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