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John Getz is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 15 october 1946 at Davenport (USA)

John Getz

John Getz
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Nationality USA
Birth 15 october 1946 (77 years) at Davenport (USA)

John Getz (born October 15, 1946) is a stage-trained American actor.

Biography

Getz, one of four children, was born in Davenport, Iowa, and grew up in the Mississippi River Valley. He began acting while attending the University of Iowa, where he helped found the Center for New Performing Arts. He has a daughter, Hannah, from his marriage to playwright Grace McKeaney.

Best films

The Fly (1986)
(Actor)

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Filmography of John Getz (32 films)

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Actor

Certain Women, 1h47
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, James LeGros, Jared Harris, Lily Gladstone
Roles Sheriff Rowles
Rating63% 3.195863.195863.195863.195863.19586
La vie de quatre femmes dans la petite ville de Livingston dans le Montana. Laura Wells, une avocate, reçoit la visite d'un client dépressif, Gina Lewis tente de convaincre un vieil homme de lui céder les pierres de son terrain pour qu'elle puisse construire sa maison, Jamie, jeune femme solitaire et introvertie, travaille dans un ranch lorsqu'un soir elle rencontre Beth Travis, jeune avocate et professeure à ses heures perdues...
The Perfect Guy, 1h40
Directed by David M. Rosenthal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about families, Films about domestic violence
Actors Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, Charles Dutton, Kathryn Morris, Tess Harper
Roles Renkin
Rating56% 2.801842.801842.801842.801842.80184
Successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn (Sanaa Lathan) is unhappy in her relationship with her boyfriend Dave King (Morris Chestnut), as he does not feel ready to commit to her wishes of starting a family, causing them to break up. Two months later, she ends up meeting the charming Carter Duncan (Michael Ealy), who works in IT for another company. They quickly grow close, and he manages to work his way into the hearts of her friends as well as her mother and father. On their way home from a trip to San Francisco to meet her parents, a stranger inquires Leah about Carter's Dodge Charger at a gas station. Carter viciously attacks the man before the mortified Leah, and he takes off when the station's owner orders them to leave at gunpoint. Leah decides to break up with Carter that night, distraught over his actions and his desperate attempts to apologize.
Trumbo
Trumbo (2015)
, 2h4
Directed by Jay Roach
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Political films
Actors Elle Fanning, Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, John Goodman, Helen Mirren, Alan Tudyk
Roles Sam Wood
Rating73% 3.697783.697783.697783.697783.69778
In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. Trumbo (directed by Jay Roach) recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. The film also stars Diane Lane, John Goodman, Louis CK, Elle Fanning, and Michael Stuhlbarg.
Jobs
Jobs (2013)
, 2h2
Directed by Joshua Michael Stern, Joshua Michael Stern
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about computing
Actors Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Ahna O'Reilly, Dermot Mulroney, Matthew Modine, J. K. Simmons
Roles Paul Jobs
Rating60% 3.0014453.0014453.0014453.0014453.001445
The film opens in 2001 with a middle-aged Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting.
Elevator
Elevator (2013)
, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Transport films
Actors Anita Briem, Christopher Backus, John Getz, Shirley Knight, Rachel and Amanda Pace, Devin Ratray
Roles Henry Barton
Rating52% 2.6491352.6491352.6491352.6491352.649135
Nine people aboard an elevator in a New York City skyscraper 52 stories tall: security guard Mohammed (Waleed Zuaiter), sexy television reporter Maureen (Tehmina Sunny) and her bossy fiance Don (Christopher Backus), racist comedian George (Joey Slotnick), alcoholic newly widowed Jane (Shirley Knight), overweight employee Martin (Devin Ratray), pregnant Celine (Anita Briem), and the building owner Henry Barton (John Getz) with his spoiled ten-year-old granddaughter Madeline (Rachel and Amanda Pace), are on their way to a company party on the top floor.
The Social Network, 2h
Directed by David Fincher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about computing
Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Brenda Song, Rooney Mara
Roles Sy
Rating77% 3.8966953.8966953.8966953.8966953.896695
In late 2003, 19-year-old Harvard University student Mark Zuckerberg is dumped by his girlfriend Erica Albright. Returning to his dorm, Zuckerberg writes an insulting entry about Albright on his LiveJournal blog and then creates a campus website called Facemash by hacking into college databases to steal photos of female students, then allowing site visitors to rate their attractiveness. After traffic to the site crashes parts of Harvard's computer network, Zuckerberg is given six months of academic probation. However, Facemash's popularity attracts the attention of Harvard upperclassmen and twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and their business partner Divya Narendra. The trio invites Zuckerberg to work on Harvard Connection, a social network for Harvard students aimed at dating.
Superhero Movie, 1h15
Directed by Jim Abrahams, Craig Mazin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Action
Themes Superhero films
Actors Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Lloyd Bridges, Christopher McDonald, Ed Helms, Brent Spiner
Roles Lunatic Editor
Rating47% 2.356872.356872.356872.356872.35687
Rick Riker (Drake Bell) is an unpopular, outcast student at Empire High School who lives with his Uncle Albert (Leslie Nielsen) and Aunt Lucille (Marion Ross) and has one friend and confidant, Trey (Kevin Hart). His crush is the breathtaking Jill Johnson (Sara Paxton), but she is dating bully Lance Landers (Ryan Hansen). One day, Rick and his class go on a school field trip at an animal research lab that is run by terminally ill businessman Lou Landers (Christopher McDonald), who is Lance's uncle. During the trip, Rick accidentally saturates himself in animal-attraction liquid, which causes a group of animals to hump him. This also leads a chemically enhanced radioactive dragonfly to fly onto Rick's neck and bite him.
Zodiac
Zodiac (2007)
, 2h37
Directed by David Fincher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Serial killer films
Actors Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch
Roles Templeton Peck
Rating76% 3.8484853.8484853.8484853.8484853.848485
On July 4, 1969, an unknown male attacks Darlene Ferrin and Mike Mageau with a handgun, at a lovers' lane in Vallejo, California. Mageau survives; Ferrin dies.
Nanking
Nanking (2007)
, 1h28
Directed by Bill Guttentag
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Rosalind Chao, Stephen Dorff, John Getz, Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Michelle Krusiec
Roles George Fitch
Rating76% 3.843193.843193.843193.843193.84319
In the winter of 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanking and killed over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese people, one of human history's worst atrocities. In order to protect Chinese civilians, a small group of European and American expatriates, Western missionaries, professors, and businessmen banded together to save 250,000, risking their own lives.
A Day Without a Mexican, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors John Getz, Caroline Aaron, Maureen Flannigan, Eduardo Palomo, Elpidia Carrillo, Suzanne Friedline
Rating48% 2.404342.404342.404342.404342.40434
Suite à l'apparition d'un mystérieux brouillard au-dessus de la Californie, tous les mexicains disparaissent au détriment de l'économie et le fonctionnement de l'Etat.
Zenon: The Zequel, 1h40
Directed by Manny Coto
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Children's films
Actors Kirsten Storms, Lauren Maltby, Shadia Simmons, Phillip Rhys, Susan Brady, Stuart Pankin
Roles General Hammond
Rating56% 2.8498352.8498352.8498352.8498352.849835
Zenon Kar (who is now 15) is two years older in the year 2051 but none the wiser about the dangers of meddling, but when she shows Nebula a new game and how to play it she inadvertently empties out Commander Planks Office and is assigned work detail in the Alien Patrol lab. Worse the space station is now under command of the military and General Hammond is assigned to command the station. Commander Plank, very furious ,comes out of his office and stops Zenon. Even worse, he assigns Zenon to look after his daughter who turns out to be her old nemesis, Margie, who's demanding and threatens to have her dad kick Zenon and her family off the space station if Zenon doesn't obey her.
Requiem for a Dream, 1h50
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald, Louise Lasser
Rating82% 4.1484954.1484954.1484954.1484954.148495
During the summer in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, elderly widow Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) constantly watches television, particularly infomercials hosted by Tappy Tibbons (Christopher McDonald). After receiving an unexpected phone call that she has won a spot to participate on a television game show, she becomes obsessed with regaining the youthful appearance she possesses in an old photograph from her son Harry's (Jared Leto) graduation many years earlier. In order to fit into her old red dress seen in the picture, the favorite one of her deceased husband Seymour, she goes on a crash diet. In order to reach her goal sooner, she goes to a doctor to discuss weight loss. The doctor gives her a prescription for weight-loss amphetamine pills throughout the day and a sedative at night. Harry warns her about amphetamine dependence and risk of life-threatening consequences, but she rebuffs him and insists that the chance to be on television has given her a reason to live. As the months go by, Sara's tolerance for the pills adjust and as a result she is no longer able to feel the same high the pills once gave her. When her invitation has still not arrived, she wrongfully increases her dosage from double to triple and, as a result, begins to suffer from amphetamine psychosis. Soon, her delusions worsen and she is driven to the brink of madness when she suffers a hallucination that she appears on the game show as the principal subject while being attacked by her monstrous, anthropomorphized refrigerator.
Held for Ransom, 1h28
Directed by Lee Stanley
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Dennis Hopper, Zachery Ty Bryan, Kam Heskin, Tsianina Joelson, Jordan Brower, Randy Spelling
Roles Mr. Kirkland
Rating44% 2.2221852.2221852.2221852.2221852.222185
Five spoiled high-school students are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area.
Some Girl
Some Girl (1998)
, 1h34
Directed by Rory Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Marissa Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, Michael Rapaport, Giovanni Ribisi, Pamela Adlon, Kristin Dattilo
Roles Claire's Father
Rating56% 2.802492.802492.802492.802492.80249
Claire (Ribisi) resents the fact that she has never been in love. She soon falls for somebody but is left heartbroken and disturbed, largely thanks to her emotionally unstable friends.
Mojave Moon, 1h32
Directed by Kevin Dowling
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Danny Aiello, Anne Archer, Angelina Jolie, Michael Biehn, Alfred Molina, Lee Arenberg
Roles Police Officer
Rating52% 2.6019352.6019352.6019352.6019352.601935
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 into the Mojave Desert, where her mother Julie lives. Al discovers romance with the free-spirited Julie despite the nearby presence of her boyfriend Boyd, who seems likely to go berserk at any moment. Strange events follow and it's up to Al to find an explanation.