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