John Getz

Actor Oct 15 (age 79) Davenport, Iowa, U.S. 1964–2025 (61 year career)

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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. Getz then moved to New York City, where he became …

Known For

Film

Zodiac

Templeton Peck

Film

The Social Network

Film

The Fly

Stathis Borans

Film

Blood Simple

Ray

Film

Trumbo

Sam Wood

Film

Born on the Fourth of July

Marine Major - Vietnam

Film

Jobs

Paul Jobs

Film

Curly Sue

Walker McCormick

Filmography

Acting (132)

Movies (58)

The Dead Don't Hurt

2024

as Reverend Simpson

6.5

Body at Brighton Rock

as Sheriff

Brampton's Own

as Bart

Certain Women

as Sheriff Rowles

Trumbo

as Sam Wood

The Perfect Guy

as Renkin

Elevator

as Henry Barton

Jobs

as Paul Jobs

Eagleheart: Paradise Rising

2013

as Bernard Moss

Desperate Acts of Magic

2013

as Don Tarzia

4.6

How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?

as Self / Sy

The Social Network

as Sy

Superhero Movie

as Lunatic Editor

A Line in the Sand

as Captain McClenon

Zodiac

as Templeton Peck

Nanking

as George Fitch

Hard Four

as Blazedell Woodruff

4.4

Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses

2006

as Maurice Perrin

Living 'til the End

2005

as Mr. Hines

3.0

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder

2005

as Dan

5.4

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

2005

as Self

8.0

A Day Without a Mexican

2004

as Senator Abercombie

Hunger Point

as David Hunter

Zenon: The Zequel

as General Hammond

Held for Ransom

as Mr. Kirkland

Some Girl

as Claire's Father

Painted Hero

as Sheriff Acuff

The Late Shift

as Brandon Tartikoff

Mojave Moon

as Police Officer

A Friend's Betrayal

as Dennis Hewitt

Awake to Danger

as Steve Murdock

Playmaker

as Eddie

Fortunes of War

as Franklin Hewitt

Untamed Love

as Dan

A Passion to Kill

as Jerry

Betrayal of Trust

as Curt

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

1993

as Doug Hulin

In My Daughter's Name

as Michael Elias

Majority Rule

as Paul Taylor

Curly Sue

as Walker McCormick

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

1991

as Gus

6.1

Men at Work

1990

as Maxwell Potterdam III

5.7

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

as Marine Major - Vietnam

7.0

The Fly II

1989

as Stathis Borans

5.7

Police Story: Burnout

1988

as Sgt. Jack Leland

The Fly

as Stathis Borans

Blood Simple

as Ray

I Want To Go Home

as Thomas Sanders

Thief of Hearts

as Ray Davis

Concrete Beat

as Mickey Thompson

Not in Front of the Children

1982

as Dr. Paul Adams

6.0

Muggable Mary: Street Cop

as Dan Waters

Tattoo

as Buddy

Kent State

as Prof. Ted Arnold

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

1981

as Lester Dederow

The Sentinel

1977

as Film Crew (uncredited)

The Happy Hooker

as Trout Fisherman

Killer Bees

as Attendant

Television (74)

The Pitt

as Lloyd Wilkins

A Man on the Inside

as Elliott Haverhill

The Last of Us

as Dr. Edelstein

Fatal Attraction

as Warren

Alaska Daily

as Conrad Pritchard

Reservation Dogs

as James Minor

Doom Patrol

as Paul Trainor

Dirty John

as Dwight

Ghosted

as Director Romslo

Timeless

as Benjamin Cahill

Better Call Saul

as Chairman

Bosch

as Bradley Walker

Grace and Frankie

as John

How to Get Away with Murder

2014

as David Dolan

7.8

Halt and Catch Fire

2014

as Joe MacMillan, Sr.

Transparent

as Donald

Bad Teacher

as Howard

Scandal

as Patrick Keating

Touch

as Henry Williams

Homeland

as Joe Crocker

American Horror Story

2011

as Mr. St. Pierre Vanderbilt

8.1

Nikita

2010

as Senator Ed Chappell

Castle

as Gustavo Bauer

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Senator Lockhart

Trust Me

as Peter Derby

Eleventh Hour

as William Gregory

Swingtown

Mad Men

as Dr. Eric Stone

Private Practice

as Mr. Kent

Big Shots

as Walter Storrs

Shark

as Judge Nicholas

Day Break

as Judge Tobias Booth

Grey's Anatomy

as Michael Breyers

Bones

as Steven Frank

Criminal Minds

as Andrew Kane

How I Met Your Mother

2005

as Bob Hewitt

8.1

Prison Break

2005

as Dr. Roger Knowlton

Ghost Whisperer

as Rudy Wharton

Medium

as Stuart McCallister

Close to Home

as Maurice Hardecker

Wanted

as Mr. Salinger

NCIS

as Walter Kane

Cold Case

as Bill Simmons

Las Vegas

as Freddie Smith

Joan of Arcadia

as D.A. Gabe Fellowes

Without a Trace

as Mr. Garrett

CSI: Miami

as George Risher

According to Jim

as Frank

The Guardian

as Wendell Rapke

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Richard Zeigler

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Vincent Albers

The West Wing

as Mark B. Sellner

Providence

as Dr. Sullivan

The King of Queens

as Mr. Dugan

Maggie

as Dr. Arthur Day

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

JAG

as Adm. Harrison Spencer

Ned & Stacey

as Les McDowall

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

as Roy Buchanan

Murphy Brown

Mariah

MacGruder and Loud

as Malcom MacGruder

Murder, She Wrote

as Jonas Cole

Maggie Briggs

A Woman Called Moses

as Stewart

Loose Change

as John Campbell

Three's Company

as Lee Tripper

On Our Own

as Tom Ericson

The Andros Targets

as Dan Bridger

Rafferty

as Dr. Daniel Gentry

Barney Miller

as William McKuen

Wonder Woman

as Christian Harrison

7.0

ABC Afterschool Special

as Thomas Sanders

Another World