John Getz
Known for Acting · 133 credits
- Born
- 1946-10-15 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
- Also known as
- John William Getz · جان گتز
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.
Known For
TV Shows (75)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Vincent Albers
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Michael Breyers
NCIS
2003
as Walter Kane / Captain Thomas Butler
Criminal Minds
2005
as Andrew Kane
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Richard Zeigler / Bill Harvey
Bones
2005
as Steven Frank
Prison Break
2005
as Dr. Roger Knowlton
CSI: Miami
2002
as George Risher
Castle
2009
as Gustavo Bauer
Better Call Saul
2015
as Chairman
Homeland
2011
as Joe Crocker
American Horror Story
2011
as Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Senator Lockhart
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Bob Hewitt
Medium
2005
as Stuart McCallister
JAG
1995
as Adm. Harrison Spencer
Private Practice
2007
as Mr. Kent
Without a Trace
2002
as Mr. Garrett
Bosch
2015
as Bradley Walker
The West Wing
1999
as Mark B. Sellner
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Jonas Cole / Kyle Kimball
The Pitt
2025
as Lloyd Wilkins
Mad Men
2007
as Dr. Eric Stone
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Rudy Wharton
Scandal
2012
as Patrick Keating
Cold Case
2003
as Bill Simmons
The King of Queens
1998
as Mr. Dugan
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
as David Dolan
Las Vegas
2003
as Freddie Smith
The Last of Us
2023
as Dr. Edelstein
Barney Miller
1975
as William McKuen
The Guardian
2001
as Wendell Rapke
Grace and Frankie
2015
as John
According to Jim
2001
as Frank
Close to Home
2005
as Maurice Hardecker
Nikita
2010
as Senator Ed Chappell
Shark
2006
as Judge Nicholas
Doom Patrol
2019
as Paul Trainor
Providence
1999
as Dr. Sullivan
Three's Company
1977
as Lee Tripper
Murphy Brown
1988
Timeless
2016
as Benjamin Cahill
Halt and Catch Fire
2014
as Joe MacMillan, Sr.
Joan of Arcadia
2003
as D.A. Gabe Fellowes
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Thomas Sanders
Touch
2012
as Henry Williams
Transparent
2014
as Donald
Dirty John
2018
as Dwight / Doug Layton
Wonder Woman
1975
as Christian Harrison
A Man on the Inside
2024
as Elliott Haverhill
Maggie
1998
as Dr. Arthur Day
Reservation Dogs
2021
as James Minor
Ned & Stacey
1995
as Les McDowall
Day Break
2006
as Judge Tobias Booth
Eleventh Hour
2008
as William Gregory
Fatal Attraction
2023
as Warren
Ghosted
2017
as Director Romslo
Bad Teacher
2014
as Howard
Alaska Daily
2022
as Conrad Pritchard
Wanted 2005
2005
as Mr. Salinger
Movies (58)
Zodiac
2007
as Templeton Peck
The Social Network
2010
as Sy
The Fly
1986
as Stathis Borans
Superhero Movie
2008
as Lunatic Editor
Blood Simple
1985
as Ray
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Marine Major - Vietnam
Jobs
2013
as Paul Jobs
The Fly II
1989
as Stathis Borans
Curly Sue
1991
as Walker McCormick
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
as Gus
The Sentinel
1977
as Film Crew (uncredited)
Men at Work
1990
as Maxwell Potterdam III
Trumbo
2015
as Sam Wood
The Dead Don't Hurt
2024
as Reverend Simpson
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
2011
as Self / Sy
Certain Women
2016
as Sheriff Rowles
The Perfect Guy
2015
as Renkin
Mojave Moon
1996
as Police Officer
Playmaker
1994
as Eddie
A Day Without a Mexican
2004
as Senator Abercombie
Elevator
2013
as Henry Barton
Nanking
2007
as George Fitch
Some Girl
1998
as Claire's Father
The Late Shift
1996
as Brandon Tartikoff
Tattoo
1981
as Buddy
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
2013
as Bernard Moss
Hard Four
2007
as Blazedell Woodruff
Thief of Hearts
1984
as Ray Davis
Zenon: The Zequel
2001
as General Hammond
Killer Bees
1974
as Attendant
Kent State
1981
as Prof. Ted Arnold
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
1993
as Doug Hulin
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
1982
as Dan Waters
A Friend's Betrayal
1996
as Dennis Hewitt
Fortunes of War
1994
as Franklin Hewitt
A Line in the Sand
2008
as Captain McClenon
The Happy Hooker
1975
as Trout Fisherman
Not in Front of the Children
1982
as Dr. Paul Adams
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
2005
as Dan
Painted Hero
1997
as Sheriff Acuff
Hunger Point
2003
as David Hunter
Majority Rule
1992
as Paul Taylor
Untamed Love
1994
as Dan
In My Daughter's Name
1992
as Michael Elias
Betrayal of Trust
1994
as Curt
Concrete Beat
1984
as Mickey Thompson
Brampton's Own
2018
as Bart
Held for Ransom
2000
as Mr. Kirkland
Body at Brighton Rock
2019
as Sheriff
Living 'til the End
2005
as Mr. Hines
Police Story: Burnout
1988
as Sgt. Jack Leland
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
2005
as Self
A Passion to Kill
1994
as Jerry
Awake to Danger
1995
as Steve Murdock
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
1981
as Lester Dederow
I Want To Go Home
1985
as Thomas Sanders
Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses
2006
as Maurice Perrin
Desperate Acts of Magic
2013
as Don Tarzia
About 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 st… With 133 credits spanning from 1964 to 2025, John Getz has appeared in 58 films and 75 TV shows.
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- Zodiac (2007) — as Templeton Peck
- The Social Network (2010) — as Sy
- The Fly (1986) — as Stathis Borans
- Superhero Movie (2008) — as Lunatic Editor
- Blood Simple (1985) — as Ray
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