John Getz (born October 15, 1946) is an 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.
John Getz (born October 15, 1946) is an 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 (Movies)
The Dead Don't Hurt
Character:Reverend Simpson
Release Date:01/05/2024
Body at Brighton Rock
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:23/03/2019
Brampton's Own
Character:Bart
Release Date:19/10/2018
Certain Women
Character:Sheriff Rowles
Release Date:25/09/2016
Trumbo
Character:Sam Wood
Release Date:27/10/2015
The Perfect Guy
Character:Renkin
Release Date:11/09/2015
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
Character:Bernard Moss
Release Date:13/12/2013
Jobs
Character:Paul Jobs
Release Date:15/08/2013
Desperate Acts of Magic
Character:Don Tarzia
Release Date:03/05/2013
Elevator
Character:Henry Barton
Release Date:18/02/2013
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
Character:Self / Sy
Release Date:11/01/2011
The Social Network
Character:Sy
Release Date:01/10/2010
A Line in the Sand
Character:Captain McClenon
Release Date:15/05/2008
Superhero Movie
Character:Lunatic Editor
Release Date:28/03/2008
Hard Four
Character:Blazedell Woodruff
Release Date:01/11/2007
Zodiac
Character:Templeton Peck
Release Date:02/03/2007
Nanking
Character:George Fitch
Release Date:10/02/2007
Living 'til the End
Character:Mr. Hines
Release Date:21/10/2005
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
Character:Self
Release Date:04/10/2005
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
Character:Dan
Release Date:25/02/2005
A Day Without a Mexican
Character:Senator Abercombie
Release Date:14/05/2004
Hunger Point
Character:David Hunter
Release Date:13/01/2003
Zenon: The Zequel
Character:General Hammond
Release Date:12/01/2001
Held for Ransom
Character:Mr. Kirkland
Release Date:14/11/2000
Some Girl
Character:Claire's Father
Release Date:19/04/1998
Painted Hero
Character:Sheriff Acuff
Release Date:16/09/1997
Mojave Moon
Character:Police Officer
Release Date:15/11/1996
A Friend's Betrayal
Character:Dennis Hewitt
Release Date:19/05/1996
The Late Shift
Character:Brandon Tartikoff
Release Date:24/02/1996
Awake to Danger
Character:Steve Murdock
Release Date:12/03/1995
Fortunes of War
Character:Franklin Hewitt
Release Date:07/12/1994
A Passion to Kill
Character:Jerry
Release Date:04/11/1994
Untamed Love
Character:Dan
Release Date:03/08/1994
Playmaker
Character:Eddie
Release Date:14/05/1994
Betrayal of Trust
Character:Curt
Release Date:03/01/1994
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Character:Doug Hulin
Release Date:24/05/1993
Majority Rule
Character:Paul Taylor
Release Date:27/10/1992
In My Daughter's Name
Character:Michael Elias
Release Date:10/05/1992
Curly Sue
Character:Walker McCormick
Release Date:25/10/1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Character:Gus
Release Date:07/06/1991
Men at Work
Character:Maxwell Potterdam III
Release Date:24/08/1990
Born on the Fourth of July
Character:Marine Major - Vietnam
Release Date:20/12/1989
The Fly II
Character:Stathis Borans
Release Date:10/02/1989
Police Story: Burnout
Character:Sgt. Jack Leland
Release Date:26/11/1988
The Fly
Character:Stathis Borans
Release Date:15/08/1986
I Want To Go Home
Character:Thomas Sanders
Release Date:13/02/1985
Blood Simple
Character:Ray
Release Date:18/01/1985
Thief of Hearts
Character:Ray Davis
Release Date:19/10/1984
Concrete Beat
Character:Mickey Thompson
Release Date:09/07/1984
Not in Front of the Children
Character:Dr. Paul Adams
Release Date:26/10/1982
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Character:Dan Waters
Release Date:25/02/1982
Tattoo
Character:Buddy
Release Date:09/10/1981
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Character:Lester Dederow
Release Date:20/05/1981
Kent State
Character:Prof. Ted Arnold
Release Date:08/02/1981
The Sentinel
Character:Film Crew (uncredited)
Release Date:07/01/1977
The Happy Hooker
Character:Trout Fisherman
Release Date:08/05/1975
Killer Bees
Character:Attendant
Release Date:26/02/1974
Television Appearances
A Man on the Inside
Character:Elliott Haverhill
Fatal Attraction
Character:Warren
The Last of Us
Character:Dr. Edelstein
Alaska Daily
Character:Conrad Pritchard
Reservation Dogs
Character:James Minor
Doom Patrol
Character:Paul Trainor
Dirty John
Character:Dwight
Dirty John
Character:Doug Layton
Ghosted
Character:Director Romslo
Timeless
Character:Benjamin Cahill
Grace and Frankie
Character:John
Better Call Saul
Character:Chairman
Bosch
Character:Bradley Walker
Transparent
Character:Donald
How to Get Away with Murder
Character:David Dolan
Halt and Catch Fire
Character:Joe MacMillan, Sr.
Bad Teacher
Character:Howard
Scandal
Character:Patrick Keating
Touch
Character:Henry Williams
American Horror Story
Character:Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt
Homeland
Character:Joe Crocker
Nikita
Character:Senator Ed Chappell
NCIS: Los Angeles
Character:Senator Lockhart
Castle
Character:Gustavo Bauer
Trust Me
Character:Peter Derby
Eleventh Hour
Character:William Gregory
Swingtown
Character:
Big Shots
Character:Walter Storrs
Private Practice
Character:Mr. Kent
Mad Men
Character:Dr. Eric Stone
Day Break
Character:Judge Tobias Booth
Shark
Character:Judge Nicholas
Ghost Whisperer
Character:Rudy Wharton
Criminal Minds
Character:Andrew Kane
Close to Home
Character:Maurice Hardecker
How I Met Your Mother
Character:Bob Hewitt
Bones
Character:Steven Frank
Prison Break
Character:Dr. Roger Knowlton
Wanted
Character:Mr. Salinger
Grey's Anatomy
Character:Michael Breyers
Medium
Character:Stuart McCallister
Cold Case
Character:Bill Simmons
Joan of Arcadia
Character:D.A. Gabe Fellowes
NCIS
Character:Walter Kane
NCIS
Character:Captain Thomas Butler
Las Vegas
Character:Freddie Smith
Without a Trace
Character:Mr. Garrett
CSI: Miami
Character:George Risher
According to Jim
Character:
The Guardian
Character:Wendell Rapke
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Richard Zeigler
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character:Bill Harvey
The West Wing
Character:Mark B. Sellner
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Vincent Albers
Providence
Character:Dr. Sullivan
The King of Queens
Character:Mr. Dugan
Maggie
Character:Dr. Arthur Day
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Character:
JAG
Character:Adm. Harrison Spencer
Ned & Stacey
Character:Les McDowall
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
Character:Roy Buchanan
Murphy Brown
Character:
Mariah
Character:
MacGruder and Loud
Character:Malcom MacGruder
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Jonas Cole
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Kyle Kimball
Maggie Briggs
Character:
A Woman Called Moses
Character:Stewart
Loose Change
Character:John Campbell
On Our Own
Character:Tom Ericson
Rafferty
Character:Dr. Daniel Gentry
Three's Company
Character:Lee Tripper
The Andros Targets
Character:Dan Bridger
Wonder Woman
Character:Christian Harrison
Barney Miller
Character:William McKuen
ABC Afterschool Special
Character:Thomas Sanders
Another World
Character:
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