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

Rollerball
2002
Slipknot - Live at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2001
2001
Slipknot - Hellbound
2015
Slipknot: Goat
2011
Up to Our Necks
2004
Slipknot - Knotfest Los Angeles
2021
Slipknot: Audible Visions of (Sic)ness
2010
Slipknot: Rock On The Range Festival 2015
2015
Slipknot: Welcome to our Neighborhood
1999
Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2009
2009
Slipknot : Rock Am Ring 2019
2019
Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2005
2005

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
59
2025
Slipknot - Live at Rock Am Ring 2025
as Self
2025
Slipknot - Live at Resurrection Fest EG 2025
as Self
2023
Slipknot - Hellfest 2023
as Guitar
2023
Slipknot - Live at Resurrection Fest EG 2023
as Self
2022
Slipknot Live - Wacken Open Air 2022
as Himself
2021
Slipknot - Knotfest Los Angeles
as Himself
2020
Slipknot - Live at Resurrection Fest EG 2019
2020
Slipknot Unmasked: All Out Life
as Himself
2019
Slipknot : Rock Am Ring 2019
as James Root
2019
Slipknot - Live at Graspop Metal Meeting 2019
2019
Slipknot - Live at Download
as Guitar
2019
Slipknot: Live At Download 2009
as Self
2017
Slipknot - Day of the Gusano
as Guitars
2015
Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2015
2015
Slipknot - Live at DTE Energy Music Theatre 2015
2015
Slipknot: Rock On The Range Festival 2015
as Guitars
2015
Slipknot - Hellbound
as Self
2014
Slipknot - Live at KnotFest 2014 (Day 2)
2014
Slipknot - Live at KnotFest 2014 (Day 1)
2013
Slipknot: Monsters of Rock 2013
as Guitars
2013
Stone Sour: Live In Club Nokia
as Guitars
2012
Stone Sour: Live In Brighton
2012
Slipknot - Live at Knotfest Minneapolis 2012
2011
Slipknot: Sonisphere 2011
2011
Slipknot: Goat
as Himself
2011
Stone Sour: Rock In Rio 2011
as Himself - Guitars
2010
Slipknot: (sic)nesses
as Guitar
2010
Slipknot: Audible Visions of (Sic)ness
as Guitar
2009
of the (sic): Your Nightmares, Our Dreams
as Himself
2009
Slipknot Live - Eurockéennes de Belfort 2009
2009
Slipknot: Live at Roskilde Festival
2009
Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2009
2008
Slipknot: MTV World Stage
2008
nine: The Making of All Hope Is Gone
as Himself
2007
Stone Sour: Live in Moscow
as Lead Guitar
2006
Voliminal: Inside the Nine
as Himself
2005
Slipknot: Big Day Out 2005
2005
Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2005
as Self
2004
Slipknot - Live at London Astoria 2004
2004
Slipknot - Live at Eurockéennes de Belfort 2004
2004
Up to Our Necks
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Slipknot: Disasterpieces
as Self
2002
Rollerball
as Slipknot Band Member
2002
Behind the Mask: The Unauthorized DVD
as Self
2001
Slipknot - Live at SUMMER SONIC 2001
2001
Slipknot - Live at Ozzfest 2001
2001
Slipknot: Call of the Wyld
as Guitarist
2001
Slipknot - Live at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2001
2000
Slipknot - Live At Dynamo Open Air 2000
2000
Slipknot - Live at Lazer 103.3's Y2Kaos 2000
2000
Slipknot - Live at 93x Clambake 2000
2000
Slipknot - Live at Civic Auditorium 2000
2000
Slipknot - Live at Float-Rite Park Amphitheatre 2000
2000
Slipknot - Live at La Crosse Center 2000
1999
Slipknot - Live at Hairy Mary's 1999
1999
Slipknot - Live at Ankeny Airfield 1999
1999
Slipknot - Live at The Quest 1999
1999
Slipknot: Welcome to our Neighborhood
as Himself
Jim Root: The Sound and the Story
as Himself