James Hetfield
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-08-03 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Downey, California, USA
Also known As
James Alan Hetfield
Metallica
James Hetfield
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 Joe...
Acting
2007
as Singer,Guitar
1993
as Himself (Rhythm/Lead Vocal)
2004
1999
2009
as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2021
as vocals, guitars
2024
as Simon Deasy
2023
2009
as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2017
as Self
1998
as Self
1993
as Self - Guitar, Vocals
2010
as Guitars
1987
as Himself (Guitarist / Vocalist)
2008
as Himself
2021
as vocals, guitars
2021
as vocals, guitars
2003
as Himself
1972
as Self
2010
as Vocals, Guitars
2006
as Vocalist, Guitarrist
1995
as Self
2010
as Self
2011
as Vocal, Guitar
2022
as Self
2011
2003
as Himself
2008
2011
as Himself
2012
as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2023
2023
2013
as Himself
2016
as Himself, Narrator
2007
as Himself
2013
as Self - Vocals, Guitars
2012
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2014
as Himself
2014
as Vocals, Guitars
2022
2005
as Self
2022
as SELF
2015
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2014
as Himself
2014
as James Hetfield (voice)
2014
as Himself
-
as Self - Metallica
2012
as Vox, Guitars
1993
as Vox, Guitars
2006
as Vocals, Guitars
1993
as Vox, Guitars
1992
as Vox, Guitars
1989
as Vox, Guitars
1985
as Vox, Guitars
1983
as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
1983
as Vox, Guitars
1995
as Self - Guitar, Vocals
2008
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
1999
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
1998
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
1993
as Vox, Guitars
2000
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2015
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2016
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
-
as Self
1986
as Vox, Guitars
1986
as Vox, Guitars
2012
as Self
1989
1989
as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2016
as Voice & Rithm Guitar
2017
1988
as Self - Vocals, Guitars
2014
as Himself
2015
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2016
as Vocals, guitars
1992
2017
as Vocals, Guitars
2006
as Vocals, Guitars
2008
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2005
as Self (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")
2001
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2006
as Vocals, Guitars
2019
as Officer Bob Hayward
1999
as Self
1999
as Self - Guitar, Vocals
2007
as Himself
2018
as Self - Musician
2009
as Vocals, Guitars
2012
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2006
2019
2014
1989
2017
as Self (archive footage)
-
2010
as James Hetfield
2020
as lead vocals, guitar
2019
as James Hetfield
2015
as Himself
2009
as Himself - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
2020
2012
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
2020
2020
1985
1985
as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2020
2020
as Himself - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
2020
1992
as Himself
1994
as Self - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
1986
as Vox, Guitars
1986
as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2020
1992
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
as Self
1999
as Self - Guitar, Vocals
2020
as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2021
2020
1989
as Himself (Rhythm Guitar/Lead Vocal)
1996
as Self
2009
as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
2024
1986
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
2010
as Vocals, guitars
2006
as Self
2025
as Self
2025
2025
2025
as Self
2025
Production
1999
2013
as Writer
2014
as Writer
2013
as Original Music Composer
2017
2012
as Writer
1999
2019
as Music
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