Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

132

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-06-17 (67 years old)

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

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

7.2%

Men in Black

Jul 2, 1997

7.4%

Taken

Feb 18, 2008

8.3%

Supernatural

Sep 13, 2005

6.4%

Taken 2

Sep 27, 2012

6.3%

Taken 3

Dec 16, 2014

7.9%

Lost

Sep 22, 2004

8.4%

The X-Files

Sep 10, 1993

8.4%

Sons of Anarchy

Sep 3, 2008

8.3%

Seinfeld

Jul 5, 1989

6.5%

The Rundown

Sep 26, 2003

6.8%

Napoleon Dynamite

Jun 11, 2004

7.8%

Hawaii Five-0

Sep 20, 2010

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Acting

—		The Knife Thrower as Lew Schätze
—		Carolina Caroline

2025		Devil May Cry as Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice)
2025		Devil May Cry as Pres. Hopper / Soldier (voice)

2024		It's Florida, Man. as Denver
2024		Solvent as Gunner S. Holbrook
2024		Bits

2023

Only the Good Survive as Cult Leader

2021

The White Lotus as Greg Hunt

2020		Wish Upon a Unicorn as Bud
2020		Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp as Self

2019

3 Days with Dad as Tim

2018

Glass Jaw as Sam Austin

2017		All About the Money as Jon Waters
2017		The Axe Murders of Villisca as Greg

2016		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		Operation Chromite as Gen Hoyt Vandenberg
2016		Falsely Accused as Gus
2016		Durant's Never Closes as Dizzy Dean

2015		Endgame as Principal Thomas
2015		Pass the Light as Franklin
2015		Americons as Billy

2014		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

2013		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

2012		Taken 2 as Mark Casey
2012		Unicorn City as Shadow Hawk
2012		Five Time Champion as Melvin Glee
2012		Napoleon Dynamite
2012		Deep in the Heart as Dick Wallrath

2011		Redemption: For Robbing the Dead as Tom Sutter
2011		The Smell of Success as Early Dunchamp
2011		Natural Selection as Peter

2010		Hawaii Five-0 as Liam Miller
2010		Nikita as The Engineer
2010		Good Intentions as Sheriff Ernie
2010		Crazy on the Outside as Edgar

2009

Elsewhere as Mr. Tod

2008		Around June as Murry
2008		South of Heaven as Hood 1
2008		Sons of Anarchy as Magoo
2008		Bar Starz as Ricky Fabulous
2008		Taken as Mark Casey

2007		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

2006		Car Babes as Gary
2006		Psych as Strabinsky
2006		Stick It as Brice Graham
2006		The Sasquatch Gang as Chilcutt

2005		Supernatural as Martin Creaser
2005		Waterborne as Ritter
2005		Waterborne as Carlton
2005		Confessions of an Action Star as Donald Buckheim
2005		Last Best Chance as Bernard Wheeler

2004		Lost as Roger Linus
2004		CSI: NY as Jim Warren
2004		Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico

2003		Cold Case as Bill Shepard
2003		The Rundown as Harvey
2003		Las Vegas
2003		Carnivàle as Texas Ranger
2003		The Snow Walker as Pierce
2003		Northfork as Arnold
2003		The Big Empty as Elron

2001		The Pretender: Island of the Haunted as Broots
2001		24 as Joseph Wald
2001		Jackpot as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
2001		The Pretender 2001 as Broots

1999

Twin Falls Idaho as Lawyer Jay Harrison

1997		Men in Black as Van Driver
1997		Casualties as Bill Summers
1997		The Maze as Dr. Holmes

1996		The Pretender as Broots
1996		Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah as Steve

1995		Get Shorty as Ronnie Wingate
1995		Strange Luck as Henry Bloom

1994		ER as Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith
1994		Chicago Hope

1993		Bakersfield P.D. as Ray Coombs
1993		The X-Files as Salvatore Matola
1993		Ed and His Dead Mother as Rob Sundheimer

1992		Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992		Martin as Shawn McDermott

1991

Fever as Bobby

1990		Beverly Hills, 90210
1990		The Grifters as Drunk's Friend
1990		Rainbow Drive as Azzolini

1989		Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog as Max (as Jonathan Gries)
1989		Kill Me Again as Alan Swayzie
1989		Seinfeld as Homeless Man
1989		Quantum Leap as Flash McGrath
1989		Quantum Leap as Roscoe (uncredited)

1988		Tattingers
1988		Fright Night Part 2 as Louie

1987		Jake and the Fatman
1987		Tour of Duty
1987		The Monster Squad as Desperate Man
1987		Number One with a Bullet as Bobby Sweet

1986		L.A. Law as Hotel Desk Clerk
1986		Running Scared as Det. Tony Montoya
1986		TerrorVision as OD

1985		The Twilight Zone as (segment "Shelter Skelter")
1985		Real Genius as Lazlo Hollyfeld

1984

High School U.S.A. as Leo Bandini

1983		High School U.S.A. as Dirty Curt
1983		September Gun as Brian Brian
1983		Joysticks as King Vidiot

1982

Cagney & Lacey

1981

Falcon Crest as Stone

1979		Swap Meet as Doug
1979		240-Robert
1979		More American Graffiti as Ron
1979		Sunnyside as Wild Child

1977		Mulligan's Stew
1977		The Chicken Chronicles as Tom

1976

Helter Skelter as William Garretson

1975

The Jeffersons

1967

Will Penny as Horace

Directing

2010

Pickin' and Grinnin' as Director

1996

The Pretender as Director

Production

1999

Twin Falls Idaho as Associate Producer