Jon Gries
Actor · Director · ProducerAn 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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Carolina Caroline
2026
Hank Daniels
Tuesday's Flu
2025
Bits
2024
Solvent
2024
Gunner S. Holbrook
Only the Good Survive
2023
Cult Leader
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
Self
Wish Upon a Unicorn
2020
Bud
3 Days with Dad
2019
Tim
Glass Jaw
2018
Sam Austin
The Axe Murders of Villisca
2017
Greg
All About the Money
2017
Jon Waters
Operation Chromite
2016
Hoyt Vandenberg
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
2016
Himself
Falsely Accused
2016
Gus
Durant's Never Closes
2016
Dizzy Dean
Americons
2015
Billy
Pass the Light
2015
Franklin
Endgame
2015
Principal Thomas
Bad Turn Worse
2014
Sheriff Shep
Locker 13
2014
Archie
Faults
2014
Terry
Eternity: The Movie
2014
Barry Goldfield, Jr.
The Last Survivors
2014
Carson
Taken 3
2014
Mark Casey
A True Story
2013
Richard Simpkins
Skinwalker Ranch
2013
Hoyt
Noobz
2013
Greg Lipstein
Byron's Theme
2013
Five Time Champion
2012
Melvin Glee
Taken 2
2012
Mark Casey
Unicorn City
2012
Shadow Hawk
Deep in the Heart
2012
Dick Wallrath
Natural Selection
2011
Peter
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
2011
Tom Sutter
The Smell of Success
2011
Early Dunchamp
Good Intentions
2010
Sheriff Ernie
Crazy on the Outside
2010
Edgar
Elsewhere
2009
Mr. Tod
Taken
2008
Mark Casey
Around June
2008
Murry
South of Heaven
2008
Hood 1
Bar Starz
2008
Ricky Fabulous
So Long Jimmy
2008
Levi Franklin
The Comebacks
2007
Barber
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
FBI Agent Killbourne
Frank
2007
Colin York
American Pastime
2007
Ed Tully
September Dawn
2007
John D. Lee
- Fathom
Fathom
2007
Stick It
2006
Brice Graham
Car Babes
2006
Gary
The Sasquatch Gang
2006
Chilcutt
Waterborne
2005
Ritter
Last Best Chance
2005
Bernard Wheeler
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
Donald Buckheim
Napoleon Dynamite
2004
Uncle Rico
The Rundown
2003
Harvey
Northfork
2003
Arnold
The Big Empty
2003
Elron
The Snow Walker
2003
Pierce
The Beatnicks
2002
B Cool
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
2001
Broots
The Pretender 2001
2001
Broots
Jackpot
2001
Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
Twin Falls Idaho
1999
Lawyer Jay Harrison
Men in Black
1997
Van Driver
The Maze
1997
Dr. Holmes
Casualties
1997
Bill Summers
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
1996
Steve
Get Shorty
1995
Ronnie Wingate
Fever
1994
Bobby
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
Rob Sundheimer
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
Deputy Elmo (as Jonathan Gries)
The Grifters
1990
Drunk's Friend
Rainbow Drive
1990
Azzolini
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
1989
Max (as Jonathan Gries)
Kill Me Again
1989
Alan Swayzie
Fright Night Part 2
1988
Louie
The Monster Squad
1987
Desperate Man
Number One with a Bullet
1987
Bobby Sweet
TerrorVision
1986
O.D.
Running Scared
1986
Det. Tony Montoya
Real Genius
1985
Lazlo Hollyfeld
High School U.S.A.
1984
Leo Bandini
Joysticks
1983
King Vidiot
September Gun
1983
Brian Brian
High School U.S.A.
1983
Dirty Curt
More American Graffiti
1979
Ron
Swap Meet
1979
Doug
Sunnyside
1979
Wild Child
The Chicken Chronicles
1977
Tom
Helter Skelter
1976
William Garretson
Will Penny
1967
Horace
The Knife Thrower
Lew Schätze
- Bicentennial Curious
Bicentennial Curious
Mick Jones
