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name: "Lars Ulrich"
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born: "26 December 1963"
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# Lars Ulrich

Actor. Born 26 December 1963 in Gentofte, Denmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 December 1963, Gentofte, Denmark
- **Also known as:** Metallica
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69230

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Anvil! The Story of Anvil*](https://film.one/film/anvil-the-story-of-anvil.md) (80)

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## Biography

Lars Ulrich is a Danish musician and occasional actor. Born on 26 December 1963 in Gentofte, he is the drummer and co-founder of the heavy metal band Metallica.

Ulrich has appeared in a number of films and television programmes, frequently as himself. Credits include the documentary *Anvil! The Story of Anvil* (2008), *Get Him to the Greek* (2010) and the HBO film *Hemingway & Gellhorn* (2012), in which he played the Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens. He also voiced a character in an episode of *The Simpsons*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, blabbermouth.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Anvil! The Story of Anvil* (2008), Fi1m 80, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/anvil-the-story-of-anvil.md)

## Also known for

- *Get Him to the Greek* (2010), Self
- *Billions* (2016), Metallica
- *Metallica: Through the Never* (2013), Self, Writer
- *Sound City* (2013), Self
- *Metallica: Some Kind of Monster* (2004), Self
- *Hemingway & Gellhorn* (2012), Joris Ivens
- *The Darwin Awards* (2007), Self
- *Lemmy* (2010), Self

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