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Personal Info

Birth date

1957-06-17 (68 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Glendale, California, USA

Also known as

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

Jon Gries

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.

Filmography

Acting

TBACarolina Caroline as Unknown

TBAThe Knife Thrower as Lew Schätze

2025Devil May Cry (1, 1 Episode) as Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice), Pres. Hopper / Soldier (voice)

2024It's Florida, Man. (1 Episode) as Denver

2024Solvent as Gunner S. Holbrook

2024Bits as Unknown

2023Only the Good Survive as Cult Leader

2021The White Lotus (14 Episodes) as Greg Hunt

2020Wish Upon a Unicorn as Bud

2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Self

20193 Days with Dad as Tim

2018Glass Jaw as Sam Austin

2017All About the Money as Jon Waters

2017The Axe Murders of Villisca as Greg

2016You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night as Himself

2016Dream Corp LLC (28 Episodes) as Dr. Roberts

2016Operation Chromite as Hoyt Vandenberg, Gen Hoyt Vandenberg

2016Falsely Accused as Gus

2016Durant's Never Closes as Dizzy Dean

2015Endgame as Principal Thomas

2015Pass the Light as Franklin

2015머니 게임 - 월스트리트 as Billy

2014Taken 3 as Mark Casey

2014Bad Turn Worse as Sheriff Shep

2014The Last Survivors as Carson

2014Locker 13 as Archie

2014Eternity: The Movie as Barry Goldfield, Jr.

2014Faults as Terry

2013Skinwalker Ranch as Hoyt

2013Byron's Theme as Unknown

2013A True Story as Richard Simpkins

2013The Bridge (4 Episodes) as Bob

2013Noobz as Greg Lipstein

2012Taken 2 as Mark Casey

2012Unicorn City as Shadow Hawk

2012Five Time Champion as Melvin Glee

2012Napoleon Dynamite (6 Episodes) as Uncle Rico

2012Deep in the Heart as Dick Wallrath

2011Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Tom Sutter

2011The Smell of Success as Early Dunchamp

2011Natural Selection as Peter

2010Hawaii Five-0 (1 Episode) as Liam Miller

2010Nikita (1 Episode) as The Engineer

2010Good Intentions as Sheriff Ernie

2010Crazy on the Outside as Edgar

2009Elsewhere as Mr. Tod

2008Around June as Murry

2008South of Heaven as Hood 1

2008Sons of Anarchy (1 Episode) as Magoo

2008Bar Starz as Ricky Fabulous

2008Taken as Mark Casey

2007Frank as Colin York

2007The Comebacks as Barber

2007Fathom as Unknown

2007September Dawn as John D. Lee

2007American Pastime as Ed Tully

2007The Astronaut Farmer as FBI Agent Killbourne

2006Car Babes as Gary

2006Psych (1 Episode) as Strabinsky

2006Stick It as Brice Graham

2006The Sasquatch Gang as Chilcutt

2005Supernatural (2 Episodes) as Martin Creaser

2005Waterborne as Ritter, Carlton

2005Confessions of an Action Star as Donald Buckheim

2005Last Best Chance as Bernard Wheeler

2004CSI: NY (1 Episode) as Jim Warren

2004Lost (7 Episodes) as Roger Linus

2004Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico

2003Cold Case (2 Episodes) as Bill Shepard

2003The Rundown as Harvey

2003Las Vegas (1 Episode) as Unknown

2003Carnivàle (2 Episodes) as Texas Ranger

2003The Snow Walker as Pierce

2003Northfork as Arnold

2003The Big Empty as Elron

2002The Beatnicks as B Cool

2001The Pretender: Island of the Haunted as Broots

200124 (1 Episode) as Joseph Wald

2001Jackpot as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson

2001The Pretender 2001 as Broots

1999Twin Falls Idaho as Lawyer Jay Harrison

1997Men in Black as Van Driver

1997Casualties as Bill Summers

1997The Maze as Dr. Holmes

1996The Pretender (86 Episodes) as Broots

1996Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as Steve

1995Get Shorty as Ronnie Wingate

1995Strange Luck (1 Episode) as Henry Bloom

1994ER (1 Episode) as Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith

1994Chicago Hope (1 Episode) as Unknown

1993Bakersfield P.D. (1 Episode) as Ray Coombs

1993The X-Files (1 Episode) as Salvatore Matola

1993Ed and His Dead Mother as Rob Sundheimer

1992Four Eyes and Six-Guns as Unknown

1992Martin (54 Episodes) as Shawn McDermott

1991Fever as Bobby

1990Beverly Hills, 90210 (4 Episodes) as Unknown

1990The Grifters as Drunk's Friend

1990Rainbow Drive as Azzolini

1989Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog as Max (as Jonathan Gries)

1989Kill Me Again as Alan Swayzie

1989Seinfeld (2 Episodes) as Homeless Man

1989Quantum Leap (1, 1 Episode) as Flash McGrath, Roscoe (uncredited)

1988Tattingers (1 Episode) as Unknown

1988Fright Night Part 2 as Louie

1987Jake and the Fatman (1 Episode) as Unknown

1987Tour of Duty (1 Episode) as Unknown

1987The Monster Squad as Desperate Man

1987Number One with a Bullet as Bobby Sweet

1986L.A. Law (1 Episode) as Hotel Desk Clerk

1986Running Scared as Det. Tony Montoya

1986TerrorVision as OD

1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as (segment "Shelter Skelter")

1985Real Genius as Lazlo Hollyfeld

1984High School U.S.A. as Leo Bandini

1983High School U.S.A. as Dirty Curt

1983September Gun as Brian Brian

1983Joysticks as King Vidiot

1982Cagney & Lacey (1 Episode) as Unknown

1981Falcon Crest (1 Episode) as Stone

1979Swap Meet as Doug

1979240-Robert (1 Episode) as Unknown

1979More American Graffiti as Ron

1979Sunnyside as Wild Child

1977Mulligan's Stew (1 Episode) as Unknown

1977The Chicken Chronicles as Tom

1976Helter Skelter as William Garretson

1975The Jeffersons (1 Episode) as Unknown

1967Will Penny as Horace

Directing

2010Pickin' and Grinnin' ... Director

1996The Pretender (1 Episode) ... Director

Production

1999Twin Falls Idaho ... Associate Producer