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James Hetfield
Actor, Composer, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn August 3, 1963 (62 years)
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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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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James Hetfield Filmography
| 2025 | Ozzy Osbourne: No Escape from Now · as Self |
| 2025 | Back to the Beginning · as Self |
| 2023 | Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Metallica Live Hellfest 2022 · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Metallica 40th Anniversary Live · as Self |
| 2020 | Songs for While I'm Away · as Self |
| 2020 | Flying V · as Self |
| 2020 | History 101 (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2 · as Himself |
| 2019 | |
| 2018 | JablinskiGames (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Sad Hill Unearthed · as Self - Musician |
| 2017 | Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Carpool Karaoke (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Come on Feel the Noize · as Self |
| 2016 | Orchestrating An Upset: The 1996 World Cup of Hockey · as Himself, Narrator |
| 2016 | Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Billions (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2015 | Jaco · as Self |
| 2014 | Metallica: This Monster Lives · as Himself |
| 2014 | Deep Purple: Made in Japan · as Himself |
| 2014 | Howard Stern Birthday Bash · as Self - Video Message |
| 2014 | The Hunt (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Lords of the Car Hoards (TV Series) · as Self - Band Member, Metallica |
| 2014 | The 56th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2013 | Metallica Through the Never · as Himself |
| 2013 | Circus HalliGalli (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2012 | Mission to Lars · as Himself |
| 2012 | Anton Corbijn Inside Out · as Self |
| 2010 | Absent · as Himself |
| 2010 | Lemmy · as Self |
| 2010 | Nieuwsuur (TV Series) · as Self - Zanger Metallica |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Hitlåtens historia (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | The Project (2009) (TV Series) · as Self - Metallica |
| 2008 | METALLICA the Complete Story · as Himself |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | 7 Ages of Rock (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | The Darwin Awards · as Self |
| 2006 | Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life · as Self |
| 2006 | VH1's Heavy: The Story of Metal · as Self |
| 2005 | De Wereld Draait Door (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Work of Director Anton Corbijn · as Self (segments "hero Of The Day" And "mama Said") |
| 2005 | Hard Rock Treasures · as Self |
| 2005 | When Metallica Ruled the World · as Self |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster · as Self |
| 2003 | 2003 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2003 | Metallica: St. Anger Rehearsals · as Self (guitarist |
| 2003 | MTV Icon: Metallica · as Himself |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | MTV Icon: Aerosmith · as Self |
| 2001 | Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica · as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar |
| 2000 | 2000 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self (guitarist |
| 2000 | Metallica: S&M · as Self |
| 1999 | 1999 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1999 | Woodstock '99 · as Self (guitarist |
| 1999 | Making the Video (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | SNL: 25 Years of Music · as Self |
| 1998 | Metallica: Cunning Stunts · as Self |
| 1998 | Metallica: Live Covers · as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar |
| 1998 | Metallica TV · as Self |
| 1998 | X-Play (2021) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | The Greatest (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Metallica: Reload/Rehearse/Request · as Self - Guitarist |
| 1997 | Metallimania · as Self |
| 1997 | Behind the Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self - Guitarist, Vocalist, Metallica |
| 1995 | MADtv (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The History of Rock 'n' Roll (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Woodstock '94 · as Self (guitarist |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego · as Self - Guitar, Vocals |
| 1992 | Later... with Jools Holland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | 1992 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Metallica Guitarist And Vocalist |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1987 | Metallica: Cliff 'Em All! · as Himself (guitarist / Vocalist) |
| 1987 | Rage (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Headbangers Ball (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | MTV Video Music Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1973 | Fantástico (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Metallica Through the Never · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | On the Roam (TV Series) · as Theme Song Performance |
| 2013 | Metallica Through the Never · as Original Music Composer |