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James Hetfield

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James Hetfield

Born August 3, 1963 in Downey, California, USA63 films

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.

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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.

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Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989 posterFirst watchMetallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 198919898.5as Lead Vocals/Rhythm GuitarLive concert from the "Damaged Justice" tour. Recorded at the Seattle Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, on August 29 and 30, 1989.View film

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Filmography

63 films as actor
  1. TBAMetallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden
  2. TBAMetallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]
  3. TBAMetallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge
  4. 2026Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
  5. 2026Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
  6. 2024The ThicketSimon Deasy
  7. 2022Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022
  8. 2022Metallica Download Festival Germany
  9. 2022Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo
  10. 2021Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)vocals, guitars
  11. 2021Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)vocals, guitars
  12. 2021Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021
  13. 2021Metallica: Wherever We May Roamvocals, guitars
  14. 2021Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
  15. 2021Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
  16. 2021Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies
  17. 2020Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction
  18. 2020Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006Cast
  19. 2020Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015vocals
  20. 2020Metallica: Live at Slane Castlelead vocals, guitar
  21. 2019Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
  22. 2019Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
  23. 2019Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019
  24. 2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and VileOfficer Bob Hayward
  25. 2017Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017
  26. 2017Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017vocals
  27. 2017Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)
  28. 2017Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017
  29. 2017Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017Vocals, Guitars
  30. 2016Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
  31. 2016Metallica: The Night Before
  32. 2014Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014Vocals, Guitars
  33. 2013'Tallica Parking LotJames Hetfield (voice)
  34. 2013Surfing Your Dreams
  35. 2012Metallica: Quebec MagneticLead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
  36. 2012Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)
  37. 2012Metallica: Rock in RioVox, Guitars
  38. 2011Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011Vocal, Guitar
  39. 2010Metallica: Fan Can 6Vocals, Guitars
  40. 2010The Big Four: Live in SofiaGuitars
  41. 2009Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009Vocals, Guitars
  42. 2009Metallica: Fan Can Six CopenhagenLead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
  43. 2008Metallica: Making Magnetic
  44. 2008Metallica Touring Europe
  45. 2007Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007Singer,Guitar
  46. 2006Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004Vocalist, Guitarrist
  47. 2006Metallica Korea
  48. 2006Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006Vocals, Guitars
  49. 2006Metallica: Fan Can 5Vocals, Guitars
  50. 1994Metallica: Woodstock '94
  51. 1993Metallica: [1993] Basel, SwitzerlandVox, Guitars
  52. 1993Metallica: [1993] Santiago, ChileVox, Guitars
  53. 1992Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, NetherlandsVox, Guitars
  54. 1990Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, Netherlands
  55. 1989Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
  56. 1989Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
  57. 1989Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NYVox, Guitars
  58. 1986Metallica: Nagoya, JapanVox, Guitars
  59. 1986Metallica - Roskilde FestivalLead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
  60. 1986Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NYVox, Guitars
  61. 1986Metallica: Detroit, MichiganVox, Guitars
  62. 1985Metallica: Day on the GreenVox, Guitars
  63. 1983Metallica: [1983] Kiss the StoneVox, Guitars