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James Hetfield

1963-08-03 (61 years old) in Downey, California, USA

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.

Movies

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The Thicket
60 %|Sep 5, 2024
Crime, Thriller, Western
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Metallica: 72 Seasons - Global Premiere
73 %|Apr 13, 2023
Music, Documentary
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Ennio
83 %|Feb 17, 2022
Documentary, Music, History
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Metallica - Wherever We May Roam
60 %|Sep 10, 2021
Music
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Cum On Feel The Noize
70 %|Jan 28, 2017
Documentary, Music
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Metallica: Quebec Magnetic
81 %|Dec 10, 2012
Music, Documentary
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Metallica: The 30th Anniversary Event
61 %|Dec 24, 2011
Music, Documentary
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Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011
71 %|Sep 25, 2011
Music
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Absent
35 %|Sep 5, 2011
Documentary
actor
Metallica: Fan Can 6
69 %|Nov 26, 2010
Music
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The Big Four: Live in Sofia
83 %|Oct 29, 2010
Music, Documentary
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Lemmy
75.16 %|Mar 15, 2010
Music, Documentary
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Aural Amphetamine: Metallica and the Dawn of Thrash
70 %|Apr 15, 2008
Music, Documentary
actor
Metallica Touring Europe
100 %|Jan 1, 2008
Music
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Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
76 %|Dec 4, 2006
Music
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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
70 %|Jun 10, 2004
Documentary, Music
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Metallica: St. Anger
95 %|Jun 30, 2003
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Metallica: MTV Icon
78 %|May 6, 2003
Music, Documentary
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Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
84 %|Dec 31, 1999
Music, Documentary
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Metallica: Cunning Stunts
76 %|Dec 8, 1998
Music
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll
100 %|Mar 6, 1995
Documentary, Music
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Metallican Vid
0 %|Jul 1, 1993
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A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
78 %|Aug 12, 1992
Documentary, Music
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Metallica - Cliff 'Em All
76 %|Nov 17, 1987
Documentary, Music
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Deep Purple: Made In Japan
100 %|Apr 30, 1972
Music
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Metallica at Lollapalooza 2022
0 %|Jul 31, 2022
Music
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Metallica Live Hellfest 2022
0 %|Jun 26, 2022
Music
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Metallica Campo Argentino de Polo
0 %|Apr 30, 2022
Music, Documentary
actor
Metallica: [2015] X Games
100 %|Jun 6, 2015
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Metallica: Rock in Rio USA 2015
93 %|May 9, 2015
Music
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Metallica: Masters of Metal
72 %|Dec 11, 2014
Documentary, Music
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Metallica: Masters of Metal
72 %|Dec 11, 2014
Documentary, Music
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Metallica Live at Blizzcon
100 %|Nov 8, 2014
Music
actor
'Tallica Parking Lot
60 %|Jul 25, 2014
Music, Animation
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Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014
0 %|Jun 8, 2014
Music
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Metallica: Through the Never
68.28999999999999 %|Sep 25, 2013
Music
actor
Surfing Your Dreams
100 %|Jan 28, 2013
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Metallica: Orion Music Festival
82 %|Jun 23, 2012
Music
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Metallica: Rock in Rio
85 %|May 25, 2012
actor
Metallica: Up Close and Personal
0 %|Aug 13, 2007
Documentary
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Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets
0 %|Apr 10, 2007
Music, Documentary
actor
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006
100 %|Jun 3, 2006
Music
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Hard Rock Treasures
0 %|Aug 8, 2005
Documentary
actor
Metallica: Live Covers
0 %|Nov 24, 1998
Music
actor
Metallica: [1993] Mexico City, Mexico
0 %|Mar 1, 1993
Music, Documentary
actor
Metallica: from the off
0 %|Invalid Date
Documentary
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Metallica: Live at Slane Castle
100 %|Mar 23, 2020
Music
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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
70.14999999999999 %|May 2, 2019
Drama, Crime
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Sad Hill Unearthed
69 %|Oct 19, 2018
Documentary, History
actor
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos
100 %|Nov 18, 2016
Documentary, Music
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Mission to Lars
57 %|Sep 25, 2015
Documentary
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Metallica: Rock in Rio 2015
75 %|Sep 19, 2015
Music
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Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
74 %|Sep 12, 2014
Music, Documentary
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Metallica: This Monster Lives
60 %|Jun 2, 2014
Documentary
actor
Metallica: Rock In Rio 2013
75 %|Sep 19, 2013
Music
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Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2012
100 %|Jun 2, 2012
Music
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Anton Corbijn Inside Out
55 %|Mar 22, 2012
Documentary
actor
Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009
100 %|Oct 20, 2009
Music
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Metallica - Rock AM Ring
100 %|Jun 7, 2008
Music
actor
Metallica - Live Earth
100 %|Jul 7, 2007
Music
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Metallica: Live in Seoul 2006
73 %|Aug 15, 2006
Music
actor
Metallica: Fan Can 5
100 %|Jan 1, 2006
Music
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Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life
68 %|Jan 1, 2006
Documentary
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The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
79 %|Sep 13, 2005
Documentary, Music
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Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica
61 %|Nov 6, 2001
Documentary, Music
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Metallica: Woodstock '99
0 %|Jul 24, 1999
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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
83 %|Apr 22, 1992
Music, Documentary
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Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
73 %|Oct 23, 2020
Documentary
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Flying V
60 %|Sep 11, 2020
Documentary
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Hypnotizing Power: The Story of Master of Puppets
0 %|Mar 4, 2020
Music, Documentary
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Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
80 %|Jul 21, 2019
Music
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Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
85 %|Jun 6, 2019
Music
actor
Randy Johnson: The Big Picture
0 %|Jul 31, 2015
Documentary
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Metallica: Glastonbury Festival
0 %|Jun 28, 2014
Music
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Metallica: The Black Album
79 %|Jun 20, 2012
Music, Documentary
actor
Metallica: Making of S&M
0 %|Nov 23, 1999
Documentary, Music
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Metallica: Fan Can 1
0 %|Jan 1, 1996
Music
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Metallica: Woodstock '94
0 %|Aug 13, 1994
Music
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2 of One
0 %|Jun 6, 1989
Music, Documentary
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Metallica: Ride The Lightning
100 %|Jan 1, 1985
Music

Series

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History 101
71 %|May 22, 2020
Documentary
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Carpool Karaoke: The Series
58 %|Aug 8, 2017
Comedy
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Skylanders Academy
61 %|Oct 28, 2016
Kids, Action & Adventure, Animation, Family
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Billions
77.46000000000001 %|Jan 17, 2016
Drama
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The Hunt
0 %|Jun 8, 2014
Documentary
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The Big 4
0 %|Jul 4, 2011
Documentary
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Seven Ages of Rock
90 %|May 19, 2007
Documentary
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Metalocalypse
76.79 %|Aug 6, 2006
Animation, Comedy
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Metalocalypse
76.79 %|Aug 6, 2006
Animation, Comedy
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Metalocalypse
76.79 %|Aug 6, 2006
Animation, Comedy
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Metalocalypse
76.79 %|Aug 6, 2006
Animation, Comedy
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De Wereld Draait Door
56 %|Oct 10, 2005
Talk
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American Dad!
70 %|Feb 6, 2005
Animation, Comedy
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
67 %|Jan 3, 2005
Comedy, Talk
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
55 %|Jan 26, 2003
Talk, Comedy
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Classic Albums
77 %|Apr 14, 1997
Documentary
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Space Ghost Coast to Coast
78 %|Apr 15, 1994
Animation, Comedy, Talk
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Later... with Jools Holland
55 %|Oct 9, 1992
Talk
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The Simpsons
80 %|Dec 17, 1989
Family, Animation, Comedy
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MTV Video Music Awards
76 %|Sep 14, 1984
Documentary
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Saturday Night Live
70 %|Oct 11, 1975
Comedy, News