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James Hetfield(I)

  • Actor
  • Composer
  • Music Department
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James Hetfield at an event for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
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Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2 (2019)
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His parents were divorced, and at a young age, he lost his mother to cancer. He grew up hunting, playing guitar, and was an ordinary quiet kid. Lars Ulrich put out an ad in 1981 in a newspaper asking somebody to jam out and listen to rock music with him and he replied. Lars Ulrich and James hooked up, and started the band, Metallica.
BornAugust 3, 1963
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BornAugust 3, 1963
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Known for

    Dane DeHaan in Metallica Through the Never (2013)
    Metallica Through the Never
    7.1
    • Self
    • 2013
    Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible II (2000)
    Mission: Impossible II
    6.1
    • Soundtrack("I Disappear", as Hetfield)
    • 2000
    Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Evan Peters, Olivia Munn, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, and Ben Hardy in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
    X-Men: Apocalypse
    6.8
    • Soundtrack("Four Horsemen")
    • 2016
    Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone in Zombieland (2009)
    Zombieland
    7.5
    • Soundtrack("For Whom the Bell Tolls")
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Juliette Lewis and Peter Dinklage in The Thicket (2024)
      The Thicket
      5.7
      • Simon Deasy
      • 2024
    • Metallica: Too Far Gone? (Version 2) (2023)
      Metallica: Too Far Gone? (Version 2)
      8.2
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Inamorata (2023)
      Metallica: Inamorata
      9.1
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield (voice)
      • 2023
    • Metallica: You Must Burn! (2023)
      Metallica: You Must Burn!
      8.4
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Chasing Light (2023)
      Metallica: Chasing Light
      8.3
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Too Far Gone? (2023)
      Metallica: Too Far Gone?
      7.4
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield (voice)
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Shadows Follow (2023)
      Metallica: Shadows Follow
      8.5
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield (voice)
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Room of Mirrors (2023)
      Metallica: Room of Mirrors
      8.2
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield (voice)
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Sleepwalk My Life Away (2023)
      Metallica: Sleepwalk My Life Away
      8.6
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield
      • 2023
    • Metallica: 72 Seasons (2023)
      Metallica: 72 Seasons
      8.3
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield
      • 2023
    • Metallica: If Darkness Had a Son (2023)
      Metallica: If Darkness Had a Son
      8.0
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Screaming Suicide (2023)
      Metallica: Screaming Suicide
      7.9
      Music Video
      • James Hetfield
      • 2023
    • Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert (2022)
      Metallica Presents: The Helping Hands Concert
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • 2022
    • Metallica: Lux Æterna (2022)
      Metallica: Lux Æterna
      8.2
      Music Video
      • 2022
    • John Malkovich, Haley Joel Osment, Zac Efron, Jim Parsons, Angela Sarafyan, Kaya Scodelario, and Lily Collins in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
      Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
      6.7
      • Officer Bob Hayward
      • 2019

    Composer

    • Tagada Jones, Ultra Vomit & Crisix - Master of Puppets (Play 'Em All: Metallica Celebration)
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2024
    • Metallica: Too Far Gone? (Version 2) (2023)
      Metallica: Too Far Gone? (Version 2)
      8.2
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Inamorata (2023)
      Metallica: Inamorata
      9.1
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Metallica: You Must Burn! (2023)
      Metallica: You Must Burn!
      8.4
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Chasing Light (2023)
      Metallica: Chasing Light
      8.3
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Too Far Gone? (2023)
      Metallica: Too Far Gone?
      7.4
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Shadows Follow (2023)
      Metallica: Shadows Follow
      8.5
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Room of Mirrors (2023)
      Metallica: Room of Mirrors
      8.2
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Metallica: Sleepwalk My Life Away (2023)
      Metallica: Sleepwalk My Life Away
      8.6
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Metallica: 72 Seasons (2023)
      Metallica: 72 Seasons
      8.3
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Crisix feat. Evile & Dust Bolt - Creeping Death (Metallica Cover)
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Ha*Ash: The Unforgiven (2021)
      Ha*Ash: The Unforgiven
      5.6
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Miley Cyrus in Miley Cyrus feat. WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith: Nothing Else Matters (2021)
      Miley Cyrus feat. WATT, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo, Chad Smith: Nothing Else Matters
      7.0
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Sad But True by Steve'n'Seagulls
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • James Hetfield in Metallica: Now That We're Dead - Version 2 (2017)
      Metallica: Now That We're Dead - Version 2
      6.8
      Music Video
      • Composer
      • 2017

    Music Department

    • Metallica: All Nightmare Long (2008)
      Metallica: All Nightmare Long
      8.1
      Music Video
      • musician: rhythm guitar
      • 2008
    • Metallica: Whiskey in the Jar (1999)
      Metallica: Whiskey in the Jar
      7.0
      Music Video
      • record producer
      • 1999
    • Metallica: The Memory Remains (1997)
      Metallica: The Memory Remains
      7.2
      Music Video
      • musician: rhythm guitar
      • record producer
      • vocals
      • 1997
    • Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego (1993)
      Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, San Diego
      8.9
      Video
      • producer: live music
      • 1993
    • Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle (1993)
      Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle
      9.0
      Video
      • live music producer (as Hetfield)
      • 1993
    • Metallica: Sad But True (1992)
      Metallica: Sad But True
      6.9
      Music Video
      • lead vocals
      • musician: rhythm guitar
      • record producer
      • 1992
    • Metallica: Wherever I May Roam (1992)
      Metallica: Wherever I May Roam
      7.2
      Music Video
      • record producer
      • 1992
    • Metallica: Nothing Else Matters (1992)
      Metallica: Nothing Else Matters
      7.5
      Music Video
      • record producer
      • 1992
    • James Hetfield in Metallica: The Unforgiven (1991)
      Metallica: The Unforgiven
      7.6
      Music Video
      • record producer
      • 1991

    Videos12

    Metallica Through the Never
    Clip 1:19
    Metallica Through the Never
    Metallica Through the Never
    Clip 1:47
    Metallica Through the Never
    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
    Clip 1:31
    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
    Clip 1:40
    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
    Trailer #2
    Trailer 1:57
    Trailer #2
    Teaser Trailer
    Trailer 1:11
    Teaser Trailer
    Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2
    Trailer 0:31
    Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2
    Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2
    Trailer 1:51
    Metallica & San Francisco Symphony - S&M2
    Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
    Trailer 2:41
    Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
    Trailer 2:27
    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
    The Hunt
    Trailer 0:34
    The Hunt
    Sad Hill Unearthed
    Trailer 2:59
    Sad Hill Unearthed

    Personal details

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    • Official sites
      • MySpace - Metallica
      • Official Site - Metallica
    • Alternative names
      • James Hertfield 'Metallica'
    • Height
      • 6′ 1¼″ (1.86 m)
    • Born
      • August 3, 1963
      • Downey, California, USA
    • Spouse
      • Francesca HetfieldAugust 17, 1997 - present (filed for divorce, 3 children)
    • Other works
      Album?: "...And Justice for All".
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Interviews
      • 1 Article

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Metallica's 1991 song "The God That Failed" was based on the death of Hetfield's mother, because as a Christian Scientist she believed that her faith in God alone would be able to save her from cancer.
    • Quotes
      [at the end of concerts] Thank you, friends!
    • Trademarks
        ESP guitars
    • Nicknames
      • Het
      • Jaymz
      • The Het
      • Papa Het
      • Mighty Het

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