Balthazar Getty

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• Balthazar is married to Rossetta Millington and they have one son, Cassius.
• His nickname is Balty.
• Balthazar is 6'0" tall.
• He has the letter "BZAR" tattooed on the fingers of his right hand.
• Balthazar moved out of his mother's house when he was 16 years old. His mom went back to Germany and he moved in with then girlfriend, Lala Zappa-Sloatman.
• Balthazar's full name is Paul Balthazar Getty. Paul is a family name.
• His grandfather, J. Paul Getty, was once one of the richest men in the world. He owned a huge oil empire.
• Balty was discovered in his school art class by an agent. He was invited to audition for Lord of the Flies (in which he got the lead).
• He used to model for top designers like Versace, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger.
• Balthazar's father, Paul III, was kidnapped in 1973 and when Paul I refused to pay the ransom, they cut off his ear. The family then paid the ransom.
• Balthazar's father overdosed when Balty was five and slipped into a coma. When he came out of it, he was almost blind and could walk or speak.
• He used to be in a band with David Arquette called Thirteen Floor.
• Balthazar suffered a drug addiction in the 1990's but got over it after losing a good friend to an overdose.