Lars Ulrich

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-12-26 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Gentofte, Denmark

Lars Ulrich

Biography

Lars Ulrich, R (Order of the Dannebrog) is a Danish musician, songwriter, record producer, and podcaster. He is best known as the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica. The son of tennis player Torben Ulrich and grandson of tennis player Einer Ulrich, he also played tennis in his youth and moved to Los Angeles at age 16 to train professionally. However, rather than playing tennis, Ulrich began playing drums. After publishing an advertisement in The Recycler, Ulrich met vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and formed Metallica. Along with Hetfield, Ulrich has songwriting credits on almost all of the band's songs. He was th...

Acting

1993

Metallican Vid

as Himself (Drums)

2006

1987

Metallica - Cliff 'Em All

as Himself (Drummer)

2010

Lemmy

as Self

2015

Mission to Lars

as Himself

2003

2013

Sound City

as Self

2013

Downloaded

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

as Self (archive footage)

2014

'Tallica Parking Lot

as Lars Ulrich (voice)

1998

Metallica: Live Covers

as Self - Drums

2015

2015

2017

Radio Dreams

as Himself

2008

2005

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

as Self (segments "Hero of the Day" and "Mama Said")

2017

2012

2008

Global Metal

as Himself

2012

Hemingway & Gellhorn

as Joris Ivens

1999

2021

1989

2 of One

as Himself (Drums/Intro & Outro)

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