People
Jon Gries
- Name: Jon Gries
- Birthday: 1957-06-17
- Also known as: Jonathan Francis Gries,Jon Francis,Johnathan Gries,John Gries,Jonathan Gries,Jonathon Gries,Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries
- Place of birth: Glendale, California, USA
- Popularity: 10.504
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Solvent as Gunner S. Holbrook | 2024-09-26 |
| Bits | 2024-03-09 |
| Only the Good Survive as Cult Leader | 2023-03-10 |
| Wish Upon a Unicorn as Bud | 2020-09-15 |
| Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Self | 2020-06-23 |
| 3 Days with Dad as Tim | 2019-09-13 |
| Glass Jaw as Sam Austin | 2018-10-26 |
| All About the Money as Jon Waters | 2017-06-02 |
| The Axe Murders of Villisca as Greg | 2017-01-20 |
| You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night as Himself | 2016-12-02 |
| Operation Chromite as Gen Hoyt Vandenberg | 2016-07-27 |
| Operation Chromite as Hoyt Vandenberg | 2016-07-27 |
| Falsely Accused as Gus | 2016-06-24 |
| Durant's Never Closes as Dizzy Dean | 2016-01-22 |
| Endgame as Principal Thomas | 2015-09-25 |
| Pass the Light as Franklin | 2015-02-06 |
| Americons as Billy | 2015-01-19 |
| Taken 3 as (Mark) Casey | 2014-12-16 |
| Bad Turn Worse as Sheriff Shep | 2014-08-15 |
| The Last Survivors as Carson | 2014-06-12 |
| Locker 13 as Archie | 2014-03-29 |
| Eternity: The Movie as Barry Goldfield, Jr. | 2014-03-08 |
| Faults as Terry | 2014-03-06 |
| Skinwalker Ranch as Hoyt | 2013-10-30 |
| Byron's Theme | 2013-09-24 |
| A True Story as Richard Simpkins | 2013-09-20 |
| Noobz as Greg Lipstein | 2013-01-25 |
| Taken 2 as Casey | 2012-09-27 |
| Unicorn City as Shadow Hawk | 2012-02-24 |
| Five Time Champion as Melvin Glee | 2012-01-24 |
| Deep in the Heart as Dick Wallrath | 2012-01-01 |
| Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Tom Sutter | 2011-10-16 |
| Natural Selection as Peter | 2011-03-13 |
| Good Intentions as Sheriff Ernie | 2010-03-09 |
| Crazy on the Outside as Edgar | 2010-01-08 |
| Elsewhere as Mr. Tod | 2009-01-15 |
| Around June as Murry | 2008-10-10 |
| South of Heaven as Hood 1 | 2008-09-21 |
| Bar Starz as Ricky Fabulous | 2008-03-07 |
| Taken as Mark Casey | 2008-02-18 |
| Frank as Colin York | 2007-11-02 |
| The Comebacks as Barber | 2007-10-19 |
| Fathom | 2007-08-06 |
| September Dawn as John D. Lee | 2007-05-17 |
| American Pastime as Ed Tully | 2007-05-11 |
| The Astronaut Farmer as FBI Agent Killbourne | 2007-02-23 |
| Car Babes as Gary | 2006-12-26 |
| Stick It as Brice Graham | 2006-04-21 |
| The Sasquatch Gang as Chilcutt | 2006-03-08 |
| Waterborne as Carlton | 2005-03-13 |
| Waterborne as Ritter | 2005-03-13 |
| Confessions of an Action Star as Donald Buckheim | 2005-01-23 |
| Last Best Chance as Bernard Wheeler | 2005-01-01 |
| Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico | 2004-06-11 |
| The Rundown as Harvey | 2003-09-26 |
| The Snow Walker as Pierce | 2003-09-11 |
| Northfork as Arnold | 2003-07-11 |
| The Big Empty as Elron | 2003-05-16 |
| The Pretender: Island of the Haunted as Broots | 2001-12-10 |
| Jackpot as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson | 2001-07-27 |
| The Pretender 2001 as Broots | 2001-01-22 |
| Twin Falls Idaho as Lawyer Jay Harrison | 1999-07-30 |
| Men in Black as Van Driver | 1997-07-02 |
| Casualties as Bill Summers | 1997-04-15 |
| The Maze as Dr. Holmes | 1997-01-01 |
| Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as Steve | 1996-01-01 |
| Get Shorty as Ronnie Wingate | 1995-10-20 |
| Ed and His Dead Mother as Rob Sundheimer | 1993-06-04 |
| Four Eyes and Six-Guns | 1992-12-07 |
| Fever as Bobby | 1991-05-11 |
| The Grifters as Drunk's Friend | 1990-08-08 |
| Rainbow Drive as Azzolini | 1990-01-01 |
| Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog as Max (as Jonathan Gries) | 1989-12-29 |
| Kill Me Again as Alan Swayzie | 1989-10-27 |
| Fright Night Part 2 as Louie | 1988-04-07 |
| The Monster Squad as Desperate Man | 1987-08-14 |
| Number One with a Bullet as Bobby Sweet | 1987-02-27 |
| Running Scared as Det. Tony Montoya | 1986-06-27 |
| TerrorVision as OD | 1986-02-14 |
| Real Genius as Lazlo Hollyfeld | 1985-08-07 |
| High School U.S.A. as Leo Bandini | 1984-05-26 |
| High School U.S.A. as Dirty Curt | 1983-10-16 |
| September Gun as Brian Brian | 1983-10-08 |
| Joysticks as King Vidiot | 1983-03-04 |
| Swap Meet as Doug | 1979-09-21 |
| More American Graffiti as Ron | 1979-08-03 |
| Sunnyside as Wild Child | 1979-06-01 |
| The Chicken Chronicles as Tom | 1977-10-01 |
| Helter Skelter as William Garretson | 1976-04-01 |
| Will Penny as Horace | 1967-12-19 |
