John Getz

Total Credits at Criticker: 29 (Actor)
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A bar-owner in Texas is certain that his wife is cheating on him and hires a private detective to spy on her. This is just the beginning of a complex plot which is full of misunderstandings and deceit. Ethan and Joel Coen's first feature film. (imdb)
In this satire, California wakes up one morning to find that one third of its population has disappeared. A strange thick pink fog surrounds the state and communication outside its boundaries is completely cut off. As the day goes by, we discover that the characteristic that links the 14 million disappeared is their Hispanic background. (Televisa Cine)
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong. (imdb)
Carl and James are two pleasant but unambitious garbage men. Carl has a telescope with which he observes his neighbors... (imdb)
In the last of the 80's style fancy-free comedies, several kids are left home when their parents go on a three-month vacation, only to have their geriatric babysitter die of a heart attack. (imdb)
The Late Shift (1996) - TV Movie
HBO movie about the behind-the-scenes network politics responsible for the changes in late-night talk-show hosts, after the retirement of Johnny Carson from the Tonight Show on NBC. Jay Leno and David Letterman were both vying for the position, but Leno's tough manager Helen Kushnick got him the spot... (imdb)
After Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) was "debugged", his son, Martin Brundle (Eric Stoltz), born of the human fly, is adopted by his father's place of employment (Bartok Inc.) while the employees simply wait for his mutant chromosones to come out of their dormant state. And thus "THE FLY" is reborn!! (imdb)
Nanking is a powerful reminder of the heartbreaking toll that war takes on the innocent, and a testament to the courage and conviction of a few individuals determined to act in the face of evil. The film tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China in the early days of World War II and focuses on the efforts of a small group of unarmed Westerners who established a safety zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. (THINKFilm)
Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into believing she backed her Mercedes into Bill, they're only hoping for a free meal... (imdb)
Mickey (Barbara Williams) feels trapped in a boring marriage to husband Ray. So, she begins an affair with a hunky guy (Steven Bauer) who, seemingly, can read her every thought. What she doesn't know is that he has a certain advantage -- he's broken into her house and read diaries that are filled with her most secret fantasies. Co-starring Christine Ebersole and David Caruso, Thief of Hearts was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
Muggable Mary, Street Cop (1982) - TV Movie
Mary is a single mother with a disabled child who makes a living as a undercover cop catching johns, muggers, and rapists. (imdb)
Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes dangerously obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he's hired to paint temporary tattoos on a group of women for a photo shoot. As his obsession grows, Kinsky becomes increasingly determined that Maddy should bear his "mark" ... forever. (Eugene Kim)
Racism collides with corporate greed when nine strangers are trapped in a Wall Street elevator, and one of them has a bomb. They will do anything to survive. (imdb)
When Canadian diplomat Carl Pimmler sends his friend Peter Kernan and his wife Johanna deep into the jungles of Cambodia to deliver a truck load of medicine, he fails to tell him about true nature of his business. Peter must use his experience and knowledge of South East Asia to get them out of this dangerous mess. (imdb)
The true story of one of the greatest entrepreneurs in American history, jOBS chronicles the defining 30 years of Steve Jobs' life. jOBS is a candid, inspiring and personal portrait of the one who saw things differently. (sundance.org)
Kent State (1981) - TV Movie
Based on the true story of the student protests at Kent State University in Ohio. This film focuses on the four students who were killed when the National Guard attempted to quell the riots that began on May 4, 1970, after President Nixon announced that American troops would begin bombing the heretofore neutral country of Cambodia. (imdb)
A gripping story of one mans fall from grace on the hard streets of New York City, and how he ultimately finds redemption in the unlikeliest of places. A homeless man, known only as Banzai, is haunted by the past. But its not until he is jailed for an altercation with police that the full extent of his dark secret comes to light. A secret that stuns the detectives, forces them to confront their own beliefs, and leads them to question whether Banzai's personal torment can be punishment enough. (devolverdigital.com)
Untamed Love (1994) - TV Movie
A badly abused girl of 7 is saved from having to be admitted to an institution by a dedicated Special Education teacher whose class she's been placed in until there is an opening in the hospital. In that time they form a strong bond and the child begins to heal. The teacher begins to think an institution is not what this child needs.
A rodeo clown meets a woman who, during one night, dies under suspicious circumstances. The man is blamed for her murder, and now he has to clear his name. (imdb)
Bosch (2014) - TV Series
An LAPD homicide detective works to solve the murder of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court for the murder of a serial killer. (imdb)
The lives of three women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail. (imdb)
In My Daughter's Name (1992) - TV Movie
Laura Elias's daughter is raped and murdered by Peter Lipton. With the support of Peter's affluential parents he pleads "guilty due to insanity". The jury acquits him because of insanity. Laura Elias is not able to bear the injustice done to her daughter. She tries all possible options to obtain justice but is unsuccessful. Finally she decides to take things into her own hands.
Awake to Danger (1995) - TV Movie
Several of the Collin's neighbors are victims of a series of burglaries. One evening their house is tragically hit, too: Mr. Collins finds his wife dead in the bathroom, his 16 years old daughter Aimee unconscious at the base of the stairs. She's in a coma for 18 months; when she wakes up, she can't remember anything from that fatal evening. But during her physical recovery she relives the happenings in her dreams more and more clearly.
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 Spencer Ragusa have less than 24 hours to retrieve the body for burial in New Jersey. (imdb)
A park ranger spends the night guarding a potential crime scene on a remote mountain trail.
The Last of Us (2023) - TV Series
Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America (imdb.com).