Background
Born in Los Angeles, Ginty is the son of actor/director Robert Ginty, and American actress Francine Tacker, who met as series regulars on the late 1970s television series The Paper Chase.
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Ginty attended Valley Forge Military Academy and the Interlochen Arts Academy.
Career
He was discovered by director Kathryn Bigelow while at the Juilliard School in New York City, and was cast in her film K-19: The Widowmaker alongside Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. He has worked extensively in film, theatre and television and is probably best known for playing multiple roles in Disney"s sci-fi action picture Surrogates. Ginty holds a degree in History from University of California, Los Angeles and attended graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ginty dropped out of Juilliard when Kathryn Bigelow cast him in K-19: The Widowmaker.
He went on to star in Touchstone Pictures" Surrogates alongside Bruce Willis and Rosamund Pike and directed by Jonathan Mostow. The film grossed over $120 million at the worldwide box office.
On television Ginty has appeared in hit shows such as Grey"s Anatomy, Emergency, Chuck, Blue Bloods, Deadbeat, and the Stephen Frears directed movie Muhammad Ali"s Greatest Fight for Home Box Office Films (nominated for a Primetime Emmy in the category of Outstanding Television Movie). Ginty"s regional theatre credits include playing Romeo in the Seattle Repertory Theatre"s production of Romeo and Juliet, Bertram in The Folger Shakespeare Theatre"s production of All"s Well That Ends Well, and Jacob Milne in Tom Stoppard"s Night and Day at Philadelphia"s Wilma Theatre.
Ginty has worked as a Professor at Fordham University in New York City, and taught history at Mission Porter"s, an all-girls boarding school in Farmington, Connecticut.
Membership
Ginty subsequently continued his acting education at the Juilliard School in New York City as a member of the Drama Division"s Group 32, which also included Jessica Chastain, Jess Weixler and Michael Urie.
