ACTOR
Balthazar Getty
- Known for
- Feast (2005), Lord of the Flies (1990), Ladder 49 (2004), Brothers & Sisters (2006)
21 archived facts 2 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Balthazar Getty is an actor best known for Feast, Lord of the Flies and Ladder 49.
21 Interesting Facts About Balthazar Getty
Interesting Facts (13)
- #001
Balthazar Getty has modelled for Versace, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.
- #002
Balthazar Getty was introduced to his wife Rosetta Millington by the actor and friend Patricia Arquette. Millington and Arquette were childhood friends.
- #003
The 2004 biography titled Sean Penn: His Life and Times states that Sean Penn babysat Balthazar Getty when Penn was still a child.
- #004
In an interview with USA Today, Balthazar Getty said he was in the process of having most of his tattoos removed.
- #005
Balthazar Getty was a very close friend of the late Rodney Harvey.
- #006
After being photographed on holiday in Italy with Sienna Miller, it was confirmed that Balthazar Getty had separated from his wife Rosetta.
- #007
Balthazar Getty formed the band Ringside with his friend Scott Thomas.
- #008
Balthazar Getty's wife Rosetta Millington gave birth to a son named Cassius Paul Getty on 17 July 2000.
- #009
Balthazar Getty's wife Rosetta owns the children's fashion label Rosetta Millington [us] (her maiden name) and in 2007 launched the premium women's collection Riser Goodwyn.
- #010
Balthazar Getty played hockey on a team in Burbank, California.
- #011
Balthazar Getty has two boxer dogs: Ajax and Daisy.
- #012
Balthazar Getty enjoys riding motorcycles.
- #013
Balthazar Getty lives in Los Angeles.
Life & Family (8)
- #014
Balthazar Getty's father, J. Paul Getty III, was the victim of one of the 20th century's most sensational kidnappings. In 1973, while on holiday, he was abducted by the Italian mafia. When the family resisted paying the demanded $3.4 million ransom, the gangsters cut off their captive's right ear and mailed it to a newspaper. In the end his father (J. Paul Getty, Jr.) and grandfather sent the money, and Paul Getty was finally released.
- #015
Since 1990 his closest friend has been the actor Eric Dane, who is the godfather of his son Cassius.
- #016
His aunt Aileen Getty was married to Elizabeth Taylor's son Christopher Edward Wilding.
- #017
Balthazar Getty's wife Rosetta Millington gave birth to their fourth child, a daughter named June Catherine, on 2 October 2007 in Los Angeles, California.
- #018
At the age of 16, Balthazar Getty lived with the actress Lala Sloatman.
- #019
Balthazar Getty is the younger half-brother of Anna Getty.
- #020
Balthazar Getty is a cousin of Alexander Getty, Andrew Wilding, August Getty, Caleb Wilding, Joseph Getty, Julius Getty and Nats Getty.
- #021
Balthazar Getty is the nephew of Jutta Winkelmann.
Sources & editorial notes
Reference databases
- IMDb
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