Jim 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

Rollerball

Slipknot Band Member

Slipknot: (sic)nesses

Guitar

of the (sic): Your Nightmares, Our Dreams

Himself

Slipknot: Disasterpieces

Self

Slipknot - Live at Lazer 103.3's Y2Kaos 2000

Slipknot: Goat

Himself

Slipknot - Live at Ankeny Airfield 1999

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Slipknot - Live at Rock Am Ring 2025
2023	Slipknot - Hellfest 2023	Guitar
2023	Slipknot - Live at Resurrection Fest EG 2023
2022	Slipknot Live - Wacken Open Air 2022	Himself
2021	Slipknot - Knotfest Los Angeles	Himself
2020	Slipknot - Live at Resurrection Fest EG 2019
2020	Pollution	#4
2020	Slipknot Unmasked: All Out Life	Himself
2019	Slipknot : Rock Am Ring 2019	James Root
2019	Slipknot - Live at Graspop Metal Meeting 2019
2019	Slipknot - Live at Download	Guitar
2019	Slipknot: Live At Download 2009
2017	Slipknot - Day of the Gusano	Guitars
2015	Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2015
2015	Slipknot: Rock in Rio 2015	Guitars
2015	Slipknot - Live at DTE Energy Music Theatre 2015
2015	Slipknot: Rock On The Range Festival 2015	Guitars
2015	Slipknot - Hellbound	Self
2014	Slipknot - Live at KnotFest 2014 (Day 1)
2014	Slipknot - Live at KnotFest 2014 (Day 2)
2013	Slipknot: Monsters of Rock 2013	Guitars
2013	Stone Sour: Live In Club Nokia	Guitars
2012	Stone Sour: Live In Brighton
2012	Slipknot - Live at Knotfest Minneapolis 2012
2011	Slipknot: Sonisphere 2011
2011	Slipknot: Rock In Rio 2011	Guitars
2011	Slipknot: Goat	Himself
2010	Slipknot: (sic)nesses	Guitar
2009	of the (sic): Your Nightmares, Our Dreams	Himself
2009	Slipknot Live - Eurockéennes de Belfort 2009
2009	Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2009
2009	Slipknot: Live at Roskilde Festival
2008	Slipknot: MTV World Stage
2007	Stone Sour: Live in Moscow	Lead Guitar
2006	Voliminal: Inside the Nine	Himself
2005	Slipknot: Big Day Out 2005
2005	Slipknot: Rock Am Ring 2005
2004	Slipknot - Live at London Astoria 2004
2004	Slipknot - Live at Eurockéennes de Belfort 2004
2004	Slipknot: Rock in Rio 2004	Guitars
2002	Slipknot: Disasterpieces	Self
2002	Rollerball	Slipknot Band Member
2001	Slipknot - Live at Ozzfest 2001
2001	Slipknot - Live at SUMMER SONIC 2001
2001	Slipknot: Call of the Wyld	Guitarist
2001	Slipknot - Live at Alpine Valley Music Theatre 2001
2000	Slipknot - Live At Dynamo Open Air 2000
2000	Slipknot - Live at 93x Clambake 2000
2000	Slipknot - Live at Lazer 103.3's Y2Kaos 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	Himself

Year	TV Show	Role