Jon Gries
ActingBorn
June 17, 1957
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
Filmography
Carolina Caroline
2026
Tuesday's Flu
2025
Solvent
2024
Bits
2024
Only the Good Survive
2023
Wish Upon a Unicorn
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
3 Days with Dad
2019
Glass Jaw
2018
All About the Money
2017
The Axe Murders of Villisca
2017
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
Operation Chromite
2016
Falsely Accused
2016
Durant's Never Closes
2016
Endgame
2015
Pass the Light
2015
Americons
2015
Taken 3
2014
Bad Turn Worse
2014
The Last Survivors
2014
Locker 13
2014
Eternity: The Movie
2014
Faults
2014
Skinwalker Ranch
2013
Byron's Theme
2013
A True Story
2013
Noobz
2013
Taken 2
2012
Unicorn City
2012
Five Time Champion
2012
Deep in the Heart
2012
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
The Smell of Success
2011
Natural Selection
2011
Good Intentions
2010
Crazy on the Outside
2010
Elsewhere
2009
Around June
2008
So Long Jimmy
2008
South of Heaven
2008
Bar Starz
2008
Taken
2008
Frank
2007
The Comebacks
2007
Fathom
2007
September Dawn
2007
American Pastime
2007
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
Car Babes
2006
Stick It
2006
The Sasquatch Gang
2006
Waterborne
2005
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
Last Best Chance
2005
Napoleon Dynamite
2004
The Rundown
2003
The Snow Walker
2003
Northfork
2003
The Big Empty
2003
The Beatnicks
2002
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
2001
Jackpot
2001
The Pretender 2001
2001
Twin Falls Idaho
1999
Men in Black
1997
Casualties
1997
The Maze
1997
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1996
Get Shorty
1995
Fever
1994
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
The Grifters
1990
Rainbow Drive
1990
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
1989
Kill Me Again
1989
Fright Night Part 2
1988
The Monster Squad
1987
Number One with a Bullet
1987
Running Scared
1986
TerrorVision
1986
Real Genius
1985
High School U.S.A.
1984
High School U.S.A.
1983
September Gun
1983
Joysticks
1983
Swap Meet
1979
More American Graffiti
1979
Sunnyside
1979
The Chicken Chronicles
1977
Helter Skelter
1976
Will Penny
1967
The Knife Thrower
Bicentennial Curious
Devil May Cry
2025
Devil May Cry
2025
Devil May Cry
2025
Devil May Cry
2025
It's Florida, Man.
2024
Fallout
2024
The White Lotus
2021
Dream Corp LLC
2016
The Bridge
2013
Napoleon Dynamite
2012
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Nikita
2010
Sons of Anarchy
2008
Psych
2006
Supernatural
2005
CSI: NY
2004
Lost
2004
Cold Case
2003
Las Vegas
2003
Carnivàle
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
24
2001
The Pretender
1996
Strange Luck
1995
ER
1994
Chicago Hope
1994
Bakersfield P.D.
1993
The X-Files
1993
Martin
1992
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
Seinfeld
1989
Quantum Leap
1989
Tattingers
1988
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Tour of Duty
1987
L.A. Law
1986
The Twilight Zone
1985
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Falcon Crest
1981
240-Robert
1979
Mulligan's Stew
1977
The Jeffersons
1975