James Hetfield
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 3, 1963 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Downey, California, USA
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 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.
Known For

The Simpsons
1989

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019

American Dad!
2005

Billions
2016

Ennio
2022

Metallica: Through the Never
2013

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004

Metalocalypse
2006

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

The Darwin Awards
2007

The Thicket
2024

Lemmy
2010

Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2
2019

Sad Hill Unearthed
2018

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005


