Balthazar Getty Biography

Paul Balthazar Getty (born January 22, 1975) is an American film actor and member of the band Ringside. He is known for the roles of Thomas Grace on the American action drama Alias and Tommy Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters.

Early life

Getty was born Paul Balthazar Getty in Tarzana, California, and raised in San Francisco before being educated in the United Kingdom at the Gordonstoun School, a boarding school that has educated three generations of the British Royal Family. His great-grandfather was Jean Paul Getty, founder of the Getty Oil Company, and at one time one of the richest men in the world. His grandfather was Sir Paul Getty; his father was John Paul Getty III. His mother, Gisela (née Schmidt), is a professional photographer and documentary filmmaker. His parents divorced in 1993. He has a maternal half-sister, Anna (born 1972).

Career

Getty began his acting career at age 14 in 1989. 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, White Squall, Lost Highway, Big City Blues, The Center of the World, Deuces Wild, Ladder 49, 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 hit 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. 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.

Personal life

In 2000, Getty married fashion designer Rosetta Millington. They have four children: a son, Cassius Paul, and three daughters (Grace, Violet, and June Catherine). He had a well-publicized affair with British-American actress Sienna Miller but eventually returned to his wife. As a teen he was a member of the Los Angeles graffiti subculture.

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.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Lord of the Flies	Ralph
	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
1996	Mr. Holland's Opus	Stadler
	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
	Four Dogs Playing Poker	Julian	Alternative title: 4 Dogs Playing Poker
	Shadow Hours	-	Co-producer
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
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	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
	Ghost Whisperer	Michael Adams	1 episode
2005-2006	Alias	Thomas Grace	17 episodes
2006	Dirtbags	Scotty	Television movie
2006-2011	Brothers & Sisters	Tommy Walker	92 episodes
2009	Medium	Christopher Dennis Sipes	1 episode
2010	Rizzoli & Isles	Tom Garvin	1 episode
	Hawaii Five-0	Walton Dawkins	1 episode