Jon Gries
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 17 June 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.
Known for
Acting 95
- 2026The Knife Thrower as Lew Schätze
- 2026Bicentennial Curious as Mick Jones
- 2026Carolina Caroline as Hank Daniels
- 2025Tuesday's Flu
- 2024Solvent as Gunner S. Holbrook
- 2024Bits
- 2023Only the Good Survive as Cult Leader
- 2020Wish Upon a Unicorn as Bud
- 2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Self
- 20193 Days with Dad as Tim
- 2018Glass Jaw as Sam Austin
- 2017All About the Money as Jon Waters
- 2017The Axe Murders of Villisca as Greg
- 2016You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night as Himself
- 2016Operation Chromite as Hoyt Vandenberg
- 2016Falsely Accused as Gus
- 2016Durant's Never Closes as Dizzy Dean
- 2015Endgame as Principal Thomas
- 2015Pass the Light as Franklin
- 2015Americons as Billy
- 2014Taken 3 as Mark Casey
- 2014Bad Turn Worse as Sheriff Shep
- 2014The Last Survivors as Carson
- 2014Locker 13 as Archie
- 2014Eternity: The Movie as Barry Goldfield, Jr.
- 2014Faults as Terry
- 2013Skinwalker Ranch as Hoyt
- 2013Byron's Theme
- 2013A True Story as Richard Simpkins
- 2013Noobz as Greg Lipstein
- 2012Taken 2 as Mark Casey
- 2012Unicorn City as Shadow Hawk
- 2012Five Time Champion as Melvin Glee
- 2012Deep in the Heart as Dick Wallrath
- 2011Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Tom Sutter
- 2011The Smell of Success as Early Dunchamp
- 2011Natural Selection as Peter
- 2010Good Intentions as Sheriff Ernie
- 2010Crazy on the Outside as Edgar
- 2009Elsewhere as Mr. Tod
- 2008Around June as Murry
- 2008So Long Jimmy as Levi Franklin
- 2008South of Heaven as Hood 1
- 2008Bar Starz as Ricky Fabulous
- 2008Taken as Mark Casey
- 2007Frank as Colin York
- 2007The Comebacks as Barber
- 2007Fathom
- 2007September Dawn as John D. Lee
- 2007American Pastime as Ed Tully
- 2007The Astronaut Farmer as FBI Agent Killbourne
- 2006Car Babes as Gary
- 2006Stick It as Brice Graham
- 2006The Sasquatch Gang as Chilcutt
- 2005Waterborne as Ritter
- 2005Confessions of an Action Star as Donald Buckheim
- 2005Last Best Chance as Bernard Wheeler
- 2004Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico
- 2003The Rundown as Harvey
- 2003The Snow Walker as Pierce
- 2003Northfork as Arnold
- 2003The Big Empty as Elron
- 2002The Beatnicks as B Cool
- 2001The Pretender: Island of the Haunted as Broots
- 2001Jackpot as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
- 2001The Pretender 2001 as Broots
- 1999Twin Falls Idaho as Lawyer Jay Harrison
- 1997Men in Black as Van Driver
- 1997Casualties as Bill Summers
- 1997The Maze as Dr. Holmes
- 1996Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as Steve
- 1995Get Shorty as Ronnie Wingate
- 1993Ed and His Dead Mother as Rob Sundheimer
- 1992Four Eyes and Six-Guns as Deputy Elmo (as Jonathan Gries)
- 1991Fever as Bobby
- 1990The Grifters as Drunk's Friend
- 1990Rainbow Drive as Azzolini
- 1989Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog as Max (as Jonathan Gries)
- 1989Kill Me Again as Alan Swayzie
- 1988Fright Night Part 2 as Louie
- 1987The Monster Squad as Desperate Man
- 1987Number One with a Bullet as Bobby Sweet
- 1986Running Scared as Det. Tony Montoya
- 1986TerrorVision as O.D.
- 1985Real Genius as Lazlo Hollyfeld
- 1984High School U.S.A. as Leo Bandini
- 1983High School U.S.A. as Dirty Curt
- 1983September Gun as Brian Brian
- 1983Joysticks as King Vidiot
- 1979Swap Meet as Doug
- 1979More American Graffiti as Ron
- 1979Sunnyside as Wild Child
- 1977The Chicken Chronicles as Tom
- 1976Helter Skelter as William Garretson
- 1967Will Penny as Horace
Directing 1
- 2010Pickin' and Grinnin' · director
Production 1
- 1999Twin Falls Idaho · associate producer