John Getz

John Getz is a stagetrained 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 grapegrowing Napa Valley led to Getzs television debut in a madefortelevision 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 18month 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 neonoir 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 Dont Tell Mom the Babysitters 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 Finchers film Zodiac Also in 2007 he appeared in Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturmans 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 Finchers 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 was released in July 2012 He appeared in Trumbo 2015 as director Sam Wood Through the decades Getz has gueststarred in many television series including Barney Miller and Threes Company where he played Lee Tripper brother of Jack Tripper He has gueststarred in How I Met Your Mother Prison Break The King of Queens and Private Practice and had recurring roles in Homeland Timeless and Bosch Description above from the Wikipedia article John Getz licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia