James Hetfield
Known For
Acting
Born
1963-08-03 in Downey, California, USA
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 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.
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as William Rieflin (voice)
American Dad!
as James Hetfield (voice)
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
Billions
as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
as James Hetfield (voice)
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
De Wereld Draait Door
as Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
Classic Albums
as Self - Guitarist, Vocalist, Metallica
Metalocalypse
as Fan #1 (voice)
Metalocalypse
as Lorkey (voice)
Metalocalypse
as Troll (voice)
Metalocalypse
as Sniper (voice)
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Later... with Jools Holland
as Self
History 101
as Self (archive footage)
Skylanders Academy
as Wolfgang (voice)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Officer Bob Hayward