🎭 Actor
Jon Gries
🎂 Born 17 June 1957 (age 69)📍 Glendale, California, USA
3
Popularity Score
92
Acting Credits
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
Full Filmography(92 films)
YearTitleRating
2026Carolina Caroline★ 7.21997Men in Black★ 7.22014Taken 3★ 6.32008Taken★ 7.42003The Rundown★ 6.42012Taken 2★ 6.41995Get Shorty★ 6.52003The Big Empty★ 6.11986Running Scared★ 6.12004Napoleon Dynamite★ 6.82006Stick It★ 6.81967Will Penny★ 6.71988Fright Night Part 2★ 6.41987The Monster Squad★ 6.72016Operation Chromite★ 5.81990The Grifters★ 6.51985Real Genius★ 6.72003The Snow Walker★ 7.02007The Comebacks★ 4.91989Kill Me Again★ 6.12008South of Heaven★ 4.02007The Astronaut Farmer★ 6.31983Joysticks★ 4.51976Helter Skelter★ 6.92018Glass Jaw★ 6.32014Faults★ 6.72008Bar Starz★ 3.32010Crazy on the Outside★ 5.31979More American Graffiti★ 5.22014The Last Survivors★ 6.01986TerrorVision★ 5.72014Locker 13★ 6.52003Northfork★ 6.01997The Maze★ 7.52015Endgame★ 5.82005Confessions of an Action Star★ 4.32020Wish Upon a Unicorn★ 6.92009Elsewhere★ 5.82013Noobz★ 5.81983High School U.S.A.★ 5.52007September Dawn★ 5.31979Swap Meet★ 3.51993Ed and His Dead Mother★ 5.52001The Pretender: Island of the Haunted★ 6.81990Rainbow Drive★ 5.02006Car Babes★ 5.22001The Pretender 2001★ 7.31999Twin Falls Idaho★ 6.92006The Sasquatch Gang★ 5.92013Skinwalker Ranch★ 5.32002The Beatnicks★ 6.32013A True Story★ 5.42017All About the Money★ 5.41983September Gun★ 5.52012Unicorn City★ 5.62017The Axe Murders of Villisca★ 4.82007American Pastime★ 6.61987Number One with a Bullet★ 4.81994Fever★ 3.920193 Days with Dad★ 5.12008Around June★ 2.52015Pass the Light★ 6.42011The Smell of Success★ 5.62011Redemption: For Robbing the Dead★ 4.52001Jackpot★ 6.72010Good Intentions★ 5.01992Four Eyes and Six-Guns★ 3.52015Americons★ 6.02024Solvent★ 4.82014Bad Turn Worse★ 5.41984High School U.S.A.★ 4.22005Last Best Chance★ 6.01996Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah★ 7.02020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp★ 6.81989Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog★ 4.72016You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night★ 6.82016Falsely Accused★ 6.21979Sunnyside★ 7.01977The Chicken Chronicles★ 3.51997Casualties★ 6.82007Frank★ 4.42011Natural Selection★ 6.22012Deep in the Heart★ 5.32025Tuesday's Flu—2014Eternity: The Movie★ 2.22023Only the Good Survive—2005Waterborne★ 5.82016Durant's Never Closes★ 8.02012Five Time Champion★ 6.22008So Long Jimmy—2013Byron's Theme—2024Bits★ 2.0