Balthazar Getty

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...
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01/21/1975
Los Angeles, CA
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Great-grandson of tycoon J. Paul Getty.
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.
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 ea
Founded production company called 5150.