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John Getz(I)

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John Getz
After a painful breakup, successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn jumps into a passionate relationship with a charming stranger. When her ex-boyfriend resurfaces in her life she has to figure out who she should trust and who she should fear.
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The Perfect Guy (2015)
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A graduate of the University of Iowa, Getz is one of four siblings raised in Iowa and in the Mississippi River Valley of Northern Illinois. After doing a number of plays at the University of Iowa he was encouraged to try acting as a profession. A children's theater production in Napa led to New York which led to Getz's first East Coast play at LaMaMa with Danny DeVito and Peter Riegert. He later spent one season (1970-71) with the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco, joined Actor's Equity, and a year later helped found the Napa Valley Theater Company in Yountville, California. One of Getz's earliest roles was as "Shampoo Man" in a Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo commercial shot in the late 1970s. He appeared in the workshop and very first production of the musical "The Robber Bridegroom".
BornOctober 15, 1946
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John Getz in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
John Getz in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
John Getz in Timeless (2016)
John Getz and Abigail Spencer in Timeless (2016)
John Getz and Abigail Spencer in Timeless (2016)
John Getz in Timeless (2016)
John Getz in Aquarius (2015)
John Getz and Judith Ivey in The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994)
Jeff Goldblum and John Getz in The Fly (1986)
John Getz in Wonder Woman (1975)
Suzanne Somers, Joyce DeWitt, and John Getz in Three's Company (1976)
John Getz in Castle (2009)

Known for

Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network (2010)
The Social Network
7.8
  • Sy
  • 2010
Blood Simple (1984)
Blood Simple
7.6
  • Ray
  • 1984
The Fly (1986)
The Fly
7.6
  • Stathis Borans
  • 1986
Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac
7.7
  • Templeton Peck
  • 2007

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Actor

  • Fatal Attraction
    • Post-production
  • Hilary Swank in Alaska Daily (2022)
    Alaska Daily
  • Jamie Costa in The Big Lie (2022)
    The Big Lie
  • Brendan Fraser, Matt Bomer, Michelle Gomez, April Bowlby, Matthew Zuk, Diane Guerrero, Joivan Wade, and Riley Shanahan in Doom Patrol (2019)
    Doom Patrol
  • Christian Slater and Amanda Peet in Dirty John (2018)
    Dirty John
  • Karina Fontes in Body at Brighton Rock (2019)
    Body at Brighton Rock
  • Malcolm Barrett, Abigail Spencer, Goran Visnjic, Matt Lanter, Claudia Doumit, and Sheldon Landry in Timeless (2016)
    Timeless
  • Brampton's Own (2018)
    Brampton's Own
  • American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
  • Titus Welliver in Bosch (2014)
    Bosch
  • The 5th Quarter (2016)
    The 5th Quarter
  • Adam Scott and Craig Robinson in Ghosted (2017)
    Ghosted
  • Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Judith Light, and Alexandra Billings in Transparent (2014)
    Transparent
  • Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul (2015)
    Better Call Saul
  • Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)
    Homeland
  • Grace and Frankie (2015)
    Grace and Frankie

Soundtrack

  • Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Judith Light, and Alexandra Billings in Transparent (2014)
    Transparent
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Videos15

Nanking
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Nanking
Nanking
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Nanking
Nanking
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Nanking
Trailer #1
Trailer 2:33
Trailer #1
U.S. trailer: Nanking
Trailer 1:37
U.S. trailer: Nanking
Blood Simple
Trailer 1:51
Blood Simple
The Fly Two
Trailer 1:15
The Fly Two
The Fly (1986)
Trailer 2:05
The Fly (1986)
The Fly II
Trailer 1:06
The Fly II
The Fly (1986)
Trailer 0:31
The Fly (1986)
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead
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Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead
Trailer 2:05
Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead

Personal details

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    • October 15, 1946
    • Davenport, Iowa, USA
    • Grace McKeaneyJanuary 3, 1987 - 1996 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Played "Orgon" in "Tartuffe", a play by Molière, translated by Richard Wilbur (La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California, USA).

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    One of his earliest roles was as "Shampoo Man" in a Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo commercial shot in the late 70s.
  • Quotes
    The world is experience, language, and stories. Collect them all, however you can. There are many ways to create and to be useful. If you want to be an actor, so be it, almost any road can take you there, and everything is grist for the mill. But get up on a stage. Study, learn, rehearse, enjoy it.

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