Paul Balthazar Getty is an American film actor, member of the band Ringside, and the producer-half of rap duo The Wow. He is known for the roles of Thomas Grace on the American action drama Alias and Tommy Walker on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters.
(On being a famous Getty) I didn't get teased much about it in school, because it was a slightly older generation who knew about it. I really didn't know what it was to be a Getty. I had a pretty modest upbringing.
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Balthazar's father, who was American, had German, English, and Irish ancestry. Balthazar's mother is German.
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Reconciled with his wife Rosetta (September 2010).
Confirmed that he split with his wife Rosetta after being photographed vacationing with Sienna Miller in Italy. [July 2008]
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He fell from a tree in Tarzana, California and broke his arm directly prior to starting filming on The Lord of the Flies. The producers wanted him for the lead so badly that they wrote the broken arm into the script. Getty can be seen throughout most of the film sporting a cast.
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In an interview with USA Today, he mentioned he is in the process of getting most of his tattoos removed. [2007]
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Forsook acting to become a DJ and musician with album 'Solardrive' released in 2016.
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He has two pug dogs: Ajax and Daisy.
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Enjoys riding motorcycles.
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In the biography entitled, Sean Penn: His Life And Times (2004), it states that Sean Penn once babysat Balthazar when he was just a child.
His wife, Rosetta Millington, gave birth to their fourth child, a daughter named June Catherine, on October 2, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.
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His wife Rosetta owns the children's fashion line, 'Rosetta Millington [us]' (her maiden name), and launched the high-end women's line, Riser Goodwyn, in 2007.
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His best friend since 1990 is actor Eric Dane who is godfather of his son Cassius.
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Daughters Grace Getty (born 2001) and Violet Getty (born 2003) with Rosetta Millington.
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Lives in Los Angeles.
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Has been a fashion model for Versace, Calvin Klein & Tommy Hilfiger
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Formed the band Ringside with his friend Scott Thomas.
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His father, J. Paul Getty III, was the victim in one of the 20th century's most sensational kidnappings. While on vacation in 1973, he was kidnapped by the Italian mafia. When his family balked at paying the $3.4 million dollar ransom demanded, the gangsters sliced off their captive's right ear and mailed it to a newspaper. Finally, his father (J. Paul Getty, Jr.) and his grandfather sent the money, and Paul Getty was finally released.
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Wife Rosetta Millington gave birth to a boy, Cassius Paul Getty (July 17, 2000).
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