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Jon Gries
Highest Rated: 100% Waterborne (2005)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Jun 17, 1957
Birthplace: Glendale, California, USA
"Wolfman's got nards!" This line from the campy horror flick "The Monster Squad" (1987), directed at Jon Gries' vicious but vulnerable werewolf, neatly sums up the veteran character actor's career: tough characters with soft hearts. His father, director Tom Gries, cast him in his movies such as "Will Penny" (1968) and the made-for-TV "Helter Skelter" (CBS, 1976), but the young actor quickly struck out on his own, appearing in cult '80s movies such as "Real Genius" (1985). By the 1990s he'd moved over to TV, landing memorable roles on "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Fox, 1990-2000); "Martin" (Fox, 1992-97); and "The Pretender" (NBC, 1996-2000). After appearing in "Get Shorty" (1995), Gries landed a breakout role as Uncle Rico in the surprise hit "Napoleon Dynamite" (2004) and joined the sprawling cast of "Lost" (ABC, 2004-2010). A self-professed late bloomer, Gries directed his first film, "Pickin & Grinnin," in 2010, before landing his first voice acting role on the animated "Napoleon Dynamite" (Fox, 2012). Though he may not have followed in his father's Emmy-winning footsteps, Jon Gries has made some distinct impressions of his own.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83% | No Score Yet | Only The Good Survive | Unknown (Character) | - | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Truth | Director | - | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Wish Upon a Unicorn | Bud (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 64% | No Score Yet | 3 Days With Dad | Tim (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Glass Jaw | Sam Austin (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | All About the Money | Jon Waters (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 14% | 14% | Villisca | Greg (Character) | - | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | Falsely Accused | Gus (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 17% | 69% | Durant's Never Closes | Dizzy Dean (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 18% | 49% | A Country Called Home | Tyler (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 50% | 27% | Endgame | Principal Thomas (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 14% | 75% | Americons | Billy (Character) | $14.4K | 2015 |
| 0% | 56% | Eternity: The Movie | Barry Goldfield Jr. (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 75% | No Score Yet | The Well | Carson (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 92% | 68% | Faults | Terry (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 13% | 43% | Taken 3 | Casey (Character) | $89.3M | 2014 |
| 13% | 52% | Locker 13 | Archie (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Pass the Light | Franklin Baumann (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Skinwalker Ranch | Hoyt (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Noobz | Greg Lipstein (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 80% | 51% | We Gotta Get Out of This Place | Sheriff Shep (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 22% | 52% | Taken 2 | Casey (Character) | $139.9M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Redemption | Tom Sutter (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 68% | Unicorn City | Shadow Hawk (Character) | - | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 5 Time Champion | Melvin (Character) | - | 2011 |
| 74% | 67% | Natural Selection | Peter (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Deep in the Heart | Richard Wallrath (Character) | $54.9K | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Pickin' & Grinnin' | Director | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | A True Story | Richard Simpkins (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Good Intentions | Ernie (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 34% | Elsewhere | Mr. Tod (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | Around June | Murry (Character) | $11.9K | 2008 |
| 60% | 85% | Taken | Casey (Character) | $145.0M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Frank | Colin York (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 46% | 57% | The Sasquatch Gang | Chilcutt (Character) | $9.5K | 2007 |
| 33% | 68% | American Pastime | Ed Tully (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 58% | 49% | The Astronaut farmer | Kilborne (Character) | $11.0M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fathom | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 16% | 49% | September Dawn | Jon D. Lee (Character) | $1.1M | 2006 |
| 32% | 73% | Stick It | Brice (Character) | $26.9M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | CarBabes | Gary (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 100% | 44% | Waterborne | Ritter (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 72% | 74% | Napoleon Dynamite | Uncle Rico (Character) | $44.5M | 2004 |
| 86% | 79% | The Snow Walker | Pierce (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 67% | 48% | The Big Empty | Elron (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 70% | 66% | The Rundown | Harvey (Character) | $47.6M | 2003 |
| 57% | 66% | Northfork | Arnold (Character) | $1.4M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | The Beatnicks | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 29% | 40% | Jackpot |
Sunny Holiday / |
$43.7K | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | The Pretender 2001 | Broots (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | The Pretender: Island of the Haunted | Broots (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 78% | 83% | Twin Falls Idaho |
Lawyer Jay Harrison (Character), Associate Producer, Original Song |
$985.3K | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Casualties | Bill Summers (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Maze | Dr. Holmes (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah | Steve (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 89% | 70% | Get Shorty | Ronnie Wingate (Character) | $68.8M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fever | Bobby (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rainbow Drive | Azzolini (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog | Max (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Kill Me Again | Alan Swayzie (Character) | $112.8K | 1989 |
| 56% | 78% | The Monster Squad | Desperate Man (Character) | $3.8M | 1987 |
| 10% | 44% | TerrorVision | O.D. (Character) | - | 1986 |
| 63% | 58% | Running Scared | Det. Tony Montoya (Character) | $37.6M | 1986 |
| 77% | 83% | Real Genius | Lazlo Hollyfeld (Character) | $130.8K | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | High School U.S.A. | Unknown (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | September Gun | Brian Brian (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 87% | 75% | Will Penny | Horace (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 93% | Dream Corp LLC | Dr. Roberts (Character) | 2016 2018 2020 |
| 43% | 94% | Dice | Unknown (Character) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 93% | 72% | Supernatural | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 32% | 50% | Napoleon Dynamite | Uncle Rico (Voice) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 85% | 69% | Nikita | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 87% | 91% | Sons of Anarchy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 86% | 90% | Lost | Roger Linus (Guest Star) | 2007 2009-2010 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: New York | Jim Warren (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | The Pretender |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1997-2000 |
| 89% | 92% | Seinfeld | Homeless Man (Guest Star) | 1995 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| 74% | 85% | The X-Files | Salvatore Matola (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Martin | Unknown (Character) | 1992-1994 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Quantum Leap | Flash McGrath (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tour of Duty | Maj. Rex Chapman USAF (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guns of Paradise | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jeffersons | Frank (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The White Shadow | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |