Jon Gries
Department: Acting
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
Men in Black
1997
The Rundown
2003
Fever
1991
Stick It
2006
The Comebacks
2007
Car Babes
2006
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
TerrorVision
1986
Get Shorty
1995
Napoleon Dynamite
2004
Taken
2008
Northfork
2003
Five Time Champion
2012
Joysticks
1983
The Pretender 2001
2001
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
2001
The Monster Squad
1987
Elsewhere
2009
Frank
2007
Real Genius
1985
More American Graffiti
1979
The Big Empty
2003
Running Scared
1986
American Pastime
2007
Fright Night Part 2
1988
The Grifters
1990
Around June
2008
Taken 2
2012
South of Heaven
2008
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Swap Meet
1979
Natural Selection
2011
Unicorn City
2012
The Maze
1997
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1996
Bar Starz
2008
Operation Chromite
2016
September Gun
1983
Deep in the Heart
2012
Jackpot
2001
Bad Turn Worse
2014
A True Story
2013
Locker 13
2014
Faults
2014
Eternity: The Movie
2014
Waterborne
2005
Casualties
1997
The Last Survivors
2014
Last Best Chance
2005
Twin Falls Idaho
1999
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
Only the Good Survive
2023
Taken 3
2014
Sunnyside
1979
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
1989
Americons
2015
Pass the Light
2015
Skinwalker Ranch
2013
The Chicken Chronicles
1977
Bits
2024
Endgame
2015
September Dawn
2007
The Axe Murders of Villisca
2017
The Knife Thrower
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Number One with a Bullet
1987
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
Rainbow Drive
1990
Noobz
2013
High School U.S.A.
1983
All About the Money
2017
Falsely Accused
2016
Kill Me Again
1989
Will Penny
1967
Helter Skelter
1976
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
Durant's Never Closes
2016
Glass Jaw
2018
The Snow Walker
2003
3 Days with Dad
2019
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
High School U.S.A.
1984
Fathom
2007
The Sasquatch Gang
2006
Byron's Theme
2013
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
Good Intentions
2010
Wish Upon a Unicorn
2020
Crazy on the Outside
2010
Carolina Caroline
2026
Solvent
2024
The Smell of Success
2011
The Beatnicks
2002
So Long Jimmy
2008
Tuesday's Flu
2025
Bicentennial Curious
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Falcon Crest
1981
Carnivàle
2003
Seinfeld
1989
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
The Pretender
1996
The Twilight Zone
1985
Las Vegas
2003
Cold Case
2003
The Jeffersons
1975
24
2001
CSI: NY
2004
240-Robert
1979
Quantum Leap
1989
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Lost
2004
Jake and the Fatman
1987
The X-Files
1993
Chicago Hope
1994
Bakersfield P.D.
1993
Tour of Duty
1987
Mulligan's Stew
1977
Tattingers
1988
Hawaii Five-0
2010
The White Lotus
2021
Napoleon Dynamite
2012
Nikita
2010
The Bridge
2013
Psych
2006
Sons of Anarchy
2008
Martin
1992
ER
1994
Dream Corp LLC
2016
Supernatural
2005
L.A. Law
1986
Strange Luck
1995
It's Florida, Man.
2024
Devil May Cry
2025
Devil May Cry
2025
Fallout
2024
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003