James Alan Hetfield is an American musician and songwriter best known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering an advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won nine Grammy Awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 24 singles. In 2009, Hetfield was ranked at no. 8 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists and no. 24 by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. In Guitar World's poll, Hetfield was placed as the 19th greatest guitarist of all time, as well as being placed second (along with Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett) in The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists poll of the same magazine. Rolling Stone placed Hetfield as the 87th greatest guitarist of all time. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. James Hetfield(1963년생, Downey, California, USA) 는 배우로, 대표작으로 메탈리카 스루 더 네버, Absent, 메탈리카: 썸 카인드 오브 몬스터가 있으며, 그 외에도 심슨 가족, 레이트 쇼 위드 스티븐 콜베어, 아메리칸 대드!, 지미 키멜 라이브!, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, 빌리언스, De Wereld Draait Door, MTV Video Music Awards, Later... with Jools Holland, '카풀 노래방: 시리즈' - Carpool Karaoke: The Series, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Metalocalypse 등 다양한 작품에 출연했다. 특히 2026년에는 Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2에도 참여해서 활동중이다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2026년 Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow에 출연했다. 2026년 Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 2에서 Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar 역을 맡았다. 2026년 Metallica: M72 Tour - Budapest, Day 1에서 Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar 역을 맡았다.