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person_profile-John Getz

John Getz Age: 78

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Getz

Date of Birth:

Oct 15, 1946

Country of birth:

U.S.

Biography of

John Getz

    ​John Getz is a stage-trained American actor. Getz dropped out of college to attend the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. While working in a winery, he helped found the Theater Company in Napa County, California. His location in the grape-growing Napa Valley led to Getz's television debut in a made-for-television horror film Killer Bees. Killer Bees starred Gloria Swanson, Craig Stevens, Kate Jackson, and Edward Albert. Getz then moved to New York City, where he became active in local theater while doing an 18-month stint as Neil Johnson on the soap opera Another World.

    Getz appeared in The Happy Hooker and followed up with several other roles before starring in the Coen Brothers' neo-noir thriller Blood Simple. He played the doomed lover of a married woman (Frances McDormand) who woefully misinterprets his increasingly complex circumstances.

    Getz also appeared in The Fly and The Fly II as Stathis Borans, a science magazine editor who pays a heavy price for his curiosity. Also in 1989, he played a Marine Corps Major in Born on the Fourth of July. In 1991, Getz appeared as the unpleasant boyfriend of professional women in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead and Curly Sue. In 1990, Getz appeared as a crime boss in the Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez spoof Men At Work. In 1994, he appeared in the film Playmaker, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Rubin.

    In 2007, he had a role in David Fincher's film Zodiac. Also in 2007, he appeared in Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman's documentary film Nanking as George Ashmore Fitch, head of the local YMCA and administrative director of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone. Getz also had a role in Fincher's film The Social Network, about the founding of Facebook. He appeared in the suspense thriller Elevator as a Wall Street executive trapped in an elevator with a group of strangers, one of whom has a bomb. Written and produced by Marc Rosenberg and directed by Stig Svendsen, Elevator was released in July 2012. He appeared in Trumbo (2015) as director Sam Wood.

    Through the decades, Getz has guest-starred in many television series, including Barney Miller and Three's Company, where he played Lee Tripper, brother of Jack Tripper. He has guest-starred in How I Met Your Mother, Prison Break, The King of Queens and Private Practice, and had recurring roles in Homeland, Timeless and Bosch.

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Filmography of

John Getz

Found 56 Movies in total

The Dead Don't Hurt

Reverend Simpson ( Actor )

... 2024

Body at Brighton Rock

Sheriff ( Actor )

... 2019

Brampton's Own

Bart ( Actor )

... 2018

Certain Women

Sheriff Rowles ( Actor )

... 2016

Trumbo

Sam Wood ( Actor )

... 2015

The Perfect Guy

Renkin ( Actor )

... 2015

Eagleheart: Paradise Rising

Bernard Moss ( Actor )

... 2013

Jobs

Paul Jobs ( Actor )

... 2013

Desperate Acts of Magic

Don Tarzia ( Actor )

... 2013

Elevator

Henry Barton ( Actor )

... 2013

... 2011

... 2010

A Line in the Sand

Captain McClenon ( Actor )

... 2008

Superhero Movie

Lunatic Editor ( Actor )

... 2008

Hard Four

Blazedell Woodruff ( Actor )

... 2007

Zodiac

Templeton Peck ( Actor )

... 2007

Nanking

George Fitch ( Actor )

... 2007

Living 'til the End

Mr. Hines ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

... 2005

A Day Without a Mexican

Senator Abercombie ( Actor )

... 2004

Hunger Point

David Hunter ( Actor )

... 2003

Zenon: The Zequel

General Hammond ( Actor )

... 2001

Held for Ransom

Mr. Kirkland ( Actor )

... 2000

Some Girl

Claire's Father ( Actor )

... 1998

Painted Hero

Sheriff Acuff ( Actor )

... 1997

Mojave Moon

Police Officer ( Actor )

... 1996

A Friend's Betrayal

Dennis Hewitt ( Actor )

... 1996

The Late Shift

Brandon Tartikoff ( Actor )

... 1996

Awake to Danger

Steve Murdock ( Actor )

... 1995

Fortunes of War

Franklin Hewitt ( Actor )

... 1994

A Passion to Kill

Jerry ( Actor )

... 1994

Untamed Love

Dan ( Actor )

... 1994

Playmaker

Eddie ( Actor )

... 1994

Betrayal of Trust

Curt ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1993

Majority Rule

Paul Taylor ( Actor )

... 1992

In My Daughter's Name

Michael Elias ( Actor )

... 1992

Curly Sue

Walker McCormick ( Actor )

... 1991

... 1991

Men at Work

Maxwell Potterdam III ( Actor )

... 1990

Born on the Fourth of July

Marine Major - Vietnam ( Actor )

... 1989

The Fly II

Stathis Borans ( Actor )

... 1989

Police Story: Burnout

Sgt. Jack Leland ( Actor )

... 1988

The Fly

Stathis Borans ( Actor )

... 1986

Thief of Hearts

Ray Davis ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1984

Blood Simple

Ray ( Actor )

... 1984

Muggable Mary: Street Cop

Dan Waters ( Actor )

... 1982

Tattoo

Buddy ( Actor )

... 1981

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

Lester Dederow ( Actor )

... 1981

Kent State

Prof. Ted Arnold ( Actor )

... 1981

Loose Change

John Campbell ( Actor )

... 1978

The Sentinel

Film Crew (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1977

The Happy Hooker

Trout Fisherman ( Actor )

... 1975

Killer Bees

Attendant ( Actor )

... 1974