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John Getz_

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Born Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Birthday
79
Age
19
Credits
Actor
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Popularity
41 yrs
Career
Updated Feb 20, 2026

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Known For
Actor
Occupations
Stage actor, Television actor, Film actor, Actor
Birthday
(Tuesday)
Birthplace
Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Nationality
Citizenship
United States
Languages
English
Education
University of Iowa
Zodiac Sign
♎ Libra
Chinese Zodiac
狗 Dog
Name Origin
English < Hebrew (יוֹחָנָן)
Popularity
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John Getz is known for acting.
Born in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. (age 79).
John Getz has 19 credits in our database.
Studied at Array.

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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 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 wa

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Where was John Getz born?
John Getz was born in Davenport, Iowa, U.S..
What movies or shows has John Getz been in?
John Getz has 19 credits in our database. Notable titles include Another World (2019), Timeless (2016), The Social Network (2010), Zodiac (2007), Nanking (2007).
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