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James Hetfield (I)
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 and James hooked up, and started the band, Metallica.
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Soundtrack (121 credits)
Soundtrack (121 credits)
2018
Escape at Dannemora
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Part 2
(2018)
... (writer: "Seek & Destroy")
2017-2018
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Mac and Me
(2018)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
- Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
(2017)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
2018
The Affair
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.8
(2018)
... (writer: "Spit Out the Bone")
2018
Evening Urgant
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Alexander Revva/Mikhail Galustyan/Anastasiya Ivleeva/Apocalyptica
(2018)
... (music: "Enter Sandman")
2018
Ready or Not
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(2018)
... (writer: "Battery" - uncredited)
2018
Granada Reports
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- 14 March 2018: Nightly Bulletin
(2018)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
- 14 March 2018: Evening Bulletin
(2018)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
2017
Stranger Things
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer
(2017)
... (writer: "The Four Horsemen")
2005-2017
Supernatural
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Lost and Found
(2017)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters")
- Phantom Traveler
(2005)
... (writer: "Some Kind of Monster")
2014-2017
The Leftovers
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Certified
(2017)
... (writer: "Wherever I May Roam")
- The Prodigal Son Returns
(2014)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters" - uncredited)
2017
Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Acoustic 4 a Cure
(2017)
... (performer: "Piece Of My Heart/The Joker")
2016
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Jude Law/Sterling K. Brown/Macklemore feat. Ariana DeBoo
(2016)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
- Margot Robbie/Vice President Joe Biden/Metallica
(2016)
... (writer: "Moth into Flame")
2016
One Hit Wonderland
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- "One Tin Soldier" by Coven
(2016)
... (writer: "One")
2016
The Voice Thailand
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Blind Auditions, Week 3
(2016)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
2016
Pinheads
(TV Series short) (writer - 1 episode)
- Charlie Is Pregnant
(2016)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
2016
Billions
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- The Deal
(2016)
... (writer: "Master of Puppets" - uncredited)
- Short Squeeze
(2016)
... (writer: "Harvester of Sorrow", "Master of Puppets" - uncredited)
2016
American Dad!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Life Aquatic with Steve Smith
(2016)
... (writer: "Master of Puppets", "All Nightmare Long")
2013-2015
Mike & Mike
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 23 September 2015
(2015)
... (writer: "Master Of Puppets")
- Episode dated 23 September 2013
(2013)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
2014
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Cillian Murphy/Jennifer Carpenter/Metallica
(2014)
... (writer: "Sad but True")
2014
Brows Held High
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Gerry Redux!
(2014)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
2013
Metallica: Amped for IMAX
(Short) (writer: "Fixxxer", "For Whom The Bell Tolls", "Damage, Inc")
2013
Metallica Through the Never
(writer: "Ride the Lightning", "Cyanide", "Creeping Death", "For Whom the Bells Tolls", "...And Justice for All", "Master Of Puppets", "Orion", "Fuel", "Enter Sandman", "One", "The Memory Remains", "Wherever I May Roam", "Battery", "Nothing Else Matters", "Hit The Lights") / (writer: "Whiplash" - as Hetfield)
2013
Once Upon a Time
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Lacey
(2013)
... (writer: "The Day That Never Comes")
2013
Californication
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mad Dogs and Englishmen
(2013)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters" - uncredited)
2012
Mulatschag
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.216
(2012)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
2012
Revenge
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Duress
(2012)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters" - uncredited)
2011
Metal Evolution
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Thrash
(2011)
... (writer: "Phantom Lord", "Hit the Lights", "The Four Horsemen", "Master of Puppets", "Enter Sandman", "Nothing Else Matters", "Cyanide")
- Pre-Metal
(2011)
... (writer: "Hit the Lights")
2010-2011
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Episode #20.26
(2011)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
- Episode #20.21
(2011)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
- Episode #19.52
(2010)
... (writer: "Ride the Lightning")
2010-2011
Late Show with David Letterman
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Episode #19.15
(2011)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
- Episode #19.12
(2011)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
- Episode #18.51
(2010)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman" - uncredited)
2011
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
(Documentary) (writer: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Fade to Black", "The Day That Never Comes")
2011
Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Master of Puppets", "Enter Sandman")
2010
X Factor
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- 5. Live Show
(2010)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters")
2009
House
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Known Unknowns
(2009)
... (writer: "Fuel" - uncredited)
2009
California's Gold
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Golden Knights
(2009)
... (writer: "Fuel" - uncredited)
2009
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(TV Special) (lyrics: "Master of Puppets", "Enter Sandman") / (music: "Master of Puppets", "Enter Sandman")
2009
Guitar Hero: Metallica
(Video Game) (writer: "All Nightmare Long", "Battery", "Broken Beat & Scarred", "Creeping Death", "Cyanide", "Disposable Heroes", "Dyers Eve", "Enter Sandman", "Fade To Black", "Fight Fire With Fire", "For Whom The Bell Tolls", "Frantic", "Fuel", "Hit The Lights", "King Nothing", "Master of Puppets", "My Apocalypse", "No Leaf Clover", "Nothing Else Matters", "One", "Orion", "Sad But True", "Seek & Destroy", "The Memory Remains", "The Shortest Straw", "The Thing That Should Not Be", "The Unforgiven", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Wherever I May Roam", "Whiplash")
2009
X Factor
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.7
(2009)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters")
2008
Rage
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Rage 'Ready for My Close Up' Special
(2008)
... (writer: "The Memory Remains")
2007
Idool 2007
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Grote Liveshow 7 - Unplugged
(2007)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters")
2006
Cesko hledá SuperStar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Druhé finále: Rockové balady
(2006)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters")
2006
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer
(2006)
... (writer: "Master Of Puppets")
2006
Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Topp 8 - Unplugged
(2006)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters")
2005
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Dritte Top 20 Show
(2005)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters")
2005
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
(Video documentary) (writer: "Mama Said", "Hero Of the Day")
2004
Australian Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Up Close & Personal Special
(2004)
... (writer: "Nothing Else Matters")
2004
I Love the '90s
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- 1991
(2004)
... (writer: "Enter Sandman")
2004
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
(Documentary) (writer: "Frantic", "Seek and Destroy", "Some Kind of Monster", "Dirty Window", "My World", "Shoot Me Again", "Enter Sandman", "Purify", "Master of Puppets", "The Shortest Straw", "Sad But True", "The Unnamed Feeling", "Sweet Amber", "All Within My Hands", "Damage, Inc.", "St. Anger", "Battery", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Invisible Kid" - as Hetfield)
1999-2001
WCW Monday Nitro
(TV Series) (writer - 45 episodes)
- Night of Champions
(2001)
... (writer: "Seek & Destroy")
- Episode #1.269
(2000)
... (writer: "Seek & Destroy")
- Episode #1.268
(2000)
... (writer: "Seek & Destroy")
- Episode #1.265
(2000)
... (writer: "Seek & Destroy")
- Episode #1.264
(2000)
... (writer: "Seek & Destroy")
2000
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "The Call of Ktulu", "Fade To Black", "The Unforgiven")
2000
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Knight in White Satin Armor
(2000)
... (writer: "The Memory Remains")
1998
Jestem morderca...
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Wherever I May Roam", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)")
1998
Metallica: Cunning Stunts
(Video documentary) (writer: "Creeping Death", "Sad but True", "Ain't My Bitch", "Hero of the Day", "King Nothing", "One", "Fuel", "Nothing Else Matters", "Until It Sleeps", "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Wherever I May Roam", "Fade to Black", "Ride the Lightning", "No Remorse", "Hit the Lights", "The Four Horsemen", "Seek & Destroy", "Fight Fire with Fire", "Master of Puppets", "Enter Sandman", "Motorbreath")
1998
Your Friends & Neighbors
(writer: "Enter Sandman", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Wherever I May Roam")
1998
Homicide: Life on the Street
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Full Court Press
(1998)
... (writer: "Ain't My Bitch" - uncredited)
1996
Top of the Pops
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 30 May 1996
(1996)
... (writer: "Until It Sleeps")
1996
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
(Documentary) (writer: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "The Call of Ktulu", "Orion")
1987
Metallica: Cliff 'Em All!
(Video documentary) (writer: "Creeping Death", "Damage, Inc.", "Whiplash", "Master of Puppets", "The Four Horsemen", "Fade To Black", "Seek & Destroy", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "For Whom The Bell Tolls")
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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)
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Thanks (2 credits)
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Self (110 credits)
Self (110 credits)
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Archive footage (4 credits)
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6' 1¼" (1.86 m)
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Regret? That's a screwed-up word. See more »Trivia:
Recording the next Metallica record. See more »Trademark:
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