James Alan Hetfield (on Englisce hāteþ Iacobus Hetfeld) (wæs geboren on þǣm 3 dæge Weodmōnaðes þæs 1963 gēares) is ge se fōresinged, ge mǣlgieddertēond, ge se hēafodlicosta sangwrītere þæs Americiscan trēpes Metallican.