John Getz
Highest Rated: 96% Nanking (2007)
Lowest Rated: 0% Thief of Hearts (1984)
Birthday: Oct 15, 1946
Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa, USA
Stage-trained character lead often cast as upstanding if somewhat green characters on TV, and as varying degrees of sleazeballs in films, Getz began acting while attending the University of Iowa. During that period, he helped found the Center for New Performing Arts. Getz dropped out of school and attended San Francisco's respected American Conservatory Theater. While working in a winery, he became involved with the Napa Valley Theater Company. Coincidentally, this distinctive locale led to the Iowa native's professional acting debut playing an attendant in "Killer Bees" (ABC, 1974), a made-for-TV thriller starring Gloria Swanson and lensed in Napa Valley. Getz next moved to NYC where he became active in local theater while doing an 18-month stint in a recurring role on a daytime soap "Another World."
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67% | 18% | Body at Brighton Rock | Sheriff (Character) | $4.7K | 2019 |
| 40% | 59% | Brampton's Own | Bart (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 92% | 51% | Certain Women | George Rowles (Character) | $1M | 2016 |
| 74% | 79% | Trumbo | Sam Wood (Character) | $7.9M | 2015 |
| 18% | 51% | The Perfect Guy | Renkin (Character) | $57M | 2015 |
| 60% | 70% | Desperate Acts of Magic | Don Tarzia (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 28% | 40% | Jobs | Paul Jobs (Character) | $16.1M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 24% | Elevator | Henry Barton (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 96% | 86% | The Social Network | Sy (Character) | $96.9M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | A Line in the Sand | Captain McClenon (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 96% | 88% | Nanking | George Fitch (Character) | $160.1K | 2007 |
| 89% | 77% | Zodiac | Templeton Peck (Character) | $33M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Four | Blazedell Woodruff (Character) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Living 'til the End | Mr. Hines (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder | Dan (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 27% | 39% | A Day Without a Mexican | Senator Abercombie (Character) | $4.2M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Hunger Point | David Hunter (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Held for Ransom | Mr. Kirkland (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | The Late Shift | Brandon Tartikoff (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | A Friend's Betrayal | Dennis Hewitt (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Awake to Danger | Steve Murdock (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Painted Hero | Sheriff Acuff (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Playmaker | Eddie (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Untamed Love | Dan (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | A Passion to Kill | Jerry (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story | Doug Hulin (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Majority Rule | Paul (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 33% | 57% | Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead | Gus (Character) | $23M | 1991 |
| 13% | 50% | Curly Sue | Walker McCormick (Character) | $29.7M | 1991 |
| 30% | 45% | Men at Work | Maxwell Potterdam III (Character) | $14.1M | 1990 |
| 29% | 23% | The Fly II | Stathis (Character) | $19.6M | 1989 |
| 85% | 76% | Born on the Fourth of July | Marine Major - Vietnam (Character) | $68.8M | 1989 |
| 92% | 83% | The Fly | Stathis Borans (Character) | $34.9M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | MacGruder and Loud | Malcom MacGruder (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 0% | 50% | Thief of Hearts | Ray Davis (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 94% | 88% | Blood Simple | Ray (Character) | $1.7M | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Concrete Beat | Unknown (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Not in Front of the Children | Dr. Paul Adams (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Muggable Mary: Street Cop | Dan Waters (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rivkin: Bounty Hunter | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kent State | Professor Ted Arnold (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | A Woman Called Moses | Stewart (Character) | - | 1978 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96% | 75% | Doom Patrol | Paul Trainor (Guest Star) | 2020 |
| 91% | 86% | Timeless | Ben Cahill (Guest Star) | 2016-2018 |
| 59% | 69% | Ghosted | Director Romslo (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 90% | 77% | Transparent | Donald (Guest Star) | 2016-2017 |
| 97% | 96% | Better Call Saul | Chairman (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 85% | 85% | Homeland | Joe Crocker (Guest Star) | 2017 2014-2015 |
| 88% | 90% | Grace and Frankie | John (Guest Star) | 2016-2017 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | NCIS: New Orleans | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 25% | 56% | Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| 90% | 92% | Halt and Catch Fire | Joe MacMillan, Sr. (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 56% | 36% | Bad Teacher | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 2000 |
| 82% | 86% | Castle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 90% | 82% | Bones | Steven Frank (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 85% | 90% | Nikita | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 78% | 89% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Admiral Vincent Albers (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| 68% | 66% | Touch | Henry Williams (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 93% | 74% | Scandal | Patrick Keating (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Navy NCIS | Walter Kane (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 51% | 80% | Private Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 52% | No Score Yet | Trust Me | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 60% | 78% | Prison Break | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 35% | No Score Yet | Eleventh Hour | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 84% | 77% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 94% | 96% | Mad Men | Dr. Eric Stone (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 43% | No Score Yet | Swingtown | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 83% | 84% | How I Met Your Mother | Bob Hewitt (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 50% | 100% | Day Break | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 2006 |
| 6% | No Score Yet | Big Shots | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 52% | No Score Yet | Shark | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | The King of Queens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 2004 |
| 65% | No Score Yet | Close to Home | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cold Case | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 96% | 57% | Joan of Arcadia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | According to Jim | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Guardian | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maggie | Dr. Arthur Day (Character) | 1998-1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995-1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | MacGruder and Loud | Malcom MacGruder (Character) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 94% | Three's Company | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Associates | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Woman Called Moses | Stewart (Character) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barney Miller | William McKuen (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wonder Woman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
QUOTES FROM John Getz CHARACTERS
Stathis Borans says: If you plan to make anything disappear, please let me know - I've got an assistant editor who has outlived his usefulness.
Stathis Borans says: If you plan to make anything disappear, please let me know. I've got an assistant editor who has outlived his usefulness.
Stathis Borans says: (to Veronica) - It could be contagious. It could turn into an epidemic.
Veronica Quaife says: If you SAW him, Stathis, if you saw how scared and angry and desperate he is...
Stathis Borans says: I'm sure Typhoid Mary was a very nice person too when you saw her socially.
Veronica Quaife says: I'm pregnant.
Stathis Borans says: Oh, no...Oh, no!
Veronica Quaife says: I'm pregnant with Seth's baby.
Veronica Quaife says: Don't you get it? I am finally onto something that's big. Huge!
Stathis Borans says: What? ...His co*k?
Stathis Borans says: What? His co*k?
Seth Brundle says: How does Brundlefly eat? Well, he found out the hard and painful way that he eats very much the way a fly eats. His teeth are now useless, because although he can chew up solid food, he can't digest them. Solid food hurts. So like a fly, Brundlefly breaks down solids with a corrosive enzyme, playfully called "vomit drop". He regurgitates on his food, it liquefies, and then he sucks it back up. Ready for a demonstration, kids? Here goes...
Seth Brundle says: How does Brundlefly eat? Well, he found out the hard and painful way that he eats very much the way a fly eats. His teeth are now useless, because although he can chew up solid food, he can't digest them. Solid food hurts. So like a fly, Brundlefly breaks down solids with a corrosive enzyme, playfully called 'vomit drop'. He regurgitates on his food, it liquefies, and then he sucks it back up. Ready for a demonstration, kids? Here goes...
Stathis Borans says: Oh my God. My God!
Ray says: If you point a gun at someone, you'd better make sure you shoot him, and if you shoot him you'd better make sure he's dead, because if he isn't then he's gonna get up and try to kill you.