Acting
Jon Gries
Born 1957-06-17
Glendale, California, USA
Department: 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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Jon Gries
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Men in Black
1997
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Taken
2008
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Supernatural
2005
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Taken 2
2012
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Taken 3
2014
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Lost
2004
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The X-Files
1993
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Sons of Anarchy
2008
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Fallout
2024
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Seinfeld
1989
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (141 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Carolina Caroline | Hank Daniels | Movie | 2026 |
 | Tuesday's Flu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
 | Devil May Cry | Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
| Devil May Cry | Pres. Hopper / Soldier (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
| Devil May Cry | Hopper / Protester (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
| Devil May Cry | Hopper / Demon 1 (voice) | TV Series | 2025 |
 | It's Florida, Man. | Denver | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Solvent | Gunner S. Holbrook | Movie | 2024 |
 | Fallout | Biff | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Bits | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | Only the Good Survive | Cult Leader | Movie | 2023 |
 | The White Lotus | Greg Hunt | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Wish Upon a Unicorn | Bud | Movie | 2020 |
 | Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp | Self | Movie | 2020 |
 | 3 Days with Dad | Tim | Movie | 2019 |
 | Glass Jaw | Sam Austin | Movie | 2018 |
 | All About the Money | Jon Waters | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Axe Murders of Villisca | Greg | Movie | 2017 |
 | You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night | Himself | Movie | 2016 |
 | Dream Corp LLC | Dr. Roberts | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Operation Chromite | Hoyt Vandenberg | Movie | 2016 |
 | Falsely Accused | Gus | Movie | 2016 |
 | Durant's Never Closes | Dizzy Dean | Movie | 2016 |
 | Endgame | Principal Thomas | Movie | 2015 |
 | Pass the Light | Franklin | Movie | 2015 |
 | Americons | Billy | Movie | 2015 |
 | Taken 3 | Mark Casey | Movie | 2014 |
 | Bad Turn Worse | Sheriff Shep | Movie | 2014 |
 | The Last Survivors | Carson | Movie | 2014 |
 | Locker 13 | Archie | Movie | 2014 |
 | Eternity: The Movie | Barry Goldfield, Jr. | Movie | 2014 |
 | Faults | Terry | Movie | 2014 |
 | Skinwalker Ranch | Hoyt | Movie | 2013 |
 | Byron's Theme | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2013 |
 | A True Story | Richard Simpkins | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Bridge | Bob | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Noobz | Greg Lipstein | Movie | 2013 |
 | Taken 2 | Mark Casey | Movie | 2012 |
 | Unicorn City | Shadow Hawk | Movie | 2012 |
 | Five Time Champion | Melvin Glee | Movie | 2012 |
 | Napoleon Dynamite | Uncle Rico (voice) | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Deep in the Heart | Dick Wallrath | Movie | 2012 |
 | Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | Tom Sutter | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Smell of Success | Early Dunchamp | Movie | 2011 |
 | Natural Selection | Peter | Movie | 2011 |
 | Hawaii Five-0 | Liam Miller | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Nikita | The Engineer | TV Series | 2010 |
| Pickin' and Grinnin' | Director | Movie | 2010 | |
 | Good Intentions | Sheriff Ernie | Movie | 2010 |
 | Crazy on the Outside | Edgar | Movie | 2010 |
 | Elsewhere | Mr. Tod | Movie | 2009 |
 | Around June | Murry | Movie | 2008 |
 | So Long Jimmy | Levi Franklin | Movie | 2008 |
 | South of Heaven | Hood 1 | Movie | 2008 |
 | Sons of Anarchy | Magoo | TV Series | 2008 |
 | Bar Starz | Ricky Fabulous | Movie | 2008 |
 | Taken | Mark Casey | Movie | 2008 |
 | Frank | Colin York | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Comebacks | Barber | Movie | 2007 |
| Fathom | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 | |
 | September Dawn | John D. Lee | Movie | 2007 |
 | American Pastime | Ed Tully | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Astronaut Farmer | FBI Agent Killbourne | Movie | 2007 |
 | Car Babes | Gary | Movie | 2006 |
 | Psych | Strabinsky | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Stick It | Brice Graham | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Sasquatch Gang | Chilcutt | Movie | 2006 |
 | Supernatural | Martin Creaser | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Waterborne | Ritter | Movie | 2005 |
 | Confessions of an Action Star | Donald Buckheim | Movie | 2005 |
 | Last Best Chance | Bernard Wheeler | Movie | 2005 |
 | CSI: NY | Jim Warren | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Lost | Roger Linus | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Napoleon Dynamite | Uncle Rico | Movie | 2004 |
 | Cold Case | Bill Shepard | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Rundown | Harvey | Movie | 2003 |
 | Las Vegas | Greg Walker | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Carnivàle | Texas Ranger | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Snow Walker | Pierce | Movie | 2003 |
 | Northfork | Arnold | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Big Empty | Elron | Movie | 2003 |
 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2003 |
 | The Beatnicks | B Cool | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Pretender: Island of the Haunted | Broots | Movie | 2001 |
 | 24 | Joseph Wald | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Jackpot | Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson | Movie | 2001 |
 | The Pretender 2001 | Broots | Movie | 2001 |
 | Twin Falls Idaho | Lawyer Jay Harrison | Movie | 1999 |
| Twin Falls Idaho | Associate Producer | Movie | 1999 |
 | Men in Black | Van Driver | Movie | 1997 |
 | Casualties | Bill Summers | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Maze | Dr. Holmes | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Pretender | Broots | TV Series | 1996 |
| The Pretender | Director | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah | Steve | Movie | 1996 |
 | Get Shorty | Ronnie Wingate | Movie | 1995 |
 | Strange Luck | Henry Bloom | TV Series | 1995 |
 | ER | Marty Nesmith | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Chicago Hope | Jack Kimball | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Bakersfield P.D. | Ray Coombs | TV Series | 1993 |
 | The X-Files | Salvatore Matola | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Ed and His Dead Mother | Rob Sundheimer | Movie | 1993 |
 | Four Eyes and Six-Guns | Deputy Elmo (as Jonathan Gries) | Movie | 1992 |
 | Martin | Shawn McDermott | TV Series | 1992 |
| Martin | Shawn McDermott /Innkeeper | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Fever | Bobby | Movie | 1991 |
 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Dope Dealer | TV Series | 1990 |
 | The Grifters | Drunk's Friend | Movie | 1990 |
 | Rainbow Drive | Azzolini | Movie | 1990 |
 | Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog | Max (as Jonathan Gries) | Movie | 1989 |
 | Kill Me Again | Alan Swayzie | Movie | 1989 |
 | Seinfeld | Homeless Man | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Quantum Leap | Flash McGrath | TV Series | 1989 |
| Tattingers | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1988 | |
 | Fright Night Part 2 | Louie | Movie | 1988 |
 | Jake and the Fatman | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Tour of Duty | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1987 |
 | The Monster Squad | Desperate Man | Movie | 1987 |
 | Number One with a Bullet | Bobby Sweet | Movie | 1987 |
 | L.A. Law | Hotel Desk Clerk | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Running Scared | Det. Tony Montoya | Movie | 1986 |
 | TerrorVision | O.D. | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "Shelter Skelter") | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Real Genius | Lazlo Hollyfeld | Movie | 1985 |
 | High School U.S.A. | Leo Bandini | Movie | 1984 |
 | High School U.S.A. | Dirty Curt | Movie | 1983 |
 | September Gun | Brian Brian | Movie | 1983 |
 | Joysticks | King Vidiot | Movie | 1983 |
 | Cagney & Lacey | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Falcon Crest | Stone | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Swap Meet | Doug | Movie | 1979 |
 | 240-Robert | Brad | TV Series | 1979 |
 | More American Graffiti | Ron | Movie | 1979 |
 | Sunnyside | Wild Child | Movie | 1979 |
| Mulligan's Stew | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1977 | |
 | The Chicken Chronicles | Tom | Movie | 1977 |
 | Helter Skelter | William Garretson | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Jeffersons | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Will Penny | Horace | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Knife Thrower | Lew Schätze | Movie | — |
| Bicentennial Curious | Mick Jones | Movie | — |