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John Getz
Actor
Born October 15, 1946 (75 years)
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
| 2019 | Body at Brighton Rock · as Sheriff |
| 2019 | Doom Patrol (TV Series) · as Paul Trainor |
| 2018 | Brampton's Own · as Bart |
| 2018 | Dirty John (TV Series) · as Dwight |
| 2017 | Ghosted (TV Series) · as Director Romslo |
| 2016 | Certain Women · as George Rowles |
| 2016 | Timeless (2016) (TV Series) · as Benjamin Cahill |
| 2016 | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (TV Series) · as Randal Cowan |
| 2015 | Trumbo · as Sam Wood |
| 2015 | The Perfect Guy · as Renkin |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul (TV Series) · as Chairman |
| 2015 | Aquarius (TV Series) · as James Harrison Barret |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie (TV Series) · as John |
| 2014 | Halt and Catch Fire (TV Series) · as Joe MacMillan, Sr. |
| 2014 | Bad Teacher (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2014 | Bosch (TV Series) · as Bradley Walker |
| 2014 | How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) · as David Dolan |
| 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans (TV Series) · as Army General Owen Matthews |
| 2014 | Transparent (TV Series) · as Donald |
| 2013 | Jobs · as Paul Jobs |
| 2013 | Desperate Acts of Magic · as Don Tarzia |
| 2012 | Touch (2012) (TV Series) · as Henry Williams |
| 2012 | Scandal (2012) (TV Series) · as Patrick Keating |
| 2012 | Elevator · as Henry Barton |
| 2011 | Eagleheart (TV Series) · as Bernard Moss |
| 2011 | American Horror Story (TV Series) · as Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt |
| 2011 | Homeland (TV Series) · as Joe Crocker |
| 2010 | The Social Network · as Sy |
| 2010 | Nikita (TV Series) · as Senator Ed Chappell |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) · as Senator Lockhart |
| 2009 | Trust Me (2009) (TV Series) · as Peter Derby |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Gustavo Bauer |
| 2008 | A Line in the Sand · as Captain McClenon |
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour (US) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2008 | Swingtown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2008 | Superhero Movie · as Lunatic Editor |
| 2007 | Nanking · as George Fitch |
| 2007 | Hard Four · as Blazedell Woodruff |
| 2007 | Zodiac · as Templeton Peck |
| 2007 | Mad Men (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2007 | Private Practice (TV Series) · as Mr. Kent |
| 2007 | Big Shots (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2006 | Shark (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2006 | Day Break (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | Living 'til the End · as Mr. Hines |
| 2005 | Medium (TV Series) · as Councilman Stuart McCallister |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Andrew Kane |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as Bob Hewitt |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Michael Breyers |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) · as Rudy Wharton |
| 2005 | Wanted (TV Series) · as Mr. Salinger |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Steven Frank |
| 2005 | Close to Home (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | Prison Break (TV Series) · as Dr. Roger Knowlton |
| 2004 | A Day Without a Mexican · as Senator Abercombie |
| 2003 | Hunger Point · as David Hunter |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Las Vegas (TV Series) · as Freddie Smith |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Bill Simmons |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) · as George Risher |
| 2002 | Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Mr. Garrett |
| 2001 | Zenon: The Zequel · as General Hammond |
| 2001 | The Guardian (TV Series) · as Wendell Rapke |
| 2001 | According to Jim (TV Series) · as Frank |
| 2000 | Held for Ransom · as Mr. Kirkland |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Richard Zeigler |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as Congressman Mark B. Sellner |
| 1999 | Providence (TV Series) · as Dr. Sullivan |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Admiral Vincent Albers |
| 1998 | Some Girl · as Claire's Father |
| 1998 | The King of Queens (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Mojave Moon · as Police Officer |
| 1996 | The Late Shift · as Brandon Tartikoff |
| 1996 | Painted Hero · as Sheriff Acuff |
| 1996 | A Friend's Betrayal · as Dennis Hewitt |
| 1996 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Awake to Danger · as Steve Murdock |
| 1995 | JAG (TV Series) · as Adm. Harrison Spencer |
| 1995 | Ned and Stacey (TV Series) · as Les MacDowell |
| 1994 | A Passion to Kill · as Unknown |
| 1994 | Fortunes of War · as Franklin Hewitt |
| 1994 | Betrayal of Trust · as Curt |
| 1994 | Playmaker · as Eddie |
| 1992 | Majority Rule · as Paul |
| 1991 | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead · as Gus |
| 1991 | Curly Sue · as Walker McCormick |
| 1990 | Men at Work · as Maxwell Potterdam III |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July · as Marine Major - Vietnam |
| 1989 | The Fly II · as Stathis Borans |
| 1988 | Police Story: Burnout · as Sgt. Jack Leland |
| 1988 | Roseanne (TV Series) · as John Hale (TV Reporter) |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1986 | The Fly · as Stathis Borans |
| 1984 | Blood Simple · as Ray |
| 1984 | Thief of Hearts · as Ray Davis |
| 1984 | Concrete Beat · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Kyle Kimball |
| 1982 | Not in Front of the Children · as Dr. Paul Adams |
| 1981 | Tattoo · as Buddy |
| 1981 | Kent State · as Professor Ted Arnold |
| 1978 | A Woman Called Moses (TV Series) · as Stewart |
| 1977 | On Our Own (TV Series) · as Tom Ericson |
| 1977 | The Sentinel · as Film Crew |
| 1976 | Three's Company (TV Series) · as Lee Tripper |
| 1975 | The Happy Hooker · as Trout Fisherman |
| 1975 | Ryan's Hope (TV Series) · as Dr. Morgan Thomas |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman (TV Series) · as Christian Harrison |
| 1975 | Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Walter Alberts |
| 1964 | Another World (TV Series) · as Unknown |
Fatal Attraction (2022) (TV Series) · as Warren |