Acting
John Getz
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.
Filmography
The Pitt
Series · 2025
The Dead Don't Hurt
Film · 2024
A Man on the Inside
Series · 2024
Brilliant Minds
Series · 2024
The Last of Us
Series · 2023
Fatal Attraction
Series · 2023
Alaska Daily
Series · 2022
Reservation Dogs
Series · 2021
Body at Brighton Rock
Film · 2019
Doom Patrol
Series · 2019
Brampton's Own
Film · 2018
Dirty John
Series · 2018
Dirty John
Series · 2018
Ghosted
Series · 2017
Certain Women
Film · 2016
Timeless
Series · 2016
Trumbo
Film · 2015
The Perfect Guy
Film · 2015
Better Call Saul
Series · 2015
Grace and Frankie
Series · 2015
Bosch
Series · 2015
How to Get Away with Murder
Series · 2014
Bad Teacher
Series · 2014
Halt and Catch Fire
Series · 2014
Transparent
Series · 2014
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
Film · 2013
Elevator
Film · 2013
Desperate Acts of Magic
Film · 2013
Jobs
Film · 2013
Scandal
Series · 2012
Touch
Series · 2012
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
Film · 2011
Homeland
Series · 2011
American Horror Story
Series · 2011
The Social Network
Film · 2010
Nikita
Series · 2010
Trust Me
Series · 2009
Castle
Series · 2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
Series · 2009
A Line in the Sand
Film · 2008
Superhero Movie
Film · 2008
Eleventh Hour
Series · 2008
Swingtown
Series · 2008
Zodiac
Film · 2007
Hard Four
Film · 2007
Nanking
Film · 2007
Mad Men
Series · 2007
Big Shots
Series · 2007
Private Practice
Series · 2007
Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses
Film · 2006
Shark
Series · 2006
Day Break
Series · 2006
Living 'til the End
Film · 2005
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
Film · 2005
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
Film · 2005
Medium
Series · 2005
How I Met Your Mother
Series · 2005
Ghost Whisperer
Series · 2005
Criminal Minds
Series · 2005
Close to Home
Series · 2005
Grey's Anatomy
Series · 2005
Prison Break
Series · 2005
Bones
Series · 2005
Wanted
Series · 2005
A Day Without a Mexican
Film · 2004
Hunger Point
Film · 2003
Joan of Arcadia
Series · 2003
Cold Case
Series · 2003
NCIS
Series · 2003
NCIS
Series · 2003
Las Vegas
Series · 2003
Without a Trace
Series · 2002
CSI: Miami
Series · 2002
Zenon: The Zequel
Film · 2001
According to Jim
Series · 2001
The Guardian
Series · 2001
Held for Ransom
Film · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
Providence
Series · 1999
The West Wing
Series · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
Some Girl
Film · 1998
The King of Queens
Series · 1998
Maggie
Series · 1998
Painted Hero
Film · 1997
The Late Shift
Film · 1996
A Friend's Betrayal
Film · 1996
Mojave Moon
Film · 1996
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Series · 1996
Awake to Danger
Film · 1995
JAG
Series · 1995
Ned & Stacey
Series · 1995
A Passion to Kill
Film · 1994
Untamed Love
Film · 1994
Fortunes of War
Film · 1994
Playmaker
Film · 1994
Betrayal of Trust
Film · 1994
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
Series · 1994
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
Film · 1993
In My Daughter's Name
Film · 1992
Majority Rule
Film · 1992
Curly Sue
Film · 1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Film · 1991
Men at Work
Film · 1990
The Fly II
Film · 1989
Born on the Fourth of July
Film · 1989
Police Story: Burnout
Film · 1988
Murphy Brown
Series · 1988
Police Story
Series · 1988
Mariah
Series · 1987
The Fly
Film · 1986
Blood Simple
Film · 1985
I Want to Go Home
Film · 1985
MacGruder and Loud
Series · 1985
Thief of Hearts
Film · 1984
Concrete Beat
Film · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Maggie Briggs
Series · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
Film · 1982
Not in Front of the Children
Film · 1982
Tattoo
Film · 1981
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
Film · 1981
Kent State
Film · 1981
A Woman Called Moses
Series · 1978
Loose Change
Series · 1978
The Sentinel
Film · 1977
Three's Company
Series · 1977
The Andros Targets
Series · 1977
Rafferty
Series · 1977
On Our Own
Series · 1977
The Happy Hooker
Film · 1975
Wonder Woman
Series · 1975
Barney Miller
Series · 1975
Killer Bees
Film · 1974
ABC Afterschool Special
Series · 1972
Another World
Series · 1964