Balthazar Getty

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Biography

Recent Role:
Himself on TMZ on TV
Gender:
Male
Born:
1-22-1975
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Name:
Paul Balthazar Getty
AKA:
Paul Balthazar Getty, B-Zar
Balthazar Getty was born on January 22, 1975 in Los Angeles, California. His parents, Gisela Martine Zacher Getty and Jean Paul Getty III, met in Europe. Balthazar has an older half-sister from his mother's previous relationship. His parents divorced when Balthazar was still a child, and his mother moved to San Francisco with him and his sister.

In 1987, Getty was discovered by a talent scout and got an audition for the movie adaptation of the classic novel Lord of the Flies. He also starred in the movies

… More href="http://www.movietome.com/movie/278354/young-guns-ii/index.html">Young Guns II and My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys in this period of his life. Since then, he has appeared in several movies, namely Natural Born Killers, Judge Dredd, and Ladder 49 and TV roles such as Alias, Pasadena, and Charmed.

During the mid 90's he suffered from a serious addiction to heroin. In 1998, he barely avoided arrest and then decided to pull his life back together. In 2000, he was recovered from his drug abuse and began to work steadily again. In 2006, Getty became part of the ensemble cast of the ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters.

Balthazar is not only an actor but also a recording artist and a producer. He produced nine tracks on the hiphop band Mannish album Audio Sedative in 1996. In 2004, Scott Thomas and himself (composing the duo Ringside) released their first record. Balthazar can also put "model" on his resumè, as he has modeled for Versace, Calvin Klein & Tommy Hilfiger.

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    Balthazar Getty currently play Thomas Walker on Brothers & Sisters. hide show

    Before Brothers & Sisters came on the air, I had never heard of Balthazar Getty before. Brothers & Sisters is a great show with a lot of great characters, but I have to say that the character Thomas seems to the most underdeveloped of all the characters. From what I have seen of Thomas, he's a great character, but I really wish that the writers would explore his chracter more. From what I have seen, he's an interesting character with a lot of potential for good storytelling. They just need to use Blathazar more on Borthers & Sisters. I gave Balthazar a nine because Brothers & Sisters is the only show that I have seen him in, and his character is one of the least developed characters on the show. At this point, I feel that all I can give Balthazar for a score is a nine. If they started using him more on Brothers & Sisters, I might give him a higher score once I saw more of his acting ability. All in all, from what I have seen so far Balthazar Getty is a pretty good actor.

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