John Getz
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John Getz (born October 15, 1947[1]) is a stage-trained American actor.
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[edit] Personal life
Getz, one of four children, was born in Davenport, Iowa and raised in the Mississippi River Valley.[2] He began acting while attending the University of Iowa. During that period, he helped found the Center for New Performing Arts. He has a daughter named Hannah from his marriage to playwright Grace McKeaney.
[edit] Career
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. The distinctive locale led to Getz' 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.
Getz entered features with a bit part in The Happy Hooker (1975) and followed up with several other small roles before starring in the Coen Brother's splendid crime drama Blood Simple (1984), in which he proved effective as the doomed lover of a married woman who woefully misinterprets his increasingly complex circumstances.
He co-starred in the well loved, if not well known, police drama, MacGruder and Loud (1985). ABC had high hopes for this show. The pilot was given the coveted post-Super Bowl time-slot. After the big game, millions of Americans contributed to its strong debut in the ratings. Promptly moved the MacGruder & Loud playing piece from Boardwalk to Baltic Avenue, switching it's time slot every few weeks before it finally landed in the Monday nights at 10:00 PM EST, graveyard slot.
A bearded Getz also appeared in The Fly (1986) as Stathis Borans, a somewhat less than likeable science magazine editor who pays a heavy price for his curiosity. He reprised the role of a traumatized survivor in The Fly II (1989). He has also played a Marine major in Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and unpleasant boyfriends of professional women in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead and Curly Sue (both 1991).
Getz has appeared in many television series, most recently Day Break; he also had a role in the David Fincher film Zodiac (film).
With 22 projects in the last 5 years, Getz continues to be one of the most working actors in the biz.
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[edit] External links
- John Getz at the Internet Movie Database
