Balthazar Getty: Biography, Movies & Photos — RecapFlicks

Balthazar Getty: Biography, Movies & Photos — RecapFlicks

Trivia

1Son of Gisela Getty and John Paul Getty III.
2Great-grandson of famous billionaire Jean Paul Getty.
3Lived with actress Lala Sloatman when he was 16.
4Played hockey for a team in Burbank, California.
5As a child his family called him Little Buddha because he had a red birthmark in the center of his forehead and he rarely smiled.

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6His aunt, Aileen Getty, was married to Elizabeth Taylor's son, Christopher Edward Wilding.
7Wife Rosetta Millington gave birth to a boy, Cassius Paul Getty (July 17, 2000).
8His 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 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.
9Formed the band Ringside with his friend Scott Thomas.
10Has been a fashion model for Versace, Calvin Klein & Tommy Hilfiger.
11Lives in Los Angeles.
12Daughters Grace Getty (born 2001) and Violet Getty (born 2003) with Rosetta Millington.
13His best friend since 1990 is actor Eric Dane who is godfather of his son Cassius.
14His 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.
15Was best friends with the late Rodney Harvey.
16His wife, Rosetta Millington, gave birth to their fourth child, a daughter named June Catherine, on October 2, 2007 in Los Angeles, California.
17Was introduced to his wife Rosetta Millington by actress/friend Patricia Arquette. Millington and Arquette were childhood friends.
18Fluent in German.
19Nephew of Jutta Winkelmann.
20He 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.