Portrait of James Hetfield

Acting

James Hetfield

Career

Active from 1983 to 2026, busiest in 1986 and 2017 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
42
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score77/100
Highest rated
Poster for Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James Hetfield Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Mystery
    1.7, average 4.0
  • Psychological
    3.3, average 5.5
  • Romance
    1.7, average 3.8
  • Melancholy
    2.8, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Heavy Metal 5
  • Live Performance 4
  • Metallica 4
  • Concert Film 3
  • Visual Spectacle 3
  • Heavy Metal Concert 2
  • Music Documentary 2
  • Live Concert 2
  • Musical Performance 2
  • Energetic 2
  • Music 2
  • High Energy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 73
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1 (2026)

as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar

Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2
Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2 (2026)

as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar

The Thicket
The Thicket (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

as Simon Deasy

Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head (2022)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as James Hetfield (voice)

Metallica: Wherever We May Roam
Metallica: Wherever We May Roam (2021)

as vocals, guitars

Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2)
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 2) (2021)

as vocals, guitars

Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1)
Metallica: 40th Anniversary - Live at Chase Center (Night 1) (2021)

as vocals, guitars

Metallica: Live at Slane Castle
Metallica: Live at Slane Castle (2020)

as lead vocals, guitar

Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015
Metallica: Live in Munich, Germany - May 31, 2015 (2020)

as vocals

Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006
Metallica: Live in Berlin, Germany - June 6, 2006 (2020)

as Cast

2010s

18 titles ยท average score 70
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
GoodWatch score 58

as Officer Bob Hayward

Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly
Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly (2017)
GoodWatch score 46

as Narrator

Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017
Metallica: Lollapalooza Brazil 2017 (2017)

as Vocals, Guitars

Skylanders Academy
Skylanders Academy (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Wolfgang (voice)

Billions
Billions (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Metallica

Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos
Metallica - Hardwired... To Self-Destruct Videos (2016)

as Voice & Rithm Guitar

Metallica: Through the Never
Metallica: Through the Never (2013)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer, Writer

'Tallica Parking Lot
'Tallica Parking Lot (2013)

as James Hetfield (voice)

Metallica: Quebec Magnetic
Metallica: Quebec Magnetic (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar

Metallica: Rock in Rio
Metallica: Rock in Rio (2012)

as Vox, Guitars

Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011
Metallica: Rock In Rio 2011 (2011)

as Vocal, Guitar

The Big Four: Live in Sofia
The Big Four: Live in Sofia (2010)
GoodWatch score 84

as Guitars

2000s

9 titles ยท average score 75
Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City
Metallica: Pride, Passion and Glory - Three Nights in Mexico City (2009)
GoodWatch score 82

as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar

Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009
Metallica: Hall of Fame 2009 (2009)

as Vocals, Guitars

Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen
Metallica: Fan Can Six Copenhagen (2009)

as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar

Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007
Metallica - Sick of the Studio Tour - LIVE in Wien 2007 (2007)

as Singer,Guitar

Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006)
GoodWatch score 80

as Vocalist, Guitarrist

Metalocalypse
Metalocalypse (2006)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Sniper (voice) / Lorkey (voice)

Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006
Metallica: Rock AM Ring 2006 (2006)

as Vocals, Guitars

Metallica: Fan Can 5
Metallica: Fan Can 5 (2006)

as Vocals, Guitars

American Dad!
American Dad! (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as James Hetfield (voice)

1990s

8 titles ยท average score 73
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M (1999)
GoodWatch score 87

Writer

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
GoodWatch score 78

Music

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland
Metallica: [1993] Basel, Switzerland (1993)

as Vox, Guitars

Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile
Metallica: [1993] Santiago, Chile (1993)

as Vox, Guitars

Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico
Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico (1993)

as Vox, Guitars

Later... with Jools Holland
Later... with Jools Holland (1992)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Self

Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands
Metallica: [1992] Den Bosch, Netherlands (1992)

as Vox, Guitars

1980s

13 titles ยท average score 85
The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as William Rieflin (voice)

Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989 (1989)
GoodWatch score 87

as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar

MTV Rockumentary
MTV Rockumentary (1989)

TV show

Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989
Metallica - Live in Irvine, California - September 23, 1989 (1989)

as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar

Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY
Metallica: [1989] Middletown, NY (1989)

as Vox, Guitars

Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY
Metallica: [1986] Uniondale, NY (1986)

as Vox, Guitars

Metallica: Detroit, Michigan
Metallica: Detroit, Michigan (1986)

as Vox, Guitars

Metallica: Nagoya, Japan
Metallica: Nagoya, Japan (1986)

as Vox, Guitars

Metallica: Day on the Green
Metallica: Day on the Green (1985)

as Vox, Guitars

Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival
Metallica: Metal Hammer Festival (1985)

as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar

Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983
Metallica: Kill 'Em All in Chicago 1983 (1983)

as Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar

Metallica: [1983] Kiss the Stone
Metallica: [1983] Kiss the Stone (1983)

as Vox, Guitars