
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

Carolina Caroline

Napoleon Dynamite

Get Shorty

The Monster Squad

Fright Night Part 2

Operation Chromite

TerrorVision

Real Genius

Casualties

Running Scared

The Comebacks

Crazy on the Outside

The Grifters

The Last Survivors

The Big Empty

The Snow Walker

Stick It

Kill Me Again

Endgame

The Astronaut Farmer

More American Graffiti

Confessions of an Action Star

Will Penny

High School U.S.A.

Last Best Chance

The Sasquatch Gang

The Axe Murders of Villisca

Faults
TV Shows

24

The X-Files

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Lost

Sons of Anarchy

ER

CSI: NY

Psych

Falcon Crest

Chicago Hope

Las Vegas

Cold Case

L.A. Law

Quantum Leap

The White Lotus

Fallout

The Twilight Zone

The Pretender

Cagney & Lacey

Martin

The Jeffersons

Jake and the Fatman

Nikita

Devil May Cry

Tour of Duty

Carnivàle

The Bridge

Dream Corp LLC

It's Florida, Man.

Bakersfield P.D.

240-Robert

Strange Luck

Napoleon Dynamite
More Movies

All About the Money

The Smell of Success

Helter Skelter

Ed and His Dead Mother

Elsewhere

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Wish Upon a Unicorn

Joysticks

Americons

Northfork

3 Days with Dad

The Pretender: Island of the Haunted

Deep in the Heart

Number One with a Bullet

Skinwalker Ranch

Jackpot

Sunnyside

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Locker 13

Noobz

Fever

Twin Falls Idaho

Rainbow Drive

Pass the Light

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

Frank

Only the Good Survive

Bar Starz

Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

American Pastime

Glass Jaw

The Pretender 2001

Unicorn City

September Dawn

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

Solvent

High School U.S.A.

Car Babes

South of Heaven

Swap Meet

Natural Selection

Tuesday's Flu

Bad Turn Worse

Falsely Accused

September Gun

Durant's Never Closes

The Maze

The Chicken Chronicles

Unreleased
The Knife Thrower

Eternity: The Movie

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

The Beatnicks

A True Story

Waterborne

So Long Jimmy

Around June

Byron's Theme

Bits

Good Intentions

Five Time Champion




