John Getz

John Getz Movies and TV Shows

​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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 10/15/1946 (77 years old)
  • Place of birth: Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
2019

Thriller

4.7
50%
Certain Women
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 59%
role:
George Rowles
2016

Drama

6.4
59%
Trumbo
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Sam Wood
2015

Drama

7.4
72%
2015

Thriller

5.6
57%
Jobs
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 61%
role:
Paul Jobs
2013

Drama

History

6.0
61%
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2010

Drama

7.8
74%
Superhero Movie
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 52%
role:
Lunatic Editor
2008

Action

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.7
52%
Zodiac
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 75%
role:
Templeton Peck
2007

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.7
75%
Nanking
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 72%
role:
George Fitch
2007

Documentary

Drama

History

7.7
72%
The Boondocks
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 79%
role:
Marine Major - Vietnam
2005

Action

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

8.5
79%
Zenon: The Zequel
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 58%
role:
General Hammond
2001

Adventure

Comedy

Family

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7
58%
Curly Sue
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 64%
role:
Walker McCormick
1991

Comedy

Drama

Family

Romance

5.9
64%
1991

Comedy

Family

6.3
61%
Men at Work
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 56%
role:
Maxwell Potterdam III
1990

Comedy

Crime

5.9
56%
Born on the Fourth of July
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 70%
role:
Marine Major - Vietnam
1989

Drama

War & Politics

7.2
70%
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The Fly II
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 55%
role:
Stathis Borans
Not available
1989

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.1
55%
Not available
The Fly
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 74%
role:
Stathis Borans
1986

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
74%
1984

Crime

Drama

Thriller

7.5
73%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving John Getz are, for example, Body at Brighton Rock, Certain Women and Trumbo.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Google Play and iTunes.
The best Anystream ratings are The Boondocks (8.2), Zodiac (7.6) and The Social Network (7.6).
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