Balthazar Getty

Biography: Balthazar Getty

Often playing characters with a sensitive demeanor lurking beneath a brooding surface, Balthazar Getty is an actor whose offscreen life has boasted as much drama as his onscreen work. Born in Los Angeles, CA, on January 22, 1975, Balthazar Getty's father was John Paul Getty III, the grandson of famous oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, and a notorious figure in his own right after his ear was cut off by kidnappers in 1973. John Paul Getty III suffered a debilitating drug overdose in 1980 which left him in a wheelchair, and in time he and his wife Gisela Zacher split up; Gisela remarried in 1988, to wedding translator and musician Olaf Kraemar. In 1989, a casting agent spotted young Balthazar Getty in his art class at school, and invited him to audition for a film role. Getty was then cast in the 1990 film adaptation of Lord of the Flies as Ralph, the child who struggles against the baser impulses which have overtaken his peers. Due to extensive post-production work on Lord of the Flies, Getty's second film -- a made-for-cable adaptation of The Turn of the Screw -- actually appeared first, but his work in Flies was well received and it wasn't long before more and bigger roles came his way. Getty won key roles in smaller independent projects such as Dead Beat and Where the Day Takes You as well as bigger-budget films, including Natural Born Killers, White Squall, and Lost Highway. However, the lure of the Hollywood high life took its toll as Getty's star rose; his family had a history of drug abuse, and Getty himself became addicted to heroin, only narrowly avoiding arrest in the fall of 1998, according to published reports. After this incident, Getty made a new commitment to health, and after kicking his habit began working steadily again in 2000 and 2001, appearing in the acclaimed independent films The Center of the World, MacArthur Park, and Four Dogs Playing Poker; Getty also tried his hand at working behind the scenes, serving as both star and executive producer of Shadow Hours. ~ All Movie Guide less

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The Tripper (2007)
Cast: David Arquette Lukas Haas Balthazar Getty Courteney Cox Arquette Paul Reubens
Tags: Horror Comedy Slasher Film Horror
Length: 97min
Actor-turned-director David Arquette co-scripted and directed this political horror feature concerning a group of friends who are stalked by a psychotic killer with a Ronald Reagan fixation during an outdoor music festival. Lukas Haas, Thomas Jane,...
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Slingshot (2005)
Cast: David Arquette Julianna Margulies Thora Birch Balthazar Getty Jay Alaimo
Tags: Crime Drama Thriller
Length: 90min
Taylor (Balthazar Getty) and Ashley (David Arquette) have been best friends since they were boys. They've grown older and stuck together, making a meager living, drifting across the country running low-level cons. They end up in Fairfield, CT, where...
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Traffic: The Miniseries (2004)
Cast: Elias Koteas Martin Donovan Stephen Hopkins Balthazar Getty Cliff Curtis
Tags: Drama Ensemble Film
Length: 360min
Inspired by the themes of Steven Soderbergh's Academy Award winning 2000 film of the same name, Traffic: The Miniseries focuses on a group of people involved in the highest levels of illegal trafficking; dealing with the sale and trade of chemicals,...
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The Center of the World (2001)
Cast: Wayne Wang Carla Gugino Molly Parker Peter Sarsgaard Paul Auster
Tags: Psychological Drama Erotic Drama Drama
Length: 86min
In this digitally shot feature from acclaimed director Wayne Wang) (The Joy Luck Club), the boundaries of sexual relations are put to the test by two individuals. Richard (Peter Sarsgaard) is a dot-com entrepreneur who, despite earning millions of...
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Feast (2006)
Cast: Matt Damon Wes Craven Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Ben Affleck
Tags: Horror Comedy Creature Film Horror
Length: 85min
The hard-drinking patrons of a small-town dive bar are forced to fight for their lives when a vicious family of flesh-eating creatures arrive looking for their latest meal in a fast and fun horror romp filmed as part of HBO's Project Greenlight series...
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Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
Cast: Tim Curry Forest Whitaker Olivia Williams Stacy Edwards Balthazar Getty
Tags: Crime Crime Drama
Length: 98min
Founder of the Slamdance Film Festival Paul Rachman makes his feature-length debut with this tale of dishonor among thieves, solidly in the vein of 1994's Shallow Grave. When four friends (Olivia Williams, Balthazar Getty, Daniel London, and Stacy...
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Shadow Hours (2000)
Cast: Frederic Forrest Peter Weller Michael Dorn Brad Dourif Rebecca Gayheart
Tags: Drama Psychological Thriller
Length: 92min
Israeli-born director Isaac H. Eaton spins this thriller about a Mephistophelean writer luring an impressionable young man into L.A.'s seamy underside. Stuart Chappell (Peter Weller) persuades gas station attendant Michael Holloway (Balthazar Getty)...
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Sol Goode (2001)
Cast: Robert Wagner Natasha Gregson Wagner Max Perlich Balthazar Getty Tori Spelling
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Ensemble Film
Length: 99min
An aging hipster finds that there may be more to life than good looks and fast cars in this introspective comedy from first-time director Danny Comden. Twenty-something Los Angeles womanizer Sol Goode (Balthazar Getty) has been gliding through life...
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Lost Highway (1997)
Cast: David Lynch Richard Pryor Robert Loggia Angelo Badalamenti Patricia Arquette
Tags: Drama Surrealist Film
Length: 135min
Five years after the critical and commercial disappointment of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, director David Lynch returned to the big screen with this cryptic thriller about confused identities and erotic obsession. Fred (Bill Pullman) is an...
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Voodoo Dawn (1999)
Cast: Rosanna Arquette Michael Madsen Balthazar Getty Andrzej Sekula
Tags: Crime Thriller Supernatural Horror Thriller
Length: 90min
A criminal hiding out in a remote area in the Louisiana bayou learns the art of voodoo. His enemies quickly learn of his powers and must battle him before he casts a particularly diabolical curse. ~ All Movie Guide
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