Balthazar Getty
Balthazar Getty | |
|---|---|
| Born | Paul Balthazar Getty |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Spouse | Rosetta Millington (2000–present) |
| Parent | John Paul Getty III |
Paul Balthazar Getty (born January 22, 1975) is an American film actor and member of the band Ringside.
Biography
Getty was born in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California and raised in San Francisco. He entered the movie business in 1987 when he auditioned for the lead role in the movie Lord of the Flies after being spotted by a talent scout in his art class at school. During the course of the 1990s and early 2000s, he has appeared in films such as Young Guns II, Natural Born Killers, Judge Dredd, White Squall, Lost Highway, Big City Blues, MacArthur Park, The Center of the World, Deuces Wild, Ladder 49, Feast and the television series Traffic.
Getty guest-starred on the television series Charmed as Richard Montana, a male witch who at one point was romantically linked with Paige Matthews. He appeared in the fifth season of the hit show Alias as Agent Thomas Grace. He currently stars, alongside Alias costar Ron Rifkin, in the ABC prime time drama Brothers & Sisters, which first aired in September 2006. Getty plays the role of Thomas Walker, one of the five Walker siblings.
His great-grandfather was the late multi-billionaire Jean Paul Getty, founder of the Getty Oil Company, and at one time one of the richest men in the world. His father is John Paul Getty III.
He is a member of the band Ringside.
He is good friends with actors Jason Mewes, Joaquin Phoenix, and Eric Dane, who is godfather to his son Cassius.[citation needed]
Relationships
Getty has been romantically linked with Drew Barrymore, Lala Sloatman, and model-actress Milla Jovovich, with whom he appeared in a Seventeen magazine photo shoot in 1989.[1] He is married to Rosetta Millington and has four children: Cassius, Grace, Violet, and June.[2]
Filmography
- Brothers & Sisters (2006-) (TV series)
- Feast (2006)
- Alias (2005-2006) (TV series)
- Into the West (2005) (Mini-series)
- Ladder 49 (2004)
- Charmed (2003-2004) (TV series)
- Deuces Wild (2002)
- Sol Goode (2001)
- Shadow Hours (2000)
- Big City Blues (1999)
- Lost Highway (1997)
- Habitat (1997)
- White Squall (1996)
- Judge Dredd (1995)
- Natural Born Killers ( 1994)
- Where the Day Takes You (1992)
- December (1991)
- Young Guns II (1990)
- Lord of the Flies (1990)
