Actor
Jon Gries
Known for Acting
Born 1957-06-17 in Glendale, California, USA
Age 69
Mostly Crime, Drama, Romance
1Films in catalog
95Credits
1967 to 2026Years active
61Trailers on Reactr
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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Tuesday's Flu
2025
Solvent
2024 · Trailer
as Gunner S. Holbrook
Bits
2024
Only the Good Survive
2023
as Cult Leader
Wish Upon a Unicorn
2020 · Trailer
as Bud
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020 · Trailer
as Self
3 Days with Dad
2019
as Tim
Glass Jaw
2018
as Sam Austin
All About the Money
2017 · Trailer
as Jon Waters
The Axe Murders of Villisca
2017 · Trailer
as Greg
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
as Himself
Operation Chromite
2016 · Trailer
as Hoyt Vandenberg
Falsely Accused
2016
as Gus
Durant's Never Closes
2016
as Dizzy Dean
Endgame
2015 · Trailer
as Principal Thomas
Pass the Light
2015 · Trailer
as Franklin
Americons
2015 · Trailer
as Billy
Taken 3
2014 · Trailer
as Mark Casey
Bad Turn Worse
2014
as Sheriff Shep
The Last Survivors
2014 · Trailer
as Carson
Locker 13
2014
as Archie
Eternity: The Movie
2014 · Trailer
as Barry Goldfield, Jr.
Faults
2014 · Trailer
as Terry
Skinwalker Ranch
2013 · Trailer
as Hoyt
Byron's Theme
2013
A True Story
2013
as Richard Simpkins
Noobz
2013 · Trailer
as Greg Lipstein
Taken 2
2012 · Trailer
as Mark Casey
Unicorn City
2012 · Trailer
as Shadow Hawk
Five Time Champion
2012
as Melvin Glee
Deep in the Heart
2012 · Trailer
as Dick Wallrath
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011 · Trailer
as Tom Sutter
The Smell of Success
2011 · Trailer
as Early Dunchamp
Natural Selection
2011 · Trailer
as Peter
Good Intentions
2010 · Trailer
as Sheriff Ernie
Crazy on the Outside
2010 · Trailer
as Edgar
Elsewhere
2009 · Trailer
as Mr. Tod
Around June
2008 · Trailer
as Murry
So Long Jimmy
2008
as Levi Franklin
South of Heaven
2008
as Hood 1
Bar Starz
2008 · Trailer
as Ricky Fabulous
Taken
2008 · Trailer
as Mark Casey
Frank
2007
as Colin York
The Comebacks
2007 · Trailer
as Barber
Fathom
2007
September Dawn
2007 · Trailer
as John D. Lee
American Pastime
2007
as Ed Tully
The Astronaut Farmer
2007 · Trailer
as FBI Agent Killbourne
Car Babes
2006
as Gary
Stick It
2006 · Trailer
as Brice Graham
The Sasquatch Gang
2006 · Trailer
as Chilcutt
Waterborne
2005 · Trailer
as Ritter
Confessions of an Action Star
2005 · Trailer
as Donald Buckheim
Last Best Chance
2005
as Bernard Wheeler
Napoleon Dynamite
2004 · Trailer
as Uncle Rico
The Rundown
2003 · Trailer
as Harvey
The Snow Walker
2003 · Trailer
as Pierce
Northfork
2003 · Trailer
as Arnold
The Big Empty
2003 · Trailer
as Elron
The Beatnicks
2002 · Trailer
as B Cool
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
2001
as Broots
Jackpot
2001
as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
The Pretender 2001
2001
as Broots
Twin Falls Idaho
1999 · Trailer
as Lawyer Jay Harrison
Men in Black
1997 · Trailer
as Van Driver
Casualties
1997
as Bill Summers
The Maze
1997
as Dr. Holmes
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1996
as Steve
Get Shorty
1995 · Trailer
as Ronnie Wingate
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993 · Trailer
as Rob Sundheimer
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
as Deputy Elmo (as Jonathan Gries)
Fever
1991 · Trailer
as Bobby
The Grifters
1990 · Trailer
as Drunk's Friend
Rainbow Drive
1990
as Azzolini
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
1989
as Max (as Jonathan Gries)
Kill Me Again
1989 · Trailer
as Alan Swayzie
Fright Night Part 2
1988 · Trailer
as Louie
The Monster Squad
1987 · Trailer
as Desperate Man
Number One with a Bullet
1987
as Bobby Sweet
Running Scared
1986 · Trailer
as Det. Tony Montoya
TerrorVision
1986 · Trailer
as O.D.
Real Genius
1985 · Trailer
as Lazlo Hollyfeld
High School U.S.A.
1984 · Trailer
as Leo Bandini
High School U.S.A.
1983 · Trailer
as Dirty Curt
September Gun
1983
as Brian Brian
Joysticks
1983 · Trailer
as King Vidiot
Swap Meet
1979 · Trailer
as Doug
More American Graffiti
1979
as Ron
Sunnyside
1979 · Trailer
as Wild Child
The Chicken Chronicles
1977 · Trailer
as Tom
Helter Skelter
1976 · Trailer
as William Garretson
Will Penny
1967 · Trailer
as Horace
The Knife Thrower
Release date to be announced
as Lew Schätze
Bicentennial Curious
Release date to be announced
as Mick Jones
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