
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
—

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
—

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