Jon Gries
Birthday
1957/06/17 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Glendale, California, USA
Also know as
Jonathan Francis Gries, Jon Francis, Johnathan Gries, John Gries, Jonathan Gries, Jonathon Gries, Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries
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.
Acting
(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 OD
(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: Island of the Haunted
as Broots
(2001) The Pretender 2001
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
(2005) Waterborne
as Carlton
(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 ---
(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
as ---
(2015) Endgame
as Principal Thomas
(2007) September Dawn
as John D. Lee
(2017) The Axe Murders of Villisca
as Greg
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
(2016) Operation Chromite
as Gen Hoyt Vandenberg
(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
as ---
(2006) The Sasquatch Gang
as Chilcutt
(2013) Byron's Theme
as ---
(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
Carolina Caroline
as ---
(2024) Solvent
as Gunner S. Holbrook
(1981) Falcon Crest
as Stone
(2003) Carnivàle
as Texas Ranger
(1989) Seinfeld
as Homeless Man
(1990) Beverly Hills, 90210
as ---
(1996) The Pretender
as Broots
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as ---
(2003) Las Vegas
as ---
(2003) Cold Case
as Bill Shepard
(1975) The Jeffersons
as ---
(2001) 24
as Joseph Wald
(2004) CSI: NY
as Jim Warren
(1979) 240-Robert
as ---
(1989) Quantum Leap
as Flash McGrath
(1989) Quantum Leap
as Roscoe (uncredited)
(1982) Cagney & Lacey
as ---
(2004) Lost
as Roger Linus
(1987) Jake and the Fatman
as ---
(1993) The X-Files
as Salvatore Matola
(1994) Chicago Hope
as ---
(1993) Bakersfield P.D.
as Ray Coombs
(1987) Tour of Duty
as ---
(1977) Mulligan's Stew
as ---
(1988) Tattingers
as ---
(2010) Hawaii Five-0
as Liam Miller
(2021) The White Lotus
as Greg Hunt
(2012) Napoleon Dynamite
as ---
(2010) Nikita
as The Engineer
(2013) The Bridge
as Bob
(2006) Psych
as Strabinsky
(2008) Sons of Anarchy
as Magoo
(1992) Martin
as Shawn McDermott
(1994) ER
as Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith
(2016) Dream Corp LLC
as Dr. Roberts
(2005) Supernatural
as Martin Creaser
(1986) L.A. Law
as Hotel Desk Clerk
(1995) Strange Luck
as Henry Bloom
(2024) It's Florida, Man.
as Denver