August 12, 1983
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Salt Lake City, Utah - January 2, 1997
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Melbourne, Australia - March 1, 2013
Actor Himself - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Metallica: WorldWired Tour - Live in Manchester, England - June 18, 2019
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Lima, Peru - March 20, 2014
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Lisbon, Portugal - June 28, 2007
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Bogotá, Colombia - May 2, 1999
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Madrid, Spain - May 31, 2008
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live at Yankee Stadium - Bronx, New York - September 14, 2011
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - June 13, 2004
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Dallas, Texas - August 3, 2000
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006
Actor Himself
Metallica Helping Hands Concert & Auction: Live & Acoustic From HQ
Actor
Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction
Actor Self
Flying V
Actor Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989
Actor Self
Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
Actor Self
Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of Puppets
2019
Actor Self
Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story
Actor Officer Bob Hayward
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Actor
Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019
Actor Himself
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
Actor James Hetfield
Live Metallica: Stade de France, Paris - mai 12, 2019
Actor
Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
Actor
Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
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Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
2018
2017
Actor
Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017
Actor Self
Cum On Feel The Noize
Actor Narrator
Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
Actor Vocals, Guitars
Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017
Actor Self
Who the Fuck is That Guy?: The Fabulous Journey of Michael Alago
Actor Self (archive footage)
Linkin Park and Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington
Actor
Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017
Actor
Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)
Actor vocals
Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017
Writer
Metallica WorldWired North American Tour 2017
2016
Actor Himself, Narrator
Orchestrating An Upset: The 1996 World Cup of Hockey
Actor
Metallica: The Night Before
Actor Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: [2016] Rasputin Music, Berkeley
Actor Voice & Rithm Guitar
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos
Actor Vocals, guitars
Metallica: Live from The House of Vans
Actor
Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
2015
Actor Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: Rock in Rio USA 2015
Actor Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: [2015] X Games
Actor Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015
Actor Himself
Mission to Lars
Actor Vocals, Guitars
Metallica - Live at Reading Festival
Actor
Randy Johnson: The Big Picture
2014
Actor Self
Hit the Lights: The Making of Metallica "Through the Never"
Actor Himself
Metallica: Beyond Thunder and Lightning
Actor Vocals, Guitars
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014
Actor Himself
Metallica: Masters of Metal
Actor
Metallica: Masters of Metal
Actor James Hetfield (voice)
'Tallica Parking Lot
Actor Himself
Metallica Live at Blizzcon
Actor Himself
Metallica: This Monster Lives
Actor Himself
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
Actor
Metallica: Glastonbury Festival
Writer
'Tallica Parking Lot
2013
2012
Actor
Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)
Actor Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: Quebec Magnetic
Actor Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: Orion Music Festival
Actor Vox, Guitars
Metallica: Rock in Rio
Actor Self
Anton Corbijn Inside Out
Actor Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012
Actor Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: Live at Rock im Park 2012
Actor
Metallica: The Black Album
Writer
Metallica: Quebec Magnetic
2011
2010
2009
Actor Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City
Actor Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: Français pour une nuit
Actor Vocals, Guitars
Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009
Actor Himself - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Metallica: Live in Copenhagen, Denmark - July 22, 2009
Actor Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen
2008
Actor Himself
METALLICA the Complete Story
Actor
Metallica Touring Europe
Actor Self
Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash
Actor Himself
Metallica: Live at Rock in Rio Lisboa 2008
Actor
Metallica: Making Magnetic
Actor Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: [2008] Rock en France Festival
Actor Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Metallica - Rock AM Ring
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1999
Actor Self
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
Actor Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Metallica: [1999] Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Actor Self
Metallica: Woodstock '99
Actor Self - Guitar, Vocals
Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – S&M
Actor Self - Guitar, Vocals
Metallica: Making of S&M
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
Writer
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
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![Metallica: [1989] Newark, Delaware](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1bfZHc8D1LePUXTOUWXmoY2UVzO.jpg)
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Actor Self
Metallica: Sick Out Of Studio 2007 Oslo
Actor
Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden
Actor Self - Metallica
Metal Massacre: The Story of the Legendary Album
Actor Self
Metallica: from the off
Actor Himself
Metallica at Raadi Airfield Estonia in Tartu
![Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1EgjQW1qQqbq9b6sCa39qua7VCy.jpg)
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Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]
Actor
Metallica_ Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015