Acting credits
129
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Jon Gries
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 93Series: 36Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 9629
IMDb ID: nm0340973
Known for: Acting
Born: June 17, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Glendale, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1967 - 2025
Years active: 59
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q1319770
Also known as
Jonathan Francis Gries • Jon Francis • Johnathan Gries • John Gries • Jonathan Gries • Jonathon Gries • Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries
Other jobs
Associate Producer (1)Director (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jon Gries.
Carolina Caroline
2025 Movie
5.0
Solvent
as Gunner S. Holbrook
2024 Movie
2.0
Bits
2024 Movie
Only the Good Survive
as Cult Leader
2023 Movie
6.9
Wish Upon a Unicorn
as Bud
2020 Movie
6.8
Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
as Self
2020 Movie
5.1
3 Days with Dad
as Tim
2019 Movie
6.9
Glass Jaw
as Sam Austin
2018 Movie
5.4
All About the Money
as Jon Waters
2017 Movie
4.8
The Axe Murders of Villisca
as Greg
2017 Movie
6.8
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
as Himself
2016 Movie
5.8
Operation Chromite
as Hoyt Vandenberg
2016 Movie
5.2
Falsely Accused
as Gus
2016 Movie
8.0
Durant's Never Closes
as Dizzy Dean
2016 Movie
5.8
Endgame
as Principal Thomas
2015 Movie
6.4
Pass the Light
as Franklin
2015 Movie
6.0
Americons
as Billy
2015 Movie
6.3
Taken 3
as Mark Casey
2014 Movie
5.4
Bad Turn Worse
as Sheriff Shep
2014 Movie
6.1
The Last Survivors
as Carson
2014 Movie
6.5
Locker 13
as Archie
2014 Movie
2.2
Eternity: The Movie
as Barry Goldfield, Jr.
2014 Movie
6.7
Faults
as Terry
2014 Movie
5.3
Skinwalker Ranch
as Hoyt
2013 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jon Gries.
7.9
Devil May Cry
as Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice) • 1 eps
2025 Series
6.2
It's Florida, Man.
as Denver • 1 eps
2024 Series
8.1
Fallout
as Biff • 4 eps
2024 Series
7.6
The White Lotus
as Greg Hunt • 14 eps
2021 Series
6.6
Dream Corp LLC
as Dr. Roberts • 28 eps
2016 Series
6.6
The Bridge
as Bob • 4 eps
2013 Series
5.7
Napoleon Dynamite
as Uncle Rico • 6 eps
2012 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Liam Miller • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.2
Nikita
as The Engineer • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.4
Sons of Anarchy
as Magoo • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.9
Psych
as Strabinsky • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.3
Supernatural
as Martin Creaser • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Lost
as Roger Linus • 7 eps
2004 Series
7.3
CSI: NY
as Jim Warren • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.8
Cold Case
as Bill Shepard • 2 eps
2003 Series
7.0
Las Vegas
as Greg Walker • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.9
Carnivàle
as Texas Ranger • 2 eps
2003 Series
7.8
24
as Joseph Wald • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.3
The Pretender
as Broots • 86 eps
1996 Series
8.0
Strange Luck
as Henry Bloom • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.8
ER
as Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Jack Kimball • 1 eps
1994 Series
8.0
Bakersfield P.D.
as Ray Coombs • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.4
The X-Files
as Salvatore Matola • 1 eps
1993 Series