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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 17, 1957
Place of Birth
Glendale, California, USA
Also Known As
- Jonathan Francis Gries
- Jon Francis
- Johnathan Gries
- John Gries
- Jonathan Gries
- Jonathon Gries
- Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries
Jon Gries
1.3 Popularity
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
8.0
Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice)
Devil May Cry
2025
8.0
Pres. Hopper / Soldier (voice)
Devil May Cry
2025
6.3
Denver
It's Florida, Man.
2024
10.0
Gunner S. Holbrook
Solvent
2024
0.0
Bits
2024
0.0
Cult Leader
Only the Good Survive
2023
7.6
Greg Hunt
The White Lotus
2021
6.9
Bud
Wish Upon a Unicorn
2020
6.8
Self
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
5.1
Tim
3 Days with Dad
2019
Credits
Devil May Cry
as Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice)
2025
8.0
Devil May Cry
as Pres. Hopper / Soldier (voice)
2025
8.0
It's Florida, Man.
as Denver
2024
6.3
Solvent
as Gunner S. Holbrook
2024
10.0
Bits
2024
0.0
Only the Good Survive
as Cult Leader
2023
0.0
The White Lotus
as Greg Hunt
2021
7.6
Wish Upon a Unicorn
as Bud
2020
6.9
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Self
2020
6.8
3 Days with Dad
as Tim
2019
5.1
Glass Jaw
as Sam Austin
2018
6.9
All About the Money
as Jon Waters
2017
5.6
The Axe Murders of Villisca
as Greg
2017
4.8
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
as Himself
2016
6.8
Dream Corp LLC
as Dr. Roberts
2016
6.7
Operation Chromite
as Hoyt Vandenberg
2016
5.9
Operation Chromite
as Gen Hoyt Vandenberg
2016
5.9
Falsely Accused
as Gus
2016
5.2
Durant's Never Closes
as Dizzy Dean
2016
8.0
Endgame
as Principal Thomas
2015
5.8
Pass the Light
as Franklin
2015
6.2
Americons
as Billy
2015
6.0
Taken 3
as Mark Casey
2014
6.3
Bad Turn Worse
as Sheriff Shep
2014
5.5
The Last Survivors
as Carson
2014
6.1
Locker 13
as Archie
2014
6.5
Eternity: The Movie
as Barry Goldfield, Jr.
2014
2.2
Faults
as Terry
2014
6.7
Skinwalker Ranch
as Hoyt
2013
5.3
Byron's Theme
2013
0.0
A True Story
as Richard Simpkins
2013
5.4
The Bridge
as Bob
2013
6.6
Noobz
as Greg Lipstein
2013
5.9
Taken 2
as Mark Casey
2012
6.4
Unicorn City
as Shadow Hawk
2012
5.5
Five Time Champion
as Melvin Glee
2012
6.2
Napoleon Dynamite
2012
6.0
Deep in the Heart
as Dick Wallrath
2012
5.5
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Tom Sutter
2011
4.0
The Smell of Success
as Early Dunchamp
2011
5.6
Natural Selection
as Peter
2011
6.2
Hawaii Five-0
as Liam Miller
2010
7.8
Nikita
as The Engineer
2010
7.2
Good Intentions
as Sheriff Ernie
2010
4.8
Crazy on the Outside
as Edgar
2010
5.2
Elsewhere
as Mr. Tod
2009
5.8
Around June
as Murry
2008
2.5
South of Heaven
as Hood 1
2008
3.7
Sons of Anarchy
as Magoo
2008
8.4
Bar Starz
as Ricky Fabulous
2008
1.5
Taken
as Mark Casey
2008
7.4
Frank
as Colin York
2007
4.4
The Comebacks
as Barber
2007
4.8
🎬
Fathom
2007
0.0
September Dawn
as John D. Lee
2007
5.3
American Pastime
as Ed Tully
2007
6.5
The Astronaut Farmer
as FBI Agent Killbourne
2007
6.2
Car Babes
as Gary
2006
5.4
Psych
as Strabinsky
2006
7.9
Stick It
as Brice Graham
2006
6.8
The Sasquatch Gang
as Chilcutt
2006
5.7
Supernatural
as Martin Creaser
2005
8.3
Waterborne
as Ritter
2005
5.6
Waterborne
as Carlton
2005
5.6
Confessions of an Action Star
as Donald Buckheim
2005
4.1
Last Best Chance
as Bernard Wheeler
2005
4.0
CSI: NY
as Jim Warren
2004
7.3
Lost
as Roger Linus
2004
7.9
Napoleon Dynamite
as Uncle Rico
2004
6.8
Cold Case
as Bill Shepard
2003
7.8
The Rundown
as Harvey
2003
6.4
Las Vegas
2003
7.0
Carnivàle
as Texas Ranger
2003
7.9
The Snow Walker
as Pierce
2003
7.0
Northfork
as Arnold
2003
6.0
The Big Empty
as Elron
2003
6.2
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
as Broots
2001
6.8
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as Joseph Wald
2001
7.8
Jackpot
as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
2001
6.6
The Pretender 2001
as Broots
2001
7.1
Twin Falls Idaho
as Lawyer Jay Harrison
1999
7.1
Men in Black
as Van Driver
1997
7.2
Casualties
as Bill Summers
1997
6.6
The Maze
as Dr. Holmes
1997
5.0
The Pretender
as Broots
1996
7.4
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
as Steve
1996
6.0
Get Shorty
as Ronnie Wingate
1995
6.5
Strange Luck
as Henry Bloom
1995
8.0
ER
as Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith
1994
7.8
Chicago Hope
1994
7.2
🎬
Bakersfield P.D.
as Ray Coombs
1993
8.0
The X-Files
as Salvatore Matola
1993
8.4
Ed and His Dead Mother
as Rob Sundheimer
1993
5.4
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
2.5
Martin
as Shawn McDermott
1992
7.6
Fever
as Bobby
1991
3.8
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
7.4
The Grifters
as Drunk's Friend
1990
6.5
Rainbow Drive
as Azzolini
1990
4.6
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
as Max (as Jonathan Gries)
1989
4.3
Kill Me Again
as Alan Swayzie
1989
6.0
Seinfeld
as Homeless Man
1989
8.3
Quantum Leap
as Flash McGrath
1989
8.0
Quantum Leap
as Roscoe (uncredited)
1989
8.0
🎬
Tattingers
1988
5.0
Fright Night Part 2
as Louie
1988
6.3
Jake and the Fatman
1987
6.0
Tour of Duty
1987
8.0
The Monster Squad
as Desperate Man
1987
6.7
Number One with a Bullet
as Bobby Sweet
1987
4.2
L.A. Law
as Hotel Desk Clerk
1986
7.1
Running Scared
as Det. Tony Montoya
1986
6.1
TerrorVision
as OD
1986
5.8
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Shelter Skelter")
1985
7.8
Real Genius
as Lazlo Hollyfeld
1985
6.7
🎬
High School U.S.A.
as Leo Bandini
1984
4.2
High School U.S.A.
as Dirty Curt
1983
5.5
September Gun
as Brian Brian
1983
6.0
Joysticks
as King Vidiot
1983
4.7
Cagney & Lacey
1982
6.9
Falcon Crest
as Stone
1981
5.5
Swap Meet
as Doug
1979
2.0
240-Robert
1979
5.5
More American Graffiti
as Ron
1979
5.1
Sunnyside
as Wild Child
1979
5.0
🎬
Mulligan's Stew
1977
7.0
The Chicken Chronicles
as Tom
1977
3.2
Helter Skelter
as William Garretson
1976
6.8
The Jeffersons
1975
7.3
Will Penny
as Horace
1967
6.6
Carolina Caroline
N/A
0.0
The Knife Thrower
as Lew Schätze
N/A
0.0