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Jon Gries
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American actor, writer, director
Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Carolina Caroline — Hank Daniels2026
- Tuesday's Flu2025
- Devil May Cry — Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice)2025
- Devil May Cry — Pres. Hopper / Soldier (voice)2025
- Devil May Cry — Hopper / Protester (voice)2025
- Devil May Cry — Hopper / Demon 1 (voice)2025
- Bits2024
- Solvent — Gunner S. Holbrook2024
- It's Florida, Man. — Denver2024
- Fallout — Biff2024
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Key facts
- Born
- Jonathan Gries , ( 1957-06-17 ) June 17, 1957 (age 68) , Glendale, California , U.S.
- Other name
- Jon Francis
- Occupations
- Actor music video director
- Years active
- 1968–present
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Glendale
- Father
- Tom Gries
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Stella Adler Studio of Acting
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Official website
- www.jongries.com
- Image
- Jon Gries at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con (2).jpg
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- Commons category
- Jon Gries
- date of birth
- 1957-06-17
- name in native language
- Jon Gries
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan Gries (/ɡraɪz/ GRYZ; born June 17, 1957) is an American actor and music video director. He is best known for portraying Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite (2004), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male; the recurring role of Roger Linus on Lost (2007–2010); and Greg Hunt on The White Lotus (2021–present). He is also known for other film and television credits such as Real Genius (1985), The Monster Squad (1987), Martin (1992–1994), Get Shorty (1995), The Pretender (1996–2000), the Taken trilogy (2008–2014), and Dream Corp LLC (2016–2020).
Life and career
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