John Getz
Born: 1946-10-15 in Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Pitt as Lloyd Wilkins
2024
- A Man on the Inside as Elliott Haverhill
- The Dead Don't Hurt as Reverend Simpson
2023
- The Last of Us as Dr. Edelstein
- Fatal Attraction as Warren
2022
- Alaska Daily as Conrad Pritchard
2021
- Reservation Dogs as James Minor
2019
- Doom Patrol as Paul Trainor
- Body at Brighton Rock as Sheriff
2018
- Dirty John as Dwight
- Brampton's Own as Bart
2017
- Ghosted as Director Romslo
2016
- Timeless as Benjamin Cahill
- Certain Women as Sheriff Rowles
2015
- Better Call Saul as Chairman
- Bosch as Bradley Walker
- Grace and Frankie as John
- Trumbo as Sam Wood
- The Perfect Guy as Renkin
2014
- How to Get Away with Murder as David Dolan
- Halt and Catch Fire as Joe MacMillan, Sr.
- Transparent as Donald
- Bad Teacher as Howard
2013
- Jobs as Paul Jobs
- Elevator as Henry Barton
- Eagleheart: Paradise Rising as Bernard Moss
- Desperate Acts of Magic as Don Tarzia
2011
- Homeland as Joe Crocker
- American Horror Story as Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt
- How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? as Self / Sy
2010
- Nikita as Senator Ed Chappell
- The Social Network as Sy
2009
- Castle as Gustavo Bauer
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Senator Lockhart
- Trust Me as Peter Derby
2008
- Eleventh Hour as William Gregory
- Superhero Movie as Lunatic Editor
- Swingtown
- A Line in the Sand as Captain McClenon
2007
2006
- Shark as Judge Nicholas
- Day Break as Judge Tobias Booth
- Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses as Maurice Perrin
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Michael Breyers
- Criminal Minds as Andrew Kane
- Bones as Steven Frank
- Prison Break as Dr. Roger Knowlton
- How I Met Your Mother as Bob Hewitt
- Ghost Whisperer as Rudy Wharton
- Medium as Stuart McCallister
- Close to Home as Maurice Hardecker
- Wanted 2005 as Mr. Salinger
- Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder as Dan
- Living 'til the End as Mr. Hines
- Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly as Self
2004
- A Day Without a Mexican as Senator Abercombie
2003
- NCIS as Walter Kane
- Cold Case as Bill Simmons
- Las Vegas as Freddie Smith
- Joan of Arcadia as D.A. Gabe Fellowes
- Hunger Point as David Hunter
2002
- CSI: Miami as George Risher
- Without a Trace as Mr. Garrett
2001
- The Guardian as Wendell Rapke
- According to Jim as Frank
- Zenon: The Zequel as General Hammond
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Richard Zeigler
- Held for Ransom as Mr. Kirkland
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Vincent Albers
- The West Wing as Mark B. Sellner
- Providence as Dr. Sullivan
1998
- The King of Queens as Mr. Dugan
- Maggie as Dr. Arthur Day
- Some Girl as Claire's Father
1997
- Painted Hero as Sheriff Acuff
1996
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- Mojave Moon as Police Officer
- A Friend's Betrayal as Dennis Hewitt
- The Late Shift as Brandon Tartikoff
1995
- JAG as Adm. Harrison Spencer
- Ned & Stacey as Les McDowall
- Awake to Danger as Steve Murdock
1994
- The 5 Mrs. Buchanans as Roy Buchanan
- Fortunes of War as Franklin Hewitt
- Playmaker as Eddie
- Betrayal of Trust as Curt
- Untamed Love as Dan
- A Passion to Kill as Jerry
1993
- Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story as Doug Hulin
1992
- In My Daughter's Name as Michael Elias
- Majority Rule as Paul Taylor
1991
- Curly Sue as Walker McCormick
- 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
- The Fly II as Stathis Borans
1988
- Murphy Brown
- Police Story as Sgt. Jack Leland
- Police Story: Burnout as Sgt. Jack Leland
1987
1986
- The Fly as Stathis Borans
1985
- MacGruder and Loud as Malcom MacGruder
- Blood Simple as Ray
- I Want To Go Home as Thomas Sanders
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Jonas Cole
- Concrete Beat as Mickey Thompson
- Maggie Briggs
- Thief of Hearts as Ray Davis
1982
- Muggable Mary: Street Cop as Dan Waters
- Not in Front of the Children as Dr. Paul Adams
1981
- Tattoo as Buddy
- Kent State as Prof. Ted Arnold
- Rivkin: Bounty Hunter as Lester Dederow
1978
- A Woman Called Moses as Stewart
- Loose Change as John Campbell
1977
- Three's Company as Lee Tripper
- The Andros Targets as Dan Bridger
- Rafferty as Dr. Daniel Gentry
- On Our Own as Tom Ericson
- The Sentinel as Film Crew (uncredited)
1975
- Barney Miller as William McKuen
- Wonder Woman as Christian Harrison
- The Happy Hooker as Trout Fisherman
1974
- Killer Bees as Attendant
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special as Thomas Sanders