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Balthazar Getty

Balthazar Getty TV Listings

ChannelDate & TimeTitleBuy
ABCSun, Nov 8, 10:01 PMBrothers & Sisters NewBuy
IONTue, Nov 10, 7:00 PMGhost WhispererBuy
ENCTue, Nov 10, 9:30 PMNatural Born KillersBuy
MOMAXeWed, Nov 11, 4:45 AMFeastBuy
CINEMAXFri, Nov 13, 4:30 PMYoung Guns IIBuy
ABCSun, Nov 15, 10:01 PMBrothers & Sisters NewBuy
SyfySat, Nov 21, 10:00 AMJudge DreddBuy
CINEMAXSat, Nov 21, 4:15 PMYoung Guns IIBuy

Balthazar Getty Biography

Balthazar Getty
  • Birth Name: Paul Balthazar Getty
  • Birth Place: Los Angeles, CA
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/22/1975, Aquarius
  • Profession: Actor; producer; model; musician
With an intense stare and a perpetually furrowed brow, Getty was still a teen when he burst onto the big screen as the de facto leader of a group of stranded military cadets in the 1990 drama Lord of the Flies. While his subsequent roles were rarely as meaty, his off-screen life provided plenty of drama. A few years before Getty was born, his father was kidnapped and lost his ear during the ordeal; then when Getty was 5, his dad overdosed on drugs and ended up in a wheelchair. Unfortunately Getty inherited his father's addictive personality, and during the '90s, he abused heroin and cavorted with gangs. Yet he managed to maintain his career, alternating between mainstream fare (Young Guns II) and indies (Lost Highway), and even pursued music on the side. In the '00s, he overhauled his life by getting clean and becoming a family man. He also concentrated on the small screen and turned in some of the best work he'd done in years as a sexy male witch on Charmed and as an agent on Alias.  
Balthazar Getty Fast Facts:
  • Great-grandson of tycoon J. Paul Getty.
  • His father, J. Paul Getty III, was kidnapped while on vacation in 1973. Although his family initially refused to pay the hefty ransom, the gangsters convinced them to do so by slicing off his right ear and sending it to a newspaper.
  • Fell out of a tree and broke both arms shortly before filming his 1990 breakthrough role in Lord of the Flies; his injuries were worked into the movie.
  • Founded production company called 5150.
  • Formed the band Ringside with friend Scott Thomas, releasing a self-titled debut album in 2005.
    Balthazar Getty Relationships:
  • Aileen Getty - Aunt
  • Anna Getty - Half Sister
  • Ariadne Getty Williams - Aunt
  • Cassius Paul Getty - Son
  • Gail Harris Getty - Grandmother
  • Gisela Getty - Mother
  • Grace Getty - Daughter
  • J. Paul Getty II - Grandfather
  • J. Paul Getty III - Father
  • June Catherine Getty - Daughter
  • Mark Getty - Uncle
  • Rosetta Millington - Wife (separated)
  • Sienna Miller - Ex-significant Other
  • Violet Getty - Daughter

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