--- name: "James Hetfield" canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-hetfield" fi1m_id: "james-hetfield" imdb_id: "nm0381723" tmdb_id: 57637 wikidata_id: "Q484302" roles: ["Composer"] born: "3 August 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-30T04:02:16.075656+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # James Hetfield ## Identity James Hetfield - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-hetfield - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** james-hetfield - **IMDb ID:** nm0381723 - **TMDB ID:** 57637 - **Wikidata ID:** Q484302 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hetfield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484302, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57637 Composer. Born 3 August 1963 in Downey, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 3 August 1963, Downey, California, USA - **Active:** 1999–present - **Also known as:** James Alan Hetfield, Metallica - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hetfield, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484302, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0381723/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57637 ## Streaming the US now - **Hulu:** [*South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut*](https://film.one/film/south-park-bigger-longer-and-uncut.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography James Hetfield is an American musician and actor. He co-founded the heavy metal band Metallica in 1981 and serves as its lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. He has appeared in acting and voice roles in film and television, including *The Simpsons* (1989), *American Dad!* (2005), *Metalocalypse* (2006), *Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile* (2019) and *The Thicket* (2024). Hetfield provided the uncredited vocal performance for the song 'Hell Isn't Good' in the film *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut* (1999). He has also appeared as himself in documentaries such as *Metallica: Some Kind of Monster* (2004) and *Metallica: Through the Never* (2013). *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut* (1999), Fi1m 80, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/south-park-bigger-longer-and-uncut.md) ## Complete filmography (89) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2* (2026), as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar - *Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1* (2026), as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar - *The Thicket* (2024), as Simon Deasy - *On the Roam* (2024), series, as Theme Song Performance - *Metallica - Global Citizen Festival 2022* (2022), Actor - *Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head* (2022), series, as James Hetfield (voice) - *Metallica Download Festival Germany* (2022), Actor - *Metallica: Campo Argentino de Polo* (2022), Actor - *Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)* (2021), as vocals, guitars - *Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)* (2021), as vocals, guitars - *Metallica: 40th Anniversary Shows Live at Chase Center 2021* (2021), Actor - *Metallica - Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Outtakes* (2021), Actor - *Metallica - The Black Album - Music Videos + Halfin’s Home Movies* (2021), Actor - *Metallica - Live At Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium - July 4th, 1993* (2021), Actor - *Metallica - Live At Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany - November 29th, 1992* (2021), Actor - *Metallica: Wherever We May Roam* (2021), as vocals, guitars - *Metallica - The All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert & Auction* (2020), Actor - *Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006* (2020), as Cast - *Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015* (2020), as vocals - *Metallica: Live at Slane Castle* (2020), as lead vocals, guitar - *Metallica : Live in Moscow 2019* (2019), Actor - *Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019* (2019), as Music - *Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019* (2019), Actor - *Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile* (2019), as Officer Bob Hayward - *Metallica: Live in Paris, France - Sept 8, 2017* (2017), Actor - *Metallica - Live from Edmonton, Canada - August 16, 2017* (2017), as vocals - *Metallica - Live at Outside Lands (San Francisco, CA - August 12, 2017)* (2017), Actor - *Metallica - Live at Rock on the Range, Columbus 2017* (2017), Actor - *Metallica WorldWired North American Tour 2017* (2017), Writer - *Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017* (2017), as Vocals, Guitars - *Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly* (2017), as Narrator - *Metallica: Making of Hardwired... to Self-Destruct* (2016), Actor - *Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos* (2016), as Voice & Rithm Guitar - *Skylanders Academy* (2016), series, as Wolfgang (voice) - *Metallica: The Night Before* (2016), Actor - *Billions* (2016), series, as Metallica - *Randy Johnson: The Big Picture* (2015), Actor - *Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2014* (2014), as Vocals, Guitars - *Metallica: Through the Never* (2013), Writer, Original Music Composer - *'Tallica Parking Lot* (2013), as James Hetfield (voice) · Writer - *Surfing Your Dreams* (2013), Actor - *Metallica: Quebec Magnetic* (2012), as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar · Writer - *Metallica: Live at Orion Music And More 2012 (1st Night)* (2012), Actor - *Metallica: The Black Album* (2012), Actor - *Metallica: Rock in Rio* (2012), as Vox, Guitars - *Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011* (2011), as Vocal, Guitar - *Metallica: Fan Can 6* (2010), as Vocals, Guitars - *The Big Four: Live in Sofia* (2010), as Guitars - *Metallica: The Big 4 Live in Sofia* (2010), as Vocals, guitars - *Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City* (2009), as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar - *Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009* (2009), as Vocals, Guitars - *Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen* (2009), as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar - *Metallica: Making Magnetic* (2008), Actor - *Metallica Touring Europe* (2008), Actor - *Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007* (2007), as Singer,Guitar - *Rock Milestones: Metallica: Master of Puppets* (2007), Actor - *Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004* (2006), as Vocalist, Guitarrist - *Metallica Korea* (2006), Actor - *Metalocalypse* (2006), series, as Fan #1 (voice), Sniper (voice), Troll (voice), Lorkey (voice) - *Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006* (2006), as Vocals, Guitars - *Metallica: Fan Can 5* (2006), as Vocals, Guitars - *American Dad!* (2005), series, as James Hetfield (voice) - *Woodstock '99* (2000), Actor - *Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M* (1999), Writer - *South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut* (1999), Music — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/south-park-bigger-longer-and-uncut.md) - *Metallica: Woodstock '94* (1994), Actor - *Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland* (1993), as Vox, Guitars - *Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile* (1993), as Vox, Guitars - *Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico* (1993), as Vox, Guitars - *Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands* (1992), as Vox, Guitars - *For Those About to Rock - Monsters In Moscow* (1992), Actor - *Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock* (1991), Actor - *Metallica: [1990] Zwolle, Netherlands* (1990), Actor - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as William Rieflin (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989* (1989), as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar - *Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989* (1989), as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar - *Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY* (1989), as Vox, Guitars - *MTV Rockumentary* (1989), series, Actor - *Metallica: Nagoya, Japan* (1986), as Vox, Guitars - *Metallica - Roskilde Festival* (1986), as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar - *Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY* (1986), as Vox, Guitars - *Metallica: Detroit, Michigan* (1986), as Vox, Guitars - *Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival* (1985), as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar - *Metallica: Day on the Green* (1985), as Vox, Guitars - *Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983* (1983), as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar - *Metallica: [1983] Kiss the Stone* (1983), as Vox, Guitars - *Metallica - The Big 4 Live in Gothenburg, Sweden*, Actor - *Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge*, Actor - *Metallica - Beyond Magnetic [Full EP LIVE at the Fillmore]*, Actor ## Gallery - ![James Hetfield](https://film.one/media/person/88923/gallery-43b68030c2a3.jpg) James Hetfield — Kreepin Deth, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/2024-07-12_DSC03974.jpg/1280px-2024-07-12_DSC03974.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![«Metallica» на цырымоніі ўручэння прэміі Гершвіна за папулярную песню Бібліятэкі Кангрэса ў «DAR Constitution Hall» у Вашынгтоне, акруга Калумбія, 20 сакавіка 2 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/88923/gallery-2dc9f38df6e3.jpg) «Metallica» на цырымоніі ўручэння прэміі Гершвіна за папулярную песню Бібліятэкі Кангрэса ў «DAR Constitution Hall» у Вашынгтоне, акруга Калумбія, 20 сакавіка 2 (2024) — Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/20240320EF0113_%28Metallica_Library_of_Congress_Gershwin_Prize_for_Popular_Song_ceremony%2C_March_20%2C_2024_4-3_crop%29.jpg/1280px-20240320EF0113_%28Metallica_Library_of_Congress_Gershwin_Prize_for_Popular_Song_ceremony%2C_March_20%2C_2024_4-3_crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![«Metallica» на цырымоніі ўручэння прэміі Гершвіна за папулярную песню Бібліятэкі Кангрэса ў «DAR Constitution Hall» у Вашынгтоне, акруга Калумбія, 20 сакавіка 2 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/88923/gallery-d0401bfd8d3b.jpg) «Metallica» на цырымоніі ўручэння прэміі Гершвіна за папулярную песню Бібліятэкі Кангрэса ў «DAR Constitution Hall» у Вашынгтоне, акруга Калумбія, 20 сакавіка 2 (2024) — Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/20240320EF0113_%28Metallica_Library_of_Congress_Gershwin_Prize_for_Popular_Song_ceremony%2C_March_20%2C_2024_7-5_crop%29.jpg/1280px-20240320EF0113_%28Metallica_Library_of_Congress_Gershwin_Prize_for_Popular_Song_ceremony%2C_March_20%2C_2024_7-5_crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![The ESP Iron Cross Snow White is built in the Kiso Japan Custom Shop Factory, it the much desired "K" serial number for the ESP Kiso Custom Shop Factory. The gu (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/88923/gallery-e8e21b00eea5.jpg) The ESP Iron Cross Snow White is built in the Kiso Japan Custom Shop Factory, it the much desired "K" serial number for the ESP Kiso Custom Shop Factory. The gu (2014) — 6-StringGuitars, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/ESP_Iron_Cross_James_Hetfield_2014_Electric_Guitar_w_case_%281%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![James Hetfield](https://film.one/media/person/88923/gallery-e86e2686d9e4.jpg) James Hetfield — Image via TMDB - ![James Hetfield](https://film.one/media/person/88923/gallery-1c7448266f2c.jpg) James Hetfield — Image via TMDB - ![ESP Snakebyte merupakan gitar signature milik James Hetfield yang diperkenalkan oleh ESP Guitars pada tahun 2013. Gitar ini dirancang sesuai spesifikasi Hetfiel (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/88923/gallery-54f7be7ffcfe.jpg) ESP Snakebyte merupakan gitar signature milik James Hetfield yang diperkenalkan oleh ESP Guitars pada tahun 2013. Gitar ini dirancang sesuai spesifikasi Hetfiel (2026) — Hngdery, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/ESP_Snakebyte_James_Hetfield_Signature_Series_-_Museum_Musik_Dunia.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/james-hetfield