John Getz

John Getz

1946-10-15 Davenport, Iowa, U.S. 58 Credits

Biography

​John Getz is a stage-trained 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 lo...

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The Dead Don't Hurt

The Dead Don't Hurt

2024

as Reverend Simpson

6.5
Acting

In the 1860s, fiercely independent French-Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy embarks on a journey with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen, attempting to forge a li...

Body at Brighton Rock

Body at Brighton Rock

2019

as Sheriff

4.9
Acting

When an inexperienced park ranger finds a dead body under mysterious circumstances on a remote mountain trail, she must guard it overnight until autho...

Brampton's Own

Brampton's Own

2018

as Bart

4.5
Acting

A struggling minor league baseball player retires and woefully returns to his small hometown, carefully dodging old wounds until confronted with the o...

Certain Women

Certain Women

2016

as Sheriff Rowles

6.0
Acting

Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled ...

Trumbo

Trumbo

2015

as Sam Wood

7.2
Acting

The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklist...

The Perfect Guy

The Perfect Guy

2015

as Renkin

5.7
Acting

With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn seems to have it all. Things come crashing down when Dave, her long-term boyf...

Eagleheart: Paradise Rising

Eagleheart: Paradise Rising

2013

as Bernard Moss

Acting

Chris Monsanto, disgraced Marshal turned fugitive from justice, goes on a journey of both heart and mind to clear his name and uncover the truth.

Jobs

Jobs

2013

as Paul Jobs

6.1
Acting

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

Desperate Acts of Magic

Desperate Acts of Magic

2013

as Don Tarzia

4.6
Acting

A magician competes in an international magic competition where he goes head to head with a female street magician he has fallen in love with. This fi...

Elevator

Elevator

2013

as Henry Barton

4.9
Acting

Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no e...

How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?

How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?

2011

as Self / Sy

7.5
Acting

This feature-length documentary about the making of "The Social Network" goes back and forth from the elements of storytelling and long rehearsals wit...

The Social Network

The Social Network

2010

as Sy

7.4
Acting

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network k...

A Line in the Sand

A Line in the Sand

2008

as Captain McClenon

Acting

A human story unfolds when detectives aggravated by a major bust gone wrong are forced to deal with a tormented man thrown into the cage after urinati...

Superhero Movie

Superhero Movie

2008

as Lunatic Editor

5.3
Acting

Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the vill...

Hard Four

Hard Four

2007

as Blazedell Woodruff

4.4
Acting

When legendary gambler Golden Hands Segal suffers a fatal heart attack at the craps table in Las Vegas, his grandson Freddy Meingold and boyhood pal S...

Zodiac

Zodiac

2007

as Templeton Peck

7.5
Acting

The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

Nanking

Nanking

2007

as George Fitch

7.2
Acting

The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens o...

Living 'til the End

Living 'til the End

2005

as Mr. Hines

3.0
Acting

Told by a psychic of his imminent death on his next birthday, Jack lives out the year, as a hopeless agoraphobic, until he meets a young woman who slo...

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly

2005

as Self

8.0
Acting

Feature length documentary on the making of David Cronenberg's The Fly.

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder

2005

as Dan

5.4
Acting

Murder is something to sing about when Mystery Woman Samantha Kinsey-an expert in pulp fiction, and increasingly proficient when it comes to real-life...

A Day Without a Mexican

A Day Without a Mexican

2004

as Senator Abercombie

5.9
Acting

When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy...

Hunger Point

Hunger Point

2003

as David Hunter

4.2
Acting

A woman struggles with her self-image in a house run by a weight-obsessed mother, alongside a younger sister whose eating disorder has tragic coincide...

Zenon: The Zequel

Zenon: The Zequel

2001

as General Hammond

5.6
Acting

Zenon Kar is 15 and lives on a space station which the military has taken over and is dismantling. She receives a mysterious signal and must convince ...

Held for Ransom

Held for Ransom

2000

as Mr. Kirkland

4.8
Acting

Held for Ransom is a 2000 direct-to-video film about five high-school students that are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area in Florid...

Some Girl

Some Girl

1998

as Claire's Father

4.7
Acting

Inexperienced in love and living in Los Angeles, aspiring actress Claire longs to find that special someone. Unfortunately, she couldn't pick a more u...

Painted Hero

Painted Hero

1997

as Sheriff Acuff

5.4
Acting

Virgil Kidder hasn't been in Waco for quite a spell, but now that he's back in town clowning in the rodeo, his troubles are catching up with him quick...

Mojave Moon

Mojave Moon

1996

as Police Officer

4.8
Acting

Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie) who is looking for a ride from the city out into ...

A Friend's Betrayal

A Friend's Betrayal

1996

as Dennis Hewitt

4.7
Acting

Old feelings of betrayal resurface, renewing a bitter rift between two girlfriends when one learns that the other seduced her son

The Late Shift

The Late Shift

1996

as Brandon Tartikoff

6.4
Acting

David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."

Awake to Danger

Awake to Danger

1995

as Steve Murdock

6.0
Acting

Recently awakened from a coma, a traumatized adolescent girl fights to remember the circumstances surrounding her mother's brutal death. But as the de...

Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War

1994

as Franklin Hewitt

3.3
Acting

When Canadian diplomat Carl Pimmler sends his friend Peter Kernan and his wife Johanna to deliver medicine to the deep jungles of Cambodia, but Peter...

A Passion to Kill

A Passion to Kill

1994

as Jerry

4.1
Acting

A psychiatrist gets involved with his best friend's wife who may be a murderer.

Untamed Love

Untamed Love

1994

as Dan

5.6
Acting

A badly abused girl of 6 is saved from having to be admitted to an institution by a dedicated Special Education teacher whose class she's been placed ...

Playmaker

Playmaker

1994

as Eddie

6.2
Acting

A would-be actress uncovers horrifying files on other starlets.

Betrayal of Trust

Betrayal of Trust

1994

as Curt

6.0
Acting

A woman has been to a psychiatrist for years for drug and alcohol addiction, and whose treatment includes being injected with a drug that knocks her o...

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story

1993

as Doug Hulin

Acting

Relationship problems between a father and son are intensified by Hurricane Andrew.

Majority Rule

Majority Rule

1992

as Paul Taylor

3.0
Acting

A war heroine returns to the US to run for president and ends up facing enemies worse than those in the battle: corruption and the dangerous game of p...

In My Daughter's Name

In My Daughter's Name

1992

as Michael Elias

6.2
Acting

A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.

Curly Sue

Curly Sue

1991

as Walker McCormick

6.4
Acting

Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. ...

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

1991

as Gus

6.1
Acting

Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings...

Men at Work

Men at Work

1990

as Maxwell Potterdam III

5.7
Acting

Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find th...

Born on the Fourth of July

Born on the Fourth of July

1989

as Marine Major - Vietnam

7.0
Acting

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought fo...

The Fly II

The Fly II

1989

as Stathis Borans

5.7
Acting

Martin Brundle, born of the human/fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chr...

Police Story: Burnout

Police Story: Burnout

1988

as Sgt. Jack Leland

Acting

A veteran vice cop has a hard time dealing with her partner's suicide.

The Fly

The Fly

1986

as Stathis Borans

7.4
Acting

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a com...

I Want To Go Home

1985

as Thomas Sanders

Acting

Brother and sister go on the run with their divorced mom, not realizing until later that their mom has kidnapped them from their dad.

Thief of Hearts

Thief of Hearts

1984

as Ray Davis

5.3
Acting

A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into he...

Concrete Beat

Concrete Beat

1984

as Mickey Thompson

4.0
Acting

A newspaper columnist becomes determined to clear a woman who is blamed for the death of her child in a tragic fire.

Blood Simple

Blood Simple

1984

as Ray

7.2
Acting

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings,...

Not in Front of the Children

1982

as Dr. Paul Adams

6.0
Acting

Divorced for two years, Nancy Caruthers, asks her new lover, Paul Adams, a medical student, to move in. She has custody of her two daughters, but this...

Muggable Mary: Street Cop

Muggable Mary: Street Cop

1982

as Dan Waters

Acting

Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching johns, muggers, and rapists.

Tattoo

Tattoo

1981

as Buddy

4.9
Acting

Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot...

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

1981

as Lester Dederow

Acting

A New York-based bounty hunter who makes a living chasing and capturing bail jumpers matches wits with a heavily-armed drug dealer in this pilot to a ...

Kent State

Kent State

1981

as Prof. Ted Arnold

6.0
Acting

Dramatization of the four days of events leading up to the historic tragedy at Kent State University in May 1970, during the confrontation between Nat...

Loose Change

Loose Change

1978

as John Campbell

Acting

Three girlfriends -- an author, an artist, and a political activist -- mature and change during the turbulent 1960s.

The Sentinel

The Sentinel

1977

as Film Crew (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a B...

The Happy Hooker

The Happy Hooker

1975

as Trout Fisherman

3.8
Acting

Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts li...

Killer Bees

Killer Bees

1974

as Attendant

4.3
Acting

A strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a strange hold on a colony of bees in her vineyard.