John Getz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 15, 1946 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Getz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Pitt
TV · as Lloyd Wilkins · 3 eps
The Dead Don't Hurt
Movie · as Reverend Simpson
A Man on the Inside
TV · as Elliott Haverhill · 9 eps
Brilliant Minds
TV · as Dr. Doug Adler · 3 eps
The Last of Us
TV · as Dr. Edelstein · 2 eps
Fatal Attraction
TV · as Warren · 4 eps
Alaska Daily
TV · as Conrad Pritchard · 4 eps
Reservation Dogs
TV · as James Minor · 1 ep
Body at Brighton Rock
Movie · as Sheriff
Doom Patrol
TV · as Paul Trainor · 4 eps
Brampton's Own
Movie · as Bart
Dirty John
TV · as Dwight, Doug Layton · 3 eps
Ghosted
TV · as Director Romslo · 1 ep
Certain Women
Movie · as Sheriff Rowles
Timeless
TV · as Benjamin Cahill · 9 eps
Trumbo
Movie · as Sam Wood
The Perfect Guy
Movie · as Renkin
Better Call Saul
TV · as Chairman · 2 eps
Grace and Frankie
TV · as John · 3 eps
Bosch
TV · as Bradley Walker · 13 eps
How to Get Away with Murder
TV · as David Dolan · 1 ep
Bad Teacher
TV · as Howard · 1 ep
Halt and Catch Fire
TV · as Joe MacMillan, Sr. · 2 eps
Transparent
TV · as Donald · 4 eps
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
Movie · as Bernard Moss
Elevator
Movie · as Henry Barton
Desperate Acts of Magic
Movie · as Don Tarzia
Jobs
Movie · as Paul Jobs
Scandal
TV · as Patrick Keating · 1 ep
Touch
TV · as Henry Williams · 1 ep
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
Movie · as Self / Sy
Homeland
TV · as Joe Crocker · 4 eps
American Horror Story
TV · as Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt · 1 ep
The Social Network
Movie · as Sy
Nikita
TV · as Senator Ed Chappell · 2 eps
Trust Me
TV · as Peter Derby · 1 ep
Castle
TV · as Gustavo Bauer · 1 ep
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV · as Senator Lockhart · 1 ep
A Line in the Sand
Movie · as Captain McClenon
Superhero Movie
Movie · as Lunatic Editor
Eleventh Hour
TV · as William Gregory · 1 ep
Swingtown
TV · 1 ep
Zodiac
Movie · as Templeton Peck
Hard Four
Movie · as Blazedell Woodruff
Nanking
Movie · as George Fitch
Mad Men
TV · as Dr. Eric Stone · 1 ep
Big Shots
TV · as Walter Storrs · 1 ep
Private Practice
TV · as Mr. Kent · 1 ep
Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses
Movie · as Maurice Perrin
Shark
TV · as Judge Nicholas · 1 ep
Day Break
TV · as Judge Tobias Booth · 5 eps
Living 'til the End
Movie · as Mr. Hines
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
Movie · as Self
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
Movie · as Dan
Medium
TV · as Stuart McCallister · 1 ep
How I Met Your Mother
TV · as Bob Hewitt · 1 ep
Ghost Whisperer
TV · as Rudy Wharton · 1 ep
Criminal Minds
TV · as Andrew Kane · 1 ep
Close to Home
TV · as Maurice Hardecker · 1 ep
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Michael Breyers · 2 eps
Prison Break
TV · as Dr. Roger Knowlton · 1 ep
Bones
TV · as Steven Frank · 1 ep
Wanted
TV · as Mr. Salinger · 1 ep
A Day Without a Mexican
Movie · as Senator Abercombie
Hunger Point
Movie · as David Hunter
Joan of Arcadia
TV · as D.A. Gabe Fellowes · 6 eps
Cold Case
TV · as Bill Simmons · 1 ep
NCIS
TV · as Walter Kane, Captain Thomas Butler · 1 ep
Las Vegas
TV · as Freddie Smith · 1 ep
Without a Trace
TV · as Mr. Garrett · 1 ep
CSI: Miami
TV · as George Risher · 1 ep
Zenon: The Zequel
Movie · as General Hammond
According to Jim
TV · as Frank · 1 ep
The Guardian
TV · as Wendell Rapke · 1 ep
Held for Ransom
Movie · as Mr. Kirkland
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Richard Zeigler, Bill Harvey · 1 ep
Providence
TV · as Dr. Sullivan · 1 ep
The West Wing
TV · as Mark B. Sellner · 2 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Vincent Albers · 1 ep
Some Girl
Movie · as Claire's Father
The King of Queens
TV · as Mr. Dugan · 3 eps
Maggie
TV · as Dr. Arthur Day · 22 eps
Painted Hero
Movie · as Sheriff Acuff
The Late Shift
Movie · as Brandon Tartikoff
A Friend's Betrayal
Movie · as Dennis Hewitt
Mojave Moon
Movie · as Police Officer
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
TV · 1 ep
Awake to Danger
Movie · as Steve Murdock
JAG
TV · as Adm. Harrison Spencer · 1 ep
Ned & Stacey
TV · as Les McDowall · 6 eps
A Passion to Kill
Movie · as Jerry
Untamed Love
Movie · as Dan
Fortunes of War
Movie · as Franklin Hewitt
Playmaker
Movie · as Eddie
Betrayal of Trust
Movie · as Curt
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
TV · as Roy Buchanan · 2 eps
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Movie · as Doug Hulin
In My Daughter's Name
Movie · as Michael Elias
Majority Rule
Movie · as Paul Taylor
Curly Sue
Movie · as Walker McCormick
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Movie · as Gus
Men at Work
Movie · as Maxwell Potterdam III
The Fly II
Movie · as Stathis Borans
Born on the Fourth of July
Movie · as Marine Major - Vietnam
Police Story: Burnout
Movie · as Sgt. Jack Leland
Murphy Brown
TV · 1 ep
Police Story
TV · as Sgt. Jack Leland · 1 ep
Mariah
TV · 7 eps
The Fly
Movie · as Stathis Borans
Blood Simple
Movie · as Ray
I Want to Go Home
Movie · as Thomas Sanders
MacGruder and Loud
TV · as Malcom MacGruder · 14 eps
Thief of Hearts
Movie · as Ray Davis
Concrete Beat
Movie · as Mickey Thompson
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Jonas Cole, Kyle Kimball · 1 ep
Maggie Briggs
TV · 6 eps
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Movie · as Dan Waters
Not in Front of the Children
Movie · as Dr. Paul Adams
Tattoo
Movie · as Buddy
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Movie · as Lester Dederow
Kent State
Movie · as Prof. Ted Arnold
A Woman Called Moses
TV · as Stewart · 2 eps
Loose Change
TV · as John Campbell · 1 ep
The Sentinel
Movie · as Film Crew (uncredited)
Three's Company
TV · as Lee Tripper · 1 ep
The Andros Targets
TV · as Dan Bridger · 1 ep
Rafferty
TV · as Dr. Daniel Gentry · 13 eps
On Our Own
TV · as Tom Ericson · 1 ep
The Happy Hooker
Movie · as Trout Fisherman
Wonder Woman
TV · as Christian Harrison · 1 ep
Barney Miller
TV · as William McKuen · 1 ep
Killer Bees
Movie · as Attendant
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Thomas Sanders · 1 ep
Another World
TV · 1547 eps