John Getz

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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	13.943
Birthday	1946-10-15
Place of Birth	Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Also Known As	John William Getz ,

Men at Work

Zodiac

The Fly II

The Late Shift

Blood Simple

Curly Sue

Muggable Mary: Street Cop

The Fly

Zenon: The Zequel

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Hard Four

Nanking

Thief of Hearts

Tattoo

The Sentinel

Living 'til the End

Eagleheart: Paradise Rising

Elevator

Painted Hero

Desperate Acts of Magic

Held for Ransom

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

A Line in the Sand

A Passion to Kill

I Want To Go Home

In My Daughter's Name

Awake to Danger

Loose Change

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

Hunger Point

Born on the Fourth of July

Untamed Love

Kent State

The Social Network

The Happy Hooker

Certain Women

Trumbo

The Dead Don't Hurt

Fortunes of War

Concrete Beat

The Perfect Guy

A Day Without a Mexican

A Friend's Betrayal

Playmaker

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder

How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?

Killer Bees

Majority Rule

Brampton's Own

Not in Front of the Children

Body at Brighton Rock

Police Story: Burnout

Superhero Movie

Mojave Moon

Jobs

Some Girl

Betrayal of Trust