
Jon Gries
Born June 17, 1957 · Glendale, California, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Taken

Men in Black

Taken 3

Taken 2

The Rundown

The Monster Squad

Napoleon Dynamite

Get Shorty

Carolina Caroline

Fright Night Part 2

TerrorVision

Operation Chromite

Real Genius

Casualties

Running Scared

The Grifters

The Comebacks

The Last Survivors

Stick It

Endgame

The Snow Walker

Kill Me Again

The Big Empty

Crazy on the Outside

More American Graffiti

Confessions of an Action Star

Ed and His Dead Mother

The Astronaut Farmer

Elsewhere

Will Penny

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

High School U.S.A.

The Smell of Success
TV Shows

The X-Files

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Lost

24

ER

Sons of Anarchy

Psych

CSI: NY

Falcon Crest

Las Vegas

Chicago Hope

Cold Case

L.A. Law

Quantum Leap

The White Lotus

Fallout

The Twilight Zone

The Pretender

The Jeffersons

Martin

Cagney & Lacey

Nikita

Jake and the Fatman

Tour of Duty

Devil May Cry

Carnivàle

The Bridge

Dream Corp LLC

It's Florida, Man.

Bakersfield P.D.

240-Robert

Strange Luck

Napoleon Dynamite
More Movies

Helter Skelter

Northfork

The Sasquatch Gang

All About the Money

Faults

Skinwalker Ranch

The Axe Murders of Villisca

Wish Upon a Unicorn

Joysticks

Last Best Chance

Americons

The Pretender: Island of the Haunted

3 Days with Dad

Number One with a Bullet

Fever

Frank

Noobz

Deep in the Heart

Unicorn City

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Twin Falls Idaho

Bar Starz

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

Sunnyside

Locker 13

The Pretender 2001

American Pastime

September Dawn

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

Pass the Light

Car Babes

Rainbow Drive

Solvent

Durant's Never Closes

Natural Selection

Tuesday's Flu

Glass Jaw

Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

Swap Meet

High School U.S.A.

Only the Good Survive

Jackpot

The Chicken Chronicles

September Gun

Bits

Eternity: The Movie

South of Heaven

Bad Turn Worse

Falsely Accused

So Long Jimmy

The Beatnicks

Around June

The Maze

Waterborne

Unreleased
The Knife Thrower

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

Five Time Champion

A True Story

Good Intentions

Byron's Theme




