Acting

Jon Gries

Born 1957-06-17 · 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.

Credits

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Carolina Caroline
as Hank Daniels
2026
Tuesday's Flu
2025
Devil May Cry
as Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice)
2025
Devil May Cry
as Pres. Hopper / Soldier (voice)
2025
Devil May Cry
as Hopper / Protester (voice)
2025
Devil May Cry
as Hopper / Demon 1 (voice)
2025
It's Florida, Man.
as Denver
2024
Solvent
as Gunner S. Holbrook
2024
Fallout
as Biff
2024
Bits
2024
Only the Good Survive
as Cult Leader
2023
The White Lotus
as Greg Hunt
2021
Wish Upon a Unicorn
as Bud
2020
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Self
2020
3 Days with Dad
as Tim
2019
Glass Jaw
as Sam Austin
2018
All About the Money
as Jon Waters
2017
The Axe Murders of Villisca
as Greg
2017
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
as Himself
2016
Dream Corp LLC
as Dr. Roberts
2016
Operation Chromite
as Hoyt Vandenberg
2016
Falsely Accused
as Gus
2016
Durant's Never Closes
as Dizzy Dean
2016
Endgame
as Principal Thomas
2015
Pass the Light
as Franklin
2015
Americons
as Billy
2015
Taken 3
as Mark Casey
2014
Bad Turn Worse
as Sheriff Shep
2014
The Last Survivors
as Carson
2014
Locker 13
as Archie
2014
Eternity: The Movie
as Barry Goldfield, Jr.
2014
Faults
as Terry
2014
Skinwalker Ranch
as Hoyt
2013
Byron's Theme
2013
A True Story
as Richard Simpkins
2013
The Bridge
as Bob
2013
Noobz
as Greg Lipstein
2013
Taken 2
as Mark Casey
2012
Unicorn City
as Shadow Hawk
2012
Five Time Champion
as Melvin Glee
2012
Napoleon Dynamite
as Uncle Rico (voice)
2012
Deep in the Heart
as Dick Wallrath
2012
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
as Tom Sutter
2011
The Smell of Success
as Early Dunchamp
2011
Natural Selection
as Peter
2011
Hawaii Five-0
as Liam Miller
2010
Nikita
as The Engineer
2010
Pickin' and Grinnin'
Director
2010
Good Intentions
as Sheriff Ernie
2010
Crazy on the Outside
as Edgar
2010
Elsewhere
as Mr. Tod
2009
Around June
as Murry
2008
So Long Jimmy
as Levi Franklin
2008
South of Heaven
as Hood 1
2008
Sons of Anarchy
as Magoo
2008
Bar Starz
as Ricky Fabulous
2008
Taken
as Mark Casey
2008
Frank
as Colin York
2007
The Comebacks
as Barber
2007
Fathom
2007
September Dawn
as John D. Lee
2007
American Pastime
as Ed Tully
2007
The Astronaut Farmer
as FBI Agent Killbourne
2007
Car Babes
as Gary
2006
Psych
as Strabinsky
2006
Stick It
as Brice Graham
2006
The Sasquatch Gang
as Chilcutt
2006
Supernatural
as Martin Creaser
2005
Waterborne
as Ritter
2005
Confessions of an Action Star
as Donald Buckheim
2005
Last Best Chance
as Bernard Wheeler
2005
CSI: NY
as Jim Warren
2004
Lost
as Roger Linus
2004
Napoleon Dynamite
as Uncle Rico
2004
Cold Case
as Bill Shepard
2003
The Rundown
as Harvey
2003
Las Vegas
as Greg Walker
2003
Carnivàle
as Texas Ranger
2003
The Snow Walker
as Pierce
2003
Northfork
as Arnold
2003