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Jon Gries
Acting
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.
BODY OF WORK
Jon Gries's Filmography
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Carolina Caroline
as Hank Daniels
Tuesday's Flu
Solvent
as Gunner S. Holbrook
Bits
Only the Good Survive
as Cult Leader
Wish Upon a Unicorn
as Bud
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Self
3 Days with Dad
as Tim
Glass Jaw
as Sam Austin
All About the Money
as Jon Waters
The Axe Murders of Villisca
as Greg
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
as Himself
Operation Chromite
as Hoyt Vandenberg
Falsely Accused
as Gus
Durant's Never Closes
as Dizzy Dean
Endgame
as Principal Thomas
Pass the Light
as Franklin
Americons
as Billy
Taken 3
as Mark Casey
Bad Turn Worse
as Sheriff Shep
The Last Survivors
as Carson
Locker 13
as Archie
Eternity: The Movie
as Barry Goldfield, Jr.
Faults
as Terry
Skinwalker Ranch
as Hoyt
Byron's Theme
A True Story
as Richard Simpkins
Noobz
as Greg Lipstein
Taken 2
as Mark Casey
Unicorn City
as Shadow Hawk
Five Time Champion
as Melvin Glee
Deep in the Heart
as Dick Wallrath
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Tom Sutter
The Smell of Success
as Early Dunchamp
Natural Selection
as Peter
Good Intentions
as Sheriff Ernie
Crazy on the Outside
as Edgar
Elsewhere
as Mr. Tod
Around June
as Murry
So Long Jimmy
as Levi Franklin
South of Heaven
as Hood 1
Bar Starz
as Ricky Fabulous
Taken
as Mark Casey
Frank
as Colin York
The Comebacks
as Barber
No Poster
Fathom
September Dawn
as John D. Lee
American Pastime
as Ed Tully
The Astronaut Farmer
as FBI Agent Killbourne
Car Babes
as Gary
Stick It
as Brice Graham
The Sasquatch Gang
as Chilcutt
Waterborne
as Ritter
Confessions of an Action Star
as Donald Buckheim
Last Best Chance
as Bernard Wheeler
Napoleon Dynamite
as Uncle Rico
The Rundown
as Harvey
The Snow Walker
as Pierce
Northfork
as Arnold
The Big Empty
as Elron
The Beatnicks
as B Cool
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
as Broots
Jackpot
as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
The Pretender 2001
as Broots
Twin Falls Idaho
as Lawyer Jay Harrison
Men in Black
as Van Driver
Casualties
as Bill Summers
The Maze
as Dr. Holmes
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
as Steve
Get Shorty
as Ronnie Wingate
Ed and His Dead Mother
as Rob Sundheimer
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
as Deputy Elmo (as Jonathan Gries)
Fever
as Bobby
The Grifters
as Drunk's Friend
Rainbow Drive
as Azzolini
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
as Max (as Jonathan Gries)
Kill Me Again
as Alan Swayzie
Fright Night Part 2
as Louie
The Monster Squad
as Desperate Man
Number One with a Bullet
as Bobby Sweet
Running Scared
as Det. Tony Montoya
TerrorVision
as O.D.
Real Genius
as Lazlo Hollyfeld
High School U.S.A.
as Leo Bandini
High School U.S.A.
as Dirty Curt
September Gun
as Brian Brian
Joysticks
as King Vidiot
Swap Meet
as Doug
More American Graffiti
as Ron
Sunnyside
as Wild Child
The Chicken Chronicles
as Tom
Helter Skelter
as William Garretson
Will Penny
as Horace
The Knife Thrower
as Lew Schätze
No Poster
Bicentennial Curious
as Mick Jones