Balthazar Getty

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Biography

Discovered by casting agents, Getty made his film debut as the lead in the remake of "Lord of the Flies" (1990) before appearing in the pretty boy Western sequel "Young Guns II" (1990). A hot, young property in Hollywood, over the next several years Getty picked up supporting roles in high-profile films like Oliver Stone's ultra-violent "Natural Born Killers" (1994) and the Sylvester Stallone comic book fiasco "Judge Dredd" (1995). He also …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Other

Born

Paul Balthazar Getty on January 22, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA

Career Milestones

1990

Feature debut, starring as Ralph in "Lord of the Flies"

1990

Portrayed Tom O'Folliard, the fourteen-and-a-half-year-old orphan who worships Billy the Kid in "Young Guns II"

1991

Played a high school sophomore who lies about his age to go off to war in "December"

1992

Appeared in "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys"

1992

Featured as a tagger (graffiti writer) in "Where the Day Takes You"

1994

Had a small role as a gas station attendant in Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers"

1995

Acted the role of Olmeyer in "Judge Dredd"

1996

Played a 1950s Russian music student with rock'n'roll fever in Paul Haggis's "Red Hot"

1996

Produced tracks for the debut recording of the band Mannish

1997

Co-starred in David Lynch's "Lost Highway"

1997

Portrayed James Chandler in "The Swords" portion of Showtime's series "The Hunger"

2000

Had leading role as a recovering addict who begins to frequent underground clubs in L.A. in "Shadow Hours"

2001

Appeared in regular role on the FOX series, "Pasadena"

2001

Made cameo appearance in "The Center of the World"

2003

Played the recurring role of Richard Montana, a male witch on the WB's "Charmed"

2004

Cast opposite Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta in "Ladder 49"

2004

Portrayed Ben Edmonds in the USA Network miniseries "Traffic"

2005

Joined the fifth season of "Alias" (ABC) as Agent Thomas Grace

2005

Played David Wheeler on the TNT miniseries "Into the West"

2006

Cast as Thomas 'Tommy' Walker, one of the five Walker siblings in the ABC drama "Brothers & Sisters"

2006

Cast in the horror film "Feast"; a result of the third season of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Project Greenlight competition

2007

Co-starred in David Arquette's directorial debut, "The Tripper"; co-produced by Arquette and his wife