Name
Jon Gries
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1957-06-17 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Glendale, California, USA
Biography
An American actor, writer and director. He is known for his role in Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico, and more recently "Lost" as Roger Linus, "Taken" as Casey, and "The Pretender" as Broots. From early roles like Lazlo Hollyfeld in "Real Genius" to the suspicious Greg Hunt in "White Lotus" his career spans across genres, showcasing his talent in both comedic and dramatic roles.
Known For
Real Genius
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When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project,...
Relase Date : 7 Aug, 1985
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Get Shorty
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Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zim...
Relase Date : 20 Oct, 1995
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The Grifters
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A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfr...
Relase Date : 8 Aug, 1990
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Napoleon Dynamite
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A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency ...
Relase Date : 11 Jun, 2004
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1997 Men in Black as Van Driver
- 2003 The Rundown as Harvey
- 1991 Fever as Bobby
- 2006 Stick It as Brice Graham
- 2007 The Comebacks as Barber
- 2006 Car Babes as Gary
- 2007 The Astronaut Farmer as FBI Agent Killbourne
- 1986 TerrorVision as O.D.
- 1995 Get Shorty as Ronnie Wingate
- 2004 Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico
- 2008 Taken as Mark Casey
- 2003 Northfork as Arnold
- 2012 Five Time Champion as Melvin Glee
- 1983 Joysticks as King Vidiot
- 2001 The Pretender 2001 as Broots
- 2001 The Pretender: Island of the Haunted as Broots
- 1987 The Monster Squad as Desperate Man
- 2009 Elsewhere as Mr. Tod
- 2007 Frank as Colin York
- 1985 Real Genius as Lazlo Hollyfeld
- 1979 More American Graffiti as Ron
- 2003 The Big Empty as Elron
- 1986 Running Scared as Det. Tony Montoya
- 2007 American Pastime as Ed Tully
- 1988 Fright Night Part 2 as Louie
- 1990 The Grifters as Drunk's Friend
- 2008 Around June as Murry
- 2012 Taken 2 as Mark Casey
- 2008 South of Heaven as Hood 1
- 2020 Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Self
- 1979 Swap Meet as Doug
- 2011 Natural Selection as Peter
- 2012 Unicorn City as Shadow Hawk
- 1997 The Maze as Dr. Holmes
- 1996 Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as Steve
- 2008 Bar Starz as Ricky Fabulous
- 2016 Operation Chromite as Hoyt Vandenberg
- 1983 September Gun as Brian Brian
- 2012 Deep in the Heart as Dick Wallrath
- 2001 Jackpot as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
- 2014 Bad Turn Worse as Sheriff Shep
- 2013 A True Story as Richard Simpkins
- 2014 Locker 13 as Archie
- 2014 Faults as Terry
- 2014 Eternity: The Movie as Barry Goldfield, Jr.
- 2005 Waterborne as Ritter
- 1997 Casualties as Bill Summers
- 2014 The Last Survivors as Carson
- 2005 Last Best Chance as Bernard Wheeler
- 1999 Twin Falls Idaho as Lawyer Jay Harrison
- 1992 Four Eyes and Six-Guns as Deputy Elmo (as Jonathan Gries)
- 2023 Only the Good Survive as Cult Leader
- 2014 Taken 3 as Mark Casey
- 1979 Sunnyside as Wild Child
- 1989 Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog as Max (as Jonathan Gries)
- 2015 Americons as Billy
- 2015 Pass the Light as Franklin
- 2013 Skinwalker Ranch as Hoyt
- 1977 The Chicken Chronicles as Tom
- 2024 Bits
- 2015 Endgame as Principal Thomas
- 2007 September Dawn as John D. Lee
- 2017 The Axe Murders of Villisca as Greg
- Soon The Knife Thrower as Lew Schätze
- 1987 Number One with a Bullet as Bobby Sweet
- 2016 You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night as Himself
- 1990 Rainbow Drive as Azzolini
- 2013 Noobz as Greg Lipstein
- 1983 High School U.S.A. as Dirty Curt
- 2017 All About the Money as Jon Waters
- 2016 Falsely Accused as Gus
- 1989 Kill Me Again as Alan Swayzie
- 1967 Will Penny as Horace
- 1976 Helter Skelter as William Garretson
- 1993 Ed and His Dead Mother as Rob Sundheimer
- 2016 Durant's Never Closes as Dizzy Dean
- 2018 Glass Jaw as Sam Austin
- 2003 The Snow Walker as Pierce
- 2019 3 Days with Dad as Tim
- 2005 Confessions of an Action Star as Donald Buckheim
- 1984 High School U.S.A. as Leo Bandini
- 2007 Fathom
- 2006 The Sasquatch Gang as Chilcutt
- 2013 Byron's Theme
- 2011 Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Tom Sutter
- 2010 Good Intentions as Sheriff Ernie
- 2020 Wish Upon a Unicorn as Bud
- 2010 Crazy on the Outside as Edgar
- 2026 Carolina Caroline as Hank Daniels
- 2024 Solvent as Gunner S. Holbrook
- 2011 The Smell of Success as Early Dunchamp
- 2002 The Beatnicks as B Cool
- 2008 So Long Jimmy as Levi Franklin
- 2025 Tuesday's Flu
- Soon Bicentennial Curious as Mick Jones
- 1981 Falcon Crest ( 1 episode ) as Stone
- 2003 Carnivàle ( 2 episodes ) as Texas Ranger
- 1989 Seinfeld ( 2 episodes ) as Homeless Man
- 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210 ( 4 episodes ) as Dope Dealer
- 1996 The Pretender ( 86 episodes ) as Broots
- 1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as (segment "Shelter Skelter")
- 2003 Las Vegas ( 1 episode ) as Greg Walker
- 2003 Cold Case ( 2 episodes ) as Bill Shepard
- 1975 The Jeffersons ( 1 episode )
- 2001 24 ( 1 episode ) as Joseph Wald
- 2004 CSI: NY ( 1 episode ) as Jim Warren
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Flash McGrath
- 1982 Cagney & Lacey ( 1 episode )
- 2004 Lost ( 7 episodes ) as Roger Linus
- 1987 Jake and the Fatman ( 1 episode )
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Salvatore Matola
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Jack Kimball
- 1993 Bakersfield P.D. ( 1 episode ) as Ray Coombs
- 1987 Tour of Duty ( 1 episode )
- 1977 Mulligan's Stew ( 1 episode )
- 1988 Tattingers ( 1 episode )
- 2010 Hawaii Five-0 ( 1 episode ) as Liam Miller
- 2021 The White Lotus ( 14 episodes ) as Greg Hunt
- 2012 Napoleon Dynamite ( 6 episodes ) as Uncle Rico (voice)
- 2010 Nikita ( 1 episode ) as The Engineer
- 2013 The Bridge ( 4 episodes ) as Bob
- 2006 Psych ( 1 episode ) as Strabinsky
- 2008 Sons of Anarchy ( 1 episode ) as Magoo
- 1992 Martin ( 54 episodes ) as Shawn McDermott
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Marty Nesmith
- 2016 Dream Corp LLC ( 28 episodes ) as Dr. Roberts
- 2005 Supernatural ( 2 episodes ) as Martin Creaser
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 1 episode ) as Hotel Desk Clerk
- 1995 Strange Luck ( 1 episode ) as Henry Bloom
- 2024 It's Florida, Man. ( 1 episode ) as Denver
- 2025 Devil May Cry ( 1 episode ) as Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice)
- 2025 Devil May Cry ( 1 episode ) as Pres. Hopper / Soldier (voice)
- 2024 Fallout ( 4 episodes ) as Biff
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2025 Devil May Cry ( 1 episode ) as Hopper / Protester (voice)
- 2025 Devil May Cry ( 1 episode ) as Hopper / Demon 1 (voice)
- 1979 240-Robert ( 1 episode ) as Brad
- 1992 Martin ( 1 episode ) as Shawn McDermott /Innkeeper
