James Hetfield

James Hetfield Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1963-08-03 (61 years old)
  • Place of birth: Downey, California, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.85 m
  • Net worth: $300,000,000
  • instagram: papa_het
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in Canada
The Thicket
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 58%
role:
Simon Deasy
2024

Crime

Thriller

Western

5.7
58%
On the Roam
IMDB 6.7
role:
Theme Song Performance
2024

Documentary

6.7
2022

Documentary

8.2
87%
2019

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.7
70%
2017

Documentary

7.3
70%
2016

Action

Adventure

Animation

Family

Kids

6.7
61%
Mission to Lars
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 57%
role:
Himself
2015

Documentary

6.7
57%
Metallica: This Monster Lives
TMDB 65%
role:
Himself
Not available
2014

Documentary

65%
Not available
2013

Music

7.1
68%
2012

Documentary

Music

8.4
85%
2010

Music

8.6
84%
Lemmy
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 77%
role:
Self
2010

Documentary

Music

7.8
77%
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 78%
role:
Vocalist, Guitarrist
Not available
2006

Music

8.4
78%
Not available
Heavy Metal: Louder Than Life
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 68%
role:
Himself
Not available
2006

Documentary

7.3
68%
Not available
2004

Documentary

Music

7.5
70%
1999

Animation

Comedy

7.7
72%
1993

Documentary

Music

9.0
86%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving James Hetfield are, for example, The Thicket, On the Roam and Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M2.
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