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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Getz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2024 · A Man on the Inside as Elliott Haverhill
- 2024 · The Dead Don't Hurt as Reverend Simpson
- 2023 · The Last of Us as Dr. Edelstein
- 2022 · Alaska Daily as Conrad Pritchard
- 2021 · Reservation Dogs as James Minor
- 2019 · Body at Brighton Rock as Sheriff
- 2019 · Doom Patrol as Paul Trainor
- 2018 · Dirty John as Dwight
- 2018 · Dirty John as Doug Layton
- 2018 · Brampton's Own as Bart
- 2017 · Ghosted as Director Romslo
- 2016 · Timeless as Benjamin Cahill
- 2016 · Certain Women as Sheriff Rowles
- 2015 · Trumbo as Sam Wood
- 2015 · The Perfect Guy as Renkin
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as John
- 2015 · Better Call Saul as Chairman
- 2015 · Bosch as Bradley Walker
- 2014 · How to Get Away with Murder as David Dolan
- 2014 · Halt and Catch Fire as Joe MacMillan, Sr.
- 2014 · Bad Teacher as Howard
- 2013 · Eagleheart: Paradise Rising as Bernard Moss
- 2013 · Jobs as Paul Jobs
- 2013 · Desperate Acts of Magic as Don Tarzia
- 2013 · Elevator as Henry Barton
- 2012 · Scandal as Patrick Keating
- 2012 · Touch as Henry Williams
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt
- 2011 · Homeland as Joe Crocker
- 2011 · How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? as Self / Sy
- 2010 · The Social Network as Sy
- 2010 · Nikita as Senator Ed Chappell
- 2009 · Castle as Gustavo Bauer
- 2009 · Trust Me as Peter Derby
- 2008 · Eleventh Hour as
- 2008 · Swingtown as
- 2008 · A Line in the Sand as Captain McClenon
- 2008 · Superhero Movie as Lunatic Editor
- 2007 · Hard Four as Blazedell Woodruff
- 2007 · Big Shots as
- 2007 · Private Practice as Mr. Kent
- 2007 · Mad Men as Dr. Eric Stone
- 2007 · Zodiac as Templeton Peck
- 2007 · Nanking as George Fitch
- 2006 · Day Break as
- 2006 · Shark as
- 2005 · Living 'til the End as Mr. Hines
- 2005 · Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly as Self
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Rudy Wharton
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Andrew Kane
- 2005 · Close to Home as
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Bob Hewitt
- 2005 · Bones as Steven Frank
- 2005 · Prison Break as Dr. Roger Knowlton
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Michael Breyers
- 2005 · Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder as Dan
- 2005 · Medium as Stuart McCallister
- 2004 · A Day Without a Mexican as Senator Abercombie
- 2003 · Cold Case as Bill Simmons
- 2003 · Joan of Arcadia as D.A. Gabe Fellowes
- 2003 · NCIS as Walter Kane
- 2003 · NCIS as Captain Thomas Butler
- 2003 · Hunger Point as David Hunter
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Mr. Garrett
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as George Risher
- 2001 · According to Jim as
- 2001 · Zenon: The Zequel as General Hammond
- 2000 · Held for Ransom as Mr. Kirkland
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Richard Zeigler
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Bill Harvey
- 1999 · The West Wing as Mark B. Sellner
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Vincent Albers
- 1999 · Providence as Dr. Sullivan
- 1998 · The King of Queens as Mr. Dugan
- 1998 · Maggie as Dr. Arthur Day
- 1998 · Some Girl as Claire's Father
- 1997 · Painted Hero as Sheriff Acuff
- 1996 · Mojave Moon as Police Officer
- 1996 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as
- 1996 · A Friend's Betrayal as Dennis Hewitt
- 1996 · The Late Shift as Brandon Tartikoff
- 1995 · JAG as Adm. Harrison Spencer
- 1995 · Ned and Stacey as Les McDowall
- 1995 · Awake to Danger as Steve Murdock
- 1994 · Fortunes of War as Franklin Hewitt
- 1994 · A Passion to Kill as Jerry
- 1994 · The 5 Mrs. Buchanans as Roy Buchanan
- 1994 · Untamed Love as Dan
- 1994 · Playmaker as Eddie
- 1994 · Betrayal of Trust as Curt
- 1993 · Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story as Doug Hulin
- 1992 · Majority Rule as Paul Taylor
- 1992 · In My Daughter's Name as Michael Elias
- 1991 · Curly Sue as Walker McCormick
- 1991 · Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead as Gus
- 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 · Murphy Brown as
- 1987 · Mariah as
- 1986 · The Fly as Stathis Borans
- 1985 · I Want To Go Home as Thomas Sanders
- 1985 · MacGruder and Loud as Malcom MacGruder
- 1984 · Thief of Hearts as Ray Davis
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Jonas Cole
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Kyle Kimball
- 1984 · Concrete Beat as Mickey Thompson
- 1984 · Blood Simple as Ray
- 1984 · Maggie Briggs as
- 1982 · Not in Front of the Children as Dr. Paul Adams
- 1982 · Muggable Mary: Street Cop as Dan Waters
- 1981 · Tattoo as Buddy
- 1981 · Rivkin: Bounty Hunter as Lester Dederow
- 1981 · Kent State as Prof. Ted Arnold
- 1978 · A Woman Called Moses as Stewart
- 1978 · Loose Change as John Campbell
- 1977 · On Our Own as Tom Ericson
- 1977 · Rafferty as
- 1977 · Three's Company as Lee Tripper
- 1977 · The Andros Targets as Dan Bridger
- 1977 · The Sentinel as Film Crew (uncredited)
- 1975 · Wonder Woman as Christian Harrison
- 1975 · The Happy Hooker as Trout Fisherman
- 1975 · Barney Miller as William McKuen
- 1974 · Killer Bees as Attendant
- 1972 · ABC Afterschool Special as Thomas Sanders
- 1964 · Another World as