Jon Gries

Jon Gries

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

17/06/1957

Age

68 years old

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 care... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2024

Solvent

as Gunner S. Holbrook

2024

Bits

2023

Only the Good Survive

as Cult Leader

2019

3 Days with Dad

as Tim

2018

Glass Jaw

as Sam Austin

2017

All About the Money

as Jon Waters

2016

Operation Chromite

as Hoyt Vandenberg

2016

Operation Chromite

as Gen Hoyt Vandenberg

2016

Falsely Accused

as Gus

2016

Durant's Never Closes

as Dizzy Dean

2015

Endgame

as Principal Thomas

2015

Pass the Light

as Franklin

2014

Taken 3

as Mark Casey

2014

Bad Turn Worse

as Sheriff Shep

2014

The Last Survivors

as Carson

2014

Locker 13

as Archie

2014

Eternity: The Movie

as Barry Goldfield, Jr.

2014

Faults

as Terry

2013

Skinwalker Ranch

as Hoyt

2013

A True Story

as Richard Simpkins

2013

Noobz

as Greg Lipstein

2012

Taken 2

as Mark Casey

2012

Unicorn City

as Shadow Hawk

2012

Five Time Champion

as Melvin Glee

2012

Deep in the Heart

as Dick Wallrath

2011

The Smell of Success

as Early Dunchamp

2011

Natural Selection

as Peter

2010

Good Intentions

as Sheriff Ernie

2009

Elsewhere

as Mr. Tod

2008

Around June

as Murry

2008

South of Heaven

as Hood 1

2008

Bar Starz

as Ricky Fabulous

2008

Taken

as Mark Casey

2007

Frank

as Colin York

2007

The Comebacks

as Barber

2007

Fathom

2007

September Dawn

as John D. Lee

2007

American Pastime

as Ed Tully

2007

The Astronaut Farmer

as FBI Agent Killbourne

2006

Car Babes

as Gary

2006

Stick It

as Brice Graham

2006

The Sasquatch Gang

as Chilcutt

2005

Waterborne

as Carlton

2005

Waterborne

as Ritter

2005

Confessions of an Action Star

as Donald Buckheim

2005

Last Best Chance

as Bernard Wheeler

2004

Napoleon Dynamite

as Uncle Rico

2003

The Rundown

as Harvey

2003

The Snow Walker

as Pierce

2003

Northfork

as Arnold

2003

The Big Empty

as Elron

2002

The Beatnicks

as B Cool

2001

Jackpot

as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson

2001

The Pretender 2001

as Broots

1999

Twin Falls Idaho

as Lawyer Jay Harrison

1997

Men in Black

as Van Driver

1997

Casualties

as Bill Summers

1997

The Maze

as Dr. Holmes

1995

Get Shorty

as Ronnie Wingate

1993

Ed and His Dead Mother

as Rob Sundheimer

1991

Fever

as Bobby

1990

The Grifters

as Drunk's Friend

1990

Rainbow Drive

as Azzolini

1989

Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

as Max (as Jonathan Gries)

1989

Kill Me Again

as Alan Swayzie

1987

The Monster Squad

as Desperate Man

1987

Number One with a Bullet

as Bobby Sweet

1986

Running Scared

as Det. Tony Montoya

1986

TerrorVision

as OD

1985

Real Genius

as Lazlo Hollyfeld

1984

High School U.S.A.

as Leo Bandini

1983

High School U.S.A.

as Dirty Curt

1983

September Gun

as Brian Brian

1983

Joysticks

as King Vidiot

1979

Swap Meet

as Doug

1979

Sunnyside

as Wild Child

1976

Helter Skelter

as William Garretson

1967

Will Penny

as Horace

Crew

2010

Pickin' and Grinnin'

as Director

1999

Twin Falls Idaho

as Associate Producer