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Aliases: John William Getz

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Davenport, Iowa, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 43

TV Involvements: 36


Most Famous Work

Biography

​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.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Vincent Albers
NCIS
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8

NCIS

(2003) Walter Kane
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Average
8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(2000) Bill Harvey
Grey's Anatomy
Average
8

Grey's Anatomy

(2005) Michael Breyers
Criminal Minds
Average
8

Criminal Minds

(2005) Andrew Kane
Without a Trace
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7

Without a Trace

(2002) Mr. Garrett
Castle
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8

Castle

(2009) Gustavo Bauer
CSI: Miami
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8

CSI: Miami

(2002) George Risher

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Dr. Edelstein
2021 James Minor
2019 Sheriff
Paul Trainor
2018 Dwight
Doug Layton
Bart
2017 Director Romslo
2016 Benjamin Cahill
Sheriff Rowles
2015 Sam Wood
Renkin
Chairman
Bradley Walker
2014 David Dolan
N/A
2013 Bernard Moss
Paul Jobs
Don Tarzia
Henry Barton
2012 Patrick Keating
2011 Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt
Joe Crocker
Self / Sy
2010 Sy
Senator Ed Chappell
2009 Gustavo Bauer
Peter Derby
2008 N/A
N/A
Captain McClenon
Lunatic Editor
2007 Blazedell Woodruff
N/A
Mr. Kent
N/A
Templeton Peck
George Fitch
2006 N/A
N/A
2005 Mr. Hines
Self
Rudy Wharton
Andrew Kane
N/A
Bob Hewitt
Steven Frank
Dr. Roger Knowlton
Michael Breyers
Dan
Councilman Stuart McCallister
2003 Bill Simmons
N/A
Walter Kane
David Hunter
2002 Mr. Garrett
George Risher
2001 N/A
General Hammond
2000 Mr. Kirkland
Richard Zeigler
Bill Harvey
1999 Congressman Mark B. Sellner
Vincent Albers
Dr. Sullivan
1998 Mr. Dugan
Dr. Arthur Day
Claire's Father
1997 Sheriff Acuff
1996 Police Officer
N/A
Dennis Hewitt
Brandon Tartikoff
1995 Adm. Harrison Spencer
Steve Murdock
1994 Franklin Hewitt
Jerry
N/A
Dan
Eddie
Curt
1993 Doug Hulin
1992 Paul Taylor
Michael Elias
1991 Walker McCormick
Gus
1990 Maxwell Potterdam III
1989 Marine Major - Vietnam
Stathis Borans
1988 Sgt. Jack Leland
N/A
1987 N/A
1986 Stathis Borans
1985 Thomas Sanders
N/A
1984 Ray Davis
Jonas Cole
Kyle Kimball
Ray
N/A
N/A
1982 Dr. Paul Adams
Dan Waters
1981 Buddy
Lester Dederow
Prof. Ted Arnold
1978 Stewart
John Campbell
1977 N/A
Lee Tripper
Dan Bridger
Film Crew (uncredited)
1975 Christian Harrison
Trout Fisherman
William McKuen
1974 Attendant
1972 Thomas Sanders
1964 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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