
Jim Root
Known for Acting · 57 credits
- Born
- 1971-10-02 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Also known as
- James Root · Slipknot · James Donald Root
Biography
James Donald Root (born October 2, 1971) is an American guitarist. He is one of two guitarists for heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #4, as well as the former lead guitarist for rock band Stone Sour.
Known For
Movies (57)

Rollerball
2002
as Slipknot Band Member

Slipknot: Disasterpieces
2002
as Self

Slipknot - Hellbound
2015
as Self

Pollution
2020
as #4

Slipknot: MTV World Stage
2008

Slipknot - Day of the Gusano
2017
as Guitars

Slipknot: Welcome to our Neighborhood
1999
as Himself

Slipknot: (sic)nesses
2010
as Guitar

Voliminal: Inside the Nine
2006
as Himself

Slipknot - Live at Eurockéennes de Belfort 2004
2004

Slipknot - Live at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2001
2001
Slipknot: Rock On The Range Festival 2015
2015
as Guitars

Behind the Mask: The Unauthorized DVD
2002
as Self

Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2009
2009

Slipknot - Live at SUMMER SONIC 2001
2001

Slipknot - Live at La Crosse Center 2000
2000

Slipknot Unmasked: All Out Life
2020
as Himself

Slipknot - Live at Ozzfest 2001
2001

Slipknot - Live At Dynamo Open Air 2000
2000

Slipknot: Goat
2011
as Himself

Slipknot: Audible Visions of (Sic)ness
2010
as Guitar

Slipknot - Hellfest 2023
2023
as Guitar
Slipknot: Live at Roskilde Festival
2009

Slipknot - Live at Download
2019
as Guitar

Slipknot - Live at KnotFest 2014 (Day 2)
2014

Slipknot - Live at 93x Clambake 2000
2000

Slipknot - Live at Graspop Metal Meeting 2019
2019

Slipknot: Live At Download 2009
2019
as Self

Slipknot : Rock Am Ring 2019
2019
as James Root

Slipknot Live - Wacken Open Air 2022
2022
as Himself

Slipknot - Knotfest Los Angeles
2021
as Himself

Slipknot - Live at Resurrection Fest EG 2023
2023
as Self

Stone Sour: Live In Brighton
2012

of the (sic): Your Nightmares, Our Dreams
2009
as Himself

Slipknot: Big Day Out 2005
2005

Slipknot - Live at DTE Energy Music Theatre 2015
2015

Slipknot: Sonisphere 2011
2011
Slipknot: Call of the Wyld
2001
as Guitarist

Slipknot - Live at Lazer 103.3's Y2Kaos 2000
2000

Slipknot - Live at Ankeny Airfield 1999
1999

Slipknot - Live at Float-Rite Park Amphitheatre 2000
2000

Slipknot - Live at London Astoria 2004
2004

Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2005
2005
as Self

Slipknot - Live at Rock Am Ring 2025
2025
as Self

Slipknot - Live at Resurrection Fest EG 2025
2025
as Self

Stone Sour: Live in Moscow
2007
as Lead Guitar
Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2015
2015

Slipknot: Monsters of Rock 2013
2013
as Guitars
Slipknot - Live at Resurrection Fest EG 2019
2020

Slipknot - Live at Hairy Mary's 1999
1999

Slipknot Live - Eurockéennes de Belfort 2009
2009

Slipknot - Live at Knotfest Minneapolis 2012
2012

Slipknot - Live at KnotFest 2014 (Day 1)
2014

Up to Our Necks
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Stone Sour: Live In Club Nokia
2013
as Guitars

Slipknot - Live at The Quest 1999
1999

Slipknot - Live at Civic Auditorium 2000
2000
About Jim Root
James Donald Root (born October 2, 1971) is an American guitarist. He is one of two guitarists for heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #4, as well as the former lead guitarist for rock band Stone Sour. With 57 credits spanning from 1999 to 2025, Jim Root has appeared in 57 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jim Root Movies
- Rollerball (2002) — as Slipknot Band Member
- Slipknot: Disasterpieces (2002) — as Self
- Slipknot - Hellbound (2015) — as Self
- Pollution (2020) — as #4
- Slipknot: MTV World Stage (2008)
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