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Actor

Jon Gries

Popular films

Men in Black1997
Taken2008
Taken 22012
Taken 32014

About Jon Gries

Known for: Acting
Born: June 17, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace: Glendale, California, USA

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…

Also credited as

Jonathan Francis Gries, Jon Francis, Johnathan Gries, John Gries, Jonathan Gries, Jonathon Gries, Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries

Filmography

Carolina Caroline2026as Hank Daniels

Tuesday's Flu2025
Solvent2024as Gunner S. Holbrook
Bits2024
Only the Good Survive2023as Cult Leader
Wish Upon a Unicorn2020as Bud
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp2020as Self
3 Days with Dad2019as Tim
Glass Jaw2018as Sam Austin
All About the Money2017as Jon Waters
The Axe Murders of Villisca2017as Greg
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night2016as Himself
Operation Chromite2016as Hoyt Vandenberg
Falsely Accused2016as Gus
Durant's Never Closes2016as Dizzy Dean
Endgame2015as Principal Thomas
Pass the Light2015as Franklin
Americons2015as Billy
Taken 32014as Mark Casey
Bad Turn Worse2014as Sheriff Shep
The Last Survivors2014as Carson
Locker 132014as Archie
Eternity: The Movie2014as Barry Goldfield, Jr.
Faults2014as Terry
Skinwalker Ranch2013as Hoyt
Byron's Theme2013
A True Story2013as Richard Simpkins
Noobz2013as Greg Lipstein
Taken 22012as Mark Casey
Unicorn City2012as Shadow Hawk
Five Time Champion2012as Melvin Glee
Deep in the Heart2012as Dick Wallrath
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead2011as Tom Sutter
The Smell of Success2011as Early Dunchamp
Natural Selection2011as Peter
Good Intentions2010as Sheriff Ernie
Crazy on the Outside2010as Edgar
Elsewhere2009as Mr. Tod
Around June2008as Murry
So Long Jimmy2008as Levi Franklin
South of Heaven2008as Hood 1
Bar Starz2008as Ricky Fabulous
Taken2008as Mark Casey
Frank2007as Colin York
The Comebacks2007as Barber
Fathom2007
September Dawn2007as John D. Lee
American Pastime2007as Ed Tully
The Astronaut Farmer2007as FBI Agent Killbourne
Car Babes2006as Gary
Stick It2006as Brice Graham
The Sasquatch Gang2006as Chilcutt
Waterborne2005as Ritter
Confessions of an Action Star2005as Donald Buckheim
Last Best Chance2005as Bernard Wheeler
Napoleon Dynamite2004as Uncle Rico
The Rundown2003as Harvey
The Snow Walker2003as Pierce
Northfork2003as Arnold
The Big Empty2003as Elron
The Beatnicks2002as B Cool
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted2001as Broots
Jackpot2001as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
The Pretender 20012001as Broots
Twin Falls Idaho1999as Lawyer Jay Harrison
Men in Black1997as Van Driver
Casualties1997as Bill Summers
The Maze1997as Dr. Holmes
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah1996as Steve
Get Shorty1995as Ronnie Wingate
Ed and His Dead Mother1993as Rob Sundheimer
Four Eyes and Six-Guns1992as Deputy Elmo (as Jonathan Gries)
Fever1991as Bobby
The Grifters1990as Drunk's Friend
Rainbow Drive1990as Azzolini
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog1989as Max (as Jonathan Gries)
Kill Me Again1989as Alan Swayzie
Fright Night Part 21988as Louie
The Monster Squad1987as Desperate Man
Number One with a Bullet1987as Bobby Sweet
Running Scared1986as Det. Tony Montoya
TerrorVision1986as O.D.
Real Genius1985as Lazlo Hollyfeld
High School U.S.A.1984as Leo Bandini
High School U.S.A.1983as Dirty Curt
September Gun1983as Brian Brian
Joysticks1983as King Vidiot
Swap Meet1979as Doug
More American Graffiti1979as Ron
Sunnyside1979as Wild Child
The Chicken Chronicles1977as Tom
Helter Skelter1976as William Garretson
Will Penny1967as Horace
Bicentennial CuriousYear unavailableas Mick Jones
The Knife ThrowerYear unavailableas Lew Schätze

Pickin' and Grinnin'2010Director

Twin Falls Idaho1999Associate Producer