John Getz

Personal Info

Birthday

October 15, 1946

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Davenport, Iowa, U.S.

Also Known As

John William Getz

جان گتز

John Getz

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.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

NCIS

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Prison Break

Criminal Minds

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Bones

Bosch

Filmography

2024
The Dead Don't Hurt
as Reverend Simpson
2019
Body at Brighton Rock
as Sheriff
2018
Brampton's Own
as Bart
2016
Certain Women
as Sheriff Rowles
2015
Trumbo
as Sam Wood
The Perfect Guy
as Renkin
2013
Eagleheart: Paradise Rising
as Bernard Moss
Jobs
as Paul Jobs
Desperate Acts of Magic
as Don Tarzia
Elevator
as Henry Barton
2011
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
as Self / Sy
2010
The Social Network
as Sy
2008
A Line in the Sand
as Captain McClenon
Superhero Movie
as Lunatic Editor
2007
Hard Four
as Blazedell Woodruff
Zodiac
as Templeton Peck
Nanking
as George Fitch
2005
Living 'til the End
as Mr. Hines
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly
as Self
Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder
as Dan
2004
A Day Without a Mexican
as Senator Abercombie
2003
Hunger Point
as David Hunter
2001
Zenon: The Zequel
as General Hammond
2000
Held for Ransom
as Mr. Kirkland
1998
Some Girl
as Claire's Father
1997
Painted Hero
as Sheriff Acuff
1996
Mojave Moon
as Police Officer
A Friend's Betrayal
as Dennis Hewitt
The Late Shift
as Brandon Tartikoff
1995
Awake to Danger
as Steve Murdock
1994
Fortunes of War
as Franklin Hewitt
A Passion to Kill
as Jerry
Untamed Love
as Dan
Playmaker
as Eddie
Betrayal of Trust
as Curt
1993
Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story
as Doug Hulin
1992
Majority Rule
as Paul Taylor
In My Daughter's Name
as Michael Elias
1991
Curly Sue
as Walker McCormick
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
as Gus
1990
Men at Work
as Maxwell Potterdam III
1989
Born on the Fourth of July
as Marine Major - Vietnam
The Fly II
as Stathis Borans
1988
Police Story: Burnout
as Sgt. Jack Leland
1986
The Fly
as Stathis Borans
1985
I Want To Go Home
as Thomas Sanders
1984
Thief of Hearts
as Ray Davis
Concrete Beat
as Mickey Thompson
Blood Simple
as Ray
1982
Not in Front of the Children
as Dr. Paul Adams
Muggable Mary: Street Cop
as Dan Waters
1981
Tattoo
as Buddy
Rivkin: Bounty Hunter
as Lester Dederow
Kent State
as Prof. Ted Arnold
1978
Loose Change
as John Campbell
1977
The Sentinel
as Film Crew (uncredited)
1975
The Happy Hooker
as Trout Fisherman
1974
Killer Bees
as Attendant