Person
James Hetfield
Born 3 August 1963 62 years old Downey, California, USA Who else is 62? → TMDB ↗
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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The numbers
19age in their first credit on record (1983)
41years on screen and counting
8credits in 2006, their busiest year
80dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden
![Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore] poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1EgjQW1qQqbq9b6sCa39qua7VCy.jpg)
Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]
Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge
Age: 61 The Thicket
2024as Simon Deasy
Age: 59 Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022
2022
Age: 58 Metallica Download Festival Germany
2022
Age: 58 Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo
2022
Age: 58 Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)
2021as vocals, guitars
Age: 58 Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)
2021as vocals, guitars
Age: 58 Metallica: Wherever We May Roam
2021as vocals, guitars
Age: 58 Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes
2021
Age: 58 Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies
2021
Age: 58 Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993
2021
Age: 58 Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992
2021
Age: 57 Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction
2020
Age: 56 Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006
2020as Cast
Age: 56 Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015
2020as vocals
Age: 56 Metallica: Live at Slane Castle
2020as lead vocals, guitar
Age: 55 Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019
2019
Age: 55 Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
2019
Age: 55 Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019
2019
Age: 55 Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019as Officer Bob Hayward
Age: 54 Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017
2017
Age: 54 Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017
2017as vocals
Age: 54 Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)
2017No poster
Age: 53 Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017
2017
Age: 53 Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017
2017as Vocals, Guitars
Age: 53 Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
2016No poster
Age: 53 Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos
2016as Voice & Rithm Guitar
Age: 52 Metallica: The Night Before
2016No poster
Age: 51 Randy Johnson: The Big Picture
2015
Age: 50 Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014
2014as Vocals, Guitars
No poster
Age: 49 Surfing Your Dreams
2013
Age: 49 Metallica: Quebec Magnetic
2012as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
No poster
Age: 48 Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)
2012
Age: 48 Metallica: The Black Album
2012No poster
Age: 48 Metallica: Rock in Rio
2012as Vox, Guitars
Age: 48 Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011
2011as Vocal, Guitar
No poster
Age: 47 Metallica: Fan Can 6
2010as Vocals, Guitars
Age: 47 The Big Four: Live in Sofia
2010as Guitars
Age: 47 Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia
2010as Vocals, guitars
Age: 46 Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City
2009as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
No poster
Age: 46 Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009
2009as Vocals, Guitars
Age: 45 Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen
2009as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Age: 45 Metallica: Making Magnetic
2008No poster
Age: 44 Metallica Touring Europe
2008
Age: 43 Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007
2007as Singer,Guitar
Age: 43 Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets
2007
Age: 43 Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
2006as Vocalist, Guitarrist
Age: 43 Metallica Korea
2006No poster
Age: 42 Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006
2006as Vocals, Guitars
No poster
Age: 42 Metallica: Fan Can 5
2006as Vocals, Guitars
Age: 36 Woodstock '99
2000
Age: 31 Metallica: Woodstock '94
1994No poster
Age: 29 Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland
1993as Vox, Guitars
No poster
Age: 29 Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile
1993as Vox, Guitars
Age: 29 Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico
1993as Vox, Guitars
No poster
Age: 29 Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands
1992as Vox, Guitars
Age: 29 For Those About to Rock - Monsters In Moscow
1992
Age: 28 Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock
1991No poster
Age: 26 Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, Netherlands
1990
Age: 26 Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989
1989as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Age: 26 Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
1989as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
No poster
Age: 25 Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY
1989as Vox, Guitars
Age: 23 Metallica: Nagoya, Japan
1986as Vox, Guitars
Age: 22 Metallica - Roskilde Festival
1986as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
No poster
Age: 22 Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY
1986as Vox, Guitars
Age: 22 Metallica: Detroit, Michigan
1986as Vox, Guitars
Age: 22 Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival
1985as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
Age: 22 Metallica: Day on the Green
1985as Vox, Guitars
Age: 20 Metallica - Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983
1983as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
No poster
Age: 19 Metallica: [1983] Kiss the Stone
1983as Vox, Guitars
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TV credits
Age: 59 Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
2022as James Hetfield (voice)
Age: 53 Skylanders Academy
2016as Wolfgang (voice)
Age: 52 Billions
2016as Metallica
Age: 43 Metalocalypse
2006as Fan #1 (voice)
Age: 43 Metalocalypse
2006as Lorkey (voice)
Age: 43 Metalocalypse
2006as Troll (voice)
Age: 43 Metalocalypse
2006as Sniper (voice)
Age: 41 American Dad!
2005as James Hetfield (voice)
Age: 30 Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994
Age: 26 The Simpsons
1989as William Rieflin (voice)
Age: 25