About
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...
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999
NCISSeries • 2003
Grey's AnatomySeries • 2005
Criminal MindsSeries • 2005
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000
BonesSeries • 2005
American Horror StorySeries • 2011
CSI: MiamiSeries • 2002
NCIS: Los AngelesSeries • 2009
CastleSeries • 2009
JAGSeries • 1995
Prison BreakSeries • 2005
How I Met Your MotherSeries • 2005
Better Call SaulSeries • 2015
HomelandSeries • 2011
The West WingSeries • 1999
The PittSeries • 2025
Without a TraceSeries • 2002
Mad MenSeries • 2007
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
The King of QueensSeries • 1998
MediumSeries • 2005
Ghost WhispererSeries • 2005
How to Get Away with MurderSeries • 2014