John Getz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 15, 1946 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
- Credits
- 134
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.
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Known for
Filmography
The Pitt
2025TV
Lloyd Wilkins
A Man on the Inside
2024TV
Elliott Haverhill
Brilliant Minds
2024TV
Dr. Doug Adler
The Dead Don't Hurt
2024Movie
Reverend Simpson
Fatal Attraction
2023TV
Warren
The Last of Us
2023TV
Dr. Edelstein
Alaska Daily
2022TV
Conrad Pritchard
Reservation Dogs
2021TV
James Minor
Body at Brighton Rock
2019Movie
Sheriff
Doom Patrol
2019TV
Paul Trainor
Dirty John
2018TV
Dwight, Doug Layton
Brampton's Own
2018Movie
Bart
Ghosted
2017TV
Director Romslo
Timeless
2016TV
Benjamin Cahill
Certain Women
2016Movie
Sheriff Rowles
Trumbo
2015Movie
Sam Wood
The Perfect Guy
2015Movie
Renkin
Grace and Frankie
2015TV
John
Better Call Saul
2015TV
Chairman
Bosch
2015TV
Bradley Walker
Transparent
2014TV
Donald
How to Get Away with Murder
2014TV
David Dolan
Halt and Catch Fire
2014TV
Joe MacMillan, Sr.
Bad Teacher
2014TV
Howard
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
2013Movie
Bernard Moss
Jobs
2013Movie
Paul Jobs
Desperate Acts of Magic
2013Movie
Don Tarzia
Elevator
2013Movie
Henry Barton
Scandal
2012TV
Patrick Keating
Touch
2012TV
Henry Williams
American Horror Story
2011TV
Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt
Homeland
2011TV
Joe Crocker
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
2011Movie
Self / Sy
The Social Network
2010Movie
Sy
Nikita
2010TV
Senator Ed Chappell
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009TV
Senator Lockhart
Castle
2009TV
Gustavo Bauer
Trust Me
2009TV
Peter Derby
Eleventh Hour
2008TV
William Gregory
Swingtown
2008TV
A Line in the Sand
2008Movie
Captain McClenon
Superhero Movie
2008Movie
Lunatic Editor
Hard Four
2007Movie
Blazedell Woodruff
Big Shots
2007TV
Walter Storrs
Private Practice
2007TV
Mr. Kent
Mad Men
2007TV
Dr. Eric Stone
Zodiac
2007Movie
Templeton Peck
Nanking
2007Movie
George Fitch
Day Break
2006TV
Judge Tobias Booth
Shark
2006TV
Judge Nicholas
Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses
2006Movie
Maurice Perrin
Living 'til the End
2005Movie
Mr. Hines
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
2005Movie
Self
Ghost Whisperer
2005TV
Rudy Wharton
Criminal Minds
2005TV
Andrew Kane
Close to Home
2005TV
Maurice Hardecker
How I Met Your Mother
2005TV
Bob Hewitt
Bones
2005TV
Steven Frank
Prison Break
2005TV
Dr. Roger Knowlton
Wanted
2005TV
Mr. Salinger
Grey's Anatomy
2005TV
Michael Breyers
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
2005Movie
Dan
Medium
2005TV
Stuart McCallister
A Day Without a Mexican
2004Movie
Senator Abercombie
Cold Case
2003TV
Bill Simmons
Joan of Arcadia
2003TV
D.A. Gabe Fellowes
NCIS
2003TV
Walter Kane, Captain Thomas Butler
Las Vegas
2003TV
Freddie Smith
Hunger Point
2003Movie
David Hunter
Without a Trace
2002TV
Mr. Garrett
CSI: Miami
2002TV
George Risher
According to Jim
2001TV
Frank
The Guardian
2001TV
Wendell Rapke
Zenon: The Zequel
2001Movie
General Hammond
Held for Ransom
2000Movie
Mr. Kirkland
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Richard Zeigler, Bill Harvey
The West Wing
1999TV
Mark B. Sellner
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Vincent Albers
Providence
1999TV
Dr. Sullivan
The King of Queens
1998TV
Mr. Dugan
Maggie
1998TV
Dr. Arthur Day
Some Girl
1998Movie
Claire's Father
Painted Hero
1997Movie
Sheriff Acuff
Mojave Moon
1996Movie
Police Officer
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1996TV
A Friend's Betrayal
1996Movie
Dennis Hewitt
The Late Shift
1996Movie
Brandon Tartikoff
JAG
1995TV
Adm. Harrison Spencer
Ned & Stacey
1995TV
Les McDowall
Awake to Danger
1995Movie
Steve Murdock
Fortunes of War
1994Movie
Franklin Hewitt
A Passion to Kill
1994Movie
Jerry
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
1994TV
Roy Buchanan
Untamed Love
1994Movie
Dan
Playmaker
1994Movie
Eddie
Betrayal of Trust
1994Movie
Curt
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993Movie
Doug Hulin
Majority Rule
1992Movie
Paul Taylor
In My Daughter's Name
1992Movie
Michael Elias
Curly Sue
1991Movie
Walker McCormick
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991Movie
Gus
Men at Work
1990Movie
Maxwell Potterdam III
Born on the Fourth of July
1989Movie
Marine Major - Vietnam
The Fly II
1989Movie
Stathis Borans
Police Story: Burnout
1988Movie
Sgt. Jack Leland
Murphy Brown
1988TV
Police Story
1988TV
Sgt. Jack Leland
Mariah
1987TV
The Fly
1986Movie
Stathis Borans
I Want to Go Home
1985Movie
Thomas Sanders
MacGruder and Loud
1985TV
Malcom MacGruder
Thief of Hearts
1984Movie
Ray Davis
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Jonas Cole, Kyle Kimball
Concrete Beat
1984Movie
Mickey Thompson
Blood Simple
1984Movie
Ray
Maggie Briggs
1984TV
Not in Front of the Children
1982Movie
Dr. Paul Adams
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
1982Movie
Dan Waters
Tattoo
1981Movie
Buddy
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981Movie
Lester Dederow
Kent State
1981Movie
Prof. Ted Arnold
A Woman Called Moses
1978TV
Stewart
Loose Change
1978TV
John Campbell
On Our Own
1977TV
Tom Ericson
Rafferty
1977TV
Dr. Daniel Gentry
Three's Company
1977TV
Lee Tripper
The Andros Targets
1977TV
Dan Bridger
The Sentinel
1977Movie
Film Crew (uncredited)
Wonder Woman
1975TV
Christian Harrison
The Happy Hooker
1975Movie
Trout Fisherman
Barney Miller
1975TV
William McKuen
Killer Bees
1974Movie
Attendant
ABC Afterschool Special
1972TV
Thomas Sanders
Another World
1964TV