Lars Ulrich

Lars Ulrich (born December 26, 1963) is a Danish musician, songwriter, actor, record producer, and co-founder of the American thrash/heavy metal band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark, to an upper-middle-class family. A tennis player in his youth (He is the son of former tennis pro, Torben Ulrich), Ulrich moved to Los Angeles at age sixteen in the summer of 1980 to train. However, rather than playing tennis, he began playing the drums. After seeing an advertisement in a local classified ads newspaper called The Recycler, Ulrich met James Hetfield and formed Metallica.