Jon Gries

69, from Glendale, California, USA

Artwork for Men in BlackImage of Jon Gries

Biography

An American actor, writer and director. He is known for his role in Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico, and more recently as recurring character Roger Linus on Lost.

Timeline

2026Aged 69

  • Poster for Carolina Caroline

    Hank Daniels

2025Aged 68

  • Poster for Tuesday's Flu

    (Unknown)

2024Aged 67

  • Poster for Bits

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Solvent

    Gunner S. Holbrook

2023Aged 66

  • Poster for Only the Good Survive

    Cult Leader

2020Aged 63

  • Poster for Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

    Self

  • Poster for Wish Upon a Unicorn

    Bud

2019Aged 62

  • Poster for 3 Days with Dad

    Tim

2018Aged 61

  • Poster for Glass Jaw

    Sam Austin

2017Aged 60

  • Poster for The Axe Murders of Villisca

    Greg

  • Poster for All About the Money

    Jon Waters

2016Aged 59

  • Poster for Durant's Never Closes

    Dizzy Dean

  • Poster for Falsely Accused

    Gus

  • Poster for Operation Chromite

    Hoyt Vandenberg

  • Poster for You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night

    Himself

2015Aged 58

  • Poster for Americons

    Billy

  • Poster for Pass the Light

    Franklin

  • Poster for Endgame

    Principal Thomas

2014Aged 57

  • Poster for Faults

    Terry

  • Poster for Eternity: The Movie

    Barry Goldfield, Jr.

  • Poster for Locker 13

    Archie

  • Poster for The Last Survivors

    Carson

  • Poster for Bad Turn Worse

    Sheriff Shep

  • Poster for Taken 3

    Mark Casey

2013Aged 56

  • Poster for Noobz

    Greg Lipstein

  • Poster for A True Story

    Richard Simpkins

  • Poster for Byron's Theme

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Skinwalker Ranch

    Hoyt

2012Aged 55

  • Poster for Deep in the Heart

    Dick Wallrath

  • Poster for Five Time Champion

    Melvin Glee

  • Poster for Unicorn City

    Shadow Hawk

  • Poster for Taken 2

    Mark Casey

2011Aged 54

  • Poster for Natural Selection

    Peter

  • Poster for The Smell of Success

    Early Dunchamp

  • Poster for Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

    Tom Sutter

2010Aged 53

2009Aged 52

  • Poster for Elsewhere

    Mr. Tod

2008Aged 51

  • Poster for Taken

    Mark Casey

  • Poster for Bar Starz

    Ricky Fabulous

  • Poster for South of Heaven

    Hood 1

  • Poster for So Long Jimmy

    Levi Franklin

  • Poster for Around June

    Murry

2007Aged 50

  • Poster for The Astronaut Farmer

    FBI Agent Killbourne

  • Poster for American Pastime

    Ed Tully

  • Poster for September Dawn

    John D. Lee

  • Fathom

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Comebacks

    Barber

  • Poster for Frank

    Colin York

2006Aged 49

  • Poster for The Sasquatch Gang

    Chilcutt

  • Poster for Stick It

    Brice Graham

  • Poster for Car Babes

    Gary

2005Aged 48

  • Poster for Last Best Chance

    Bernard Wheeler

  • Poster for Confessions of an Action Star

    Donald Buckheim

  • Poster for Waterborne

    Ritter

2004Aged 47

  • Poster for Napoleon Dynamite

    Uncle Rico

2003Aged 46

  • Poster for The Big Empty

    Elron

  • Poster for Northfork

    Arnold

  • Poster for The Snow Walker

    Pierce

  • Poster for The Rundown

    Harvey

2002Aged 45

  • Poster for The Beatnicks

    B Cool

2001Aged 44

  • Poster for The Pretender 2001

    Broots

  • Poster for Jackpot

    Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson

  • Poster for The Pretender: Island of the Haunted

    Broots

1999Aged 42

  • Poster for Twin Falls Idaho

    Lawyer Jay Harrison

1997Aged 40

  • Poster for The Maze

    Dr. Holmes

  • Poster for Casualties

    Bill Summers

  • Poster for Men in Black

    Van Driver

1996Aged 39

  • Poster for Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

    Steve

1995Aged 38

  • Poster for Get Shorty

    Ronnie Wingate

1993Aged 36

  • Poster for Ed and His Dead Mother

    Rob Sundheimer

1992Aged 35

  • Poster for Four Eyes and Six-Guns

    Deputy Elmo (as Jonathan Gries)

1991Aged 34

  • Poster for Fever

    Bobby

1990Aged 33

  • Poster for Rainbow Drive

    Azzolini

  • Poster for The Grifters

    Drunk's Friend

1989Aged 32

  • Poster for Kill Me Again

    Alan Swayzie

  • Poster for Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

    Max (as Jonathan Gries)

1988Aged 31

  • Poster for Fright Night Part 2

    Louie

1987Aged 30

  • Poster for Number One with a Bullet

    Bobby Sweet

  • Poster for The Monster Squad

    Desperate Man

1986Aged 29

  • Poster for TerrorVision

    O.D.

  • Poster for Running Scared

    Det. Tony Montoya

1985Aged 28

  • Poster for Real Genius

    Lazlo Hollyfeld

1984Aged 27

  • Poster for High School U.S.A.

    Leo Bandini

1983Aged 26

  • Poster for Joysticks

    King Vidiot

  • Poster for September Gun

    Brian Brian

  • Poster for High School U.S.A.

    Dirty Curt

1979Aged 22

  • Poster for Sunnyside

    Wild Child

  • Poster for More American Graffiti

    Ron

  • Poster for Swap Meet

    Doug

1977Aged 20

  • Poster for The Chicken Chronicles

    Tom

1976Aged 19

  • Poster for Helter Skelter

    William Garretson

1967Aged 10

  • Poster for Will Penny

    Horace

Year unknown

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