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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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 |