Balthazar Getty

 ( 1975 Births ) 

Paul Balthazar Getty (; born January 22, 1975) is an American actor, musician, and Disc jockey, and a member of the Getty family. His acting debut was in Lord of the Flies (1990) as Ralph. He went on to appear in Lost Highway (1997) and had a recurring role as Richard Montana in Charmed (2003–04), Thomas Grace on the American action drama Alias (2005–06), and Tommy Walker on the American drama Brothers & Sisters (2006–11).

As a musician, Getty is a member of the indie rock/Electronic music band Ringside, and is the producer for Hip-hop music duo The Wow.

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Early life Paul Balthazar Getty was born January 22, 1975, in Tarzana, California, and brought up in San Francisco before being educated in the United Kingdom at Gordonstoun, Scotland. He was born to father John Paul Getty III and is a descendant of grandfather Sir John Paul Getty and great-grandfather J. Paul Getty, founder of Getty Oil, and at one time one of the richest men in the world, namesake for the Getty Center museum. His mother, Gisela Getty (née Schmidt), is a German-born professional photographer and documentary filmmaker. His parents divorced in 1993. Balthazar's half-sister, Anna Getty (née Zacher) is his mother's daughter and was adopted by Getty III during their marriage.

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Film career Getty began his acting career at age 12 in 1987. He auditioned for the lead role in the movie Lord of the Flies after being spotted by a casting director Robin Joy Allan, in his art class at school. During the 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared in the films Young Guns II, Natural Born Killers, Judge Dredd, Mr. Holland's Opus, White Squall, Lost Highway, Big City Blues, The Center of the World, Deuces Wild, Ladder 49, Numb3rs, Feast, and the television miniseries Traffic.

Getty guest-starred on the television series Charmed as Richard Montana, a male witch romantically linked with Paige Matthews. He appeared in the fifth season of the television show Alias as Agent Thomas Grace. He starred, alongside Alias costar Ron Rifkin, in the ABC prime time drama Brothers & Sisters, which first aired in September 2006. Getty played the role of Thomas "Tommy" Walker, third-born of the five Walker siblings.

In late 2008, media reports indicated Getty's contract as a full-time series regular in Brothers & Sisters would not be renewed due, in part, to budgetary and storyline considerations. "Is Brothers Disowning Balthazar Getty?" The Ausiello Files, December 29, 2008. In the Season 4 premiere, Getty was still listed in the principal cast, but he did not appear. Getty made his return to the series in the sixth episode of Season 4. Although he no longer appeared in every episode, he continued to make appearances on the show until its cancellation.

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Music career Getty started Disc jockey and making electronic music at age 15. He is a member of the indie rock/electronic band Ringside, and is the producer for Hip-hop music duo The Wow.

In 2013, he operated a record label called Purplehaus Records. He started Purplehaus Productions in the Fairfax and Melrose Avenue district in Los Angeles.

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Personal life

In 2000, Getty married fashion designer Rosetta Millington. They have five children: three daughters, named Grace, Violet Leigh, and June Catherine and sons Cassius Paul and Wolfgang Israel. Cassius's godfather is Getty's close friend and fellow actor Eric Dane. Getty had a highly publicized affair with English actress Sienna Miller in 2008, but later reconciled with his wife.

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Social initiatives

Getty is on the board of directors for The Lunchbox Fund, a non-profit organization providing daily meals to township school students in Soweto, South Africa.

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Filmography

+Film ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes
1990	Lord of the Flies	Ralph	Young Artist Award Nominated for Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture
	Young Guns II	Tom O'Folliard	Alternative title: Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory
1991	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys	Jud, Jolie's Son
	The Pope Must Die	Joe Don Dante	Alternative title: The Pope Must Diet
	December	Allister Gibbs
1992	Halfway House
	Where the Day Takes You	Little J
1993	Red Hot	Alexi	Alternative title: Fièvre Rouge
1994	Cityscrapes: Los Angeles	Leader
	Dead Beat	Rudy	Alternative title: The Phony Perfector
	Natural Born Killers	Gas Station Attendant
	Don't Do It	Jake
1995	Toughguy	Chad's Friend	Alternative titles: Evil Never Sleeps and Terrified
	Judge Dredd	Olmeyer
	Mr. Holland's Opus	Stadler
1996	White Squall	Tod Johnstone
1997	Lost Highway	Pete Dayton
	Habitat	Andreas Symes
1998	Fait Accompli	A.J. Merchant	Alternative title: Voodoo Dawn
1999	Big City Blues	Walter
	Out in Fifty	Lefty
2000	Shadow Hours	Michael Holloway	Co-producer
	Four Dogs Playing Poker	Julian	Alternative title: 4 Dogs Playing Poker
2001	Sol Goode	Sol Goode
	MacArthur Park	Steve
	The Center of the World	Brian Pivano	Alternative title: The Centre of the World
	Sluts & Losers		Co-executive producer
2002	Hard Cash	Eddie	Alternative title: Run for the Money
	Deuces Wild	Jimmy Pockets
2004	Ladder 49	Ray Gauquin
2005	Slingshot	Taylor
	Feast	Bozo
2006	The Tripper	Jimmy
2008	West of Brooklyn	Man at door
	Struggle	Jack
2012	Big Sur	Michael McClure
2014	The Judge	Deputy Hanson
2015	Unity	Narrator	Documentary
	Horror	Harry Cox
2021	Kid 90	Himself	Documentary
2024	Megalopolis	Aram Kazanjian

+Television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1989	Nightmare Classics	Miles	1 episode
1997	The Hunger	James Chandler	1 episode
2001–2002	Pasadena	Nate Greeley	13 episodes
2003–2004	Charmed	Richard Montana	6 episodes
2004	Traffic	Ben Edmonds	Miniseries
2005	Into the West	David Wheeler	1 episode
2005–2006	Alias	Thomas Grace	Main cast (Season 5): 15 episodes
2006	Dirtbags	Scotty	Television movie
2006–2011	Brothers & Sisters	Tommy Walker	Main cast (Season 1–4) Guest (Season 5): 72 episodes
2010	Rizzoli & Isles	Tom Garvin	1 episode
	Hawaii Five-0	Walton Dawkins	1 episode
2014	House of Lies	Zaninno	1 episode
2017	When We Rise	David	2 episodes
	Twin Peaks	Red	3 episodes

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Awards and nominations

1991	Young Artist Award 12th Annual Young Artist Award results (Retrieved March 6, 2009)	Best Young Actor Starring Role in a Motion Picture	Lord of the Flies	Nominated
		Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
		Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	Young Guns II
1991		Best Young Actor Starring Role in a Motion Picture	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
2005	Satellite Awards	Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

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External links

Categories: 1975 Births, 20th-century American Male Actors, 21st-century American Male Actors, Film Producers From California, American Indie Rock Musicians, American Male Child Actors, American Male Film Actors, American Male Television Actors, American People Of English Descent, American People Of German Descent, American People Of Scotch-irish Descent, Balthazar, Living People, Male Actors From San Francisco, People Educated At Gordonstoun, People From Tarzana, Los Angeles

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