Jon Gries

Jon Gries

1957-06-17 Glendale, California, USA 96 Credits

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.

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Solvent

Solvent

2024

as Gunner S. Holbrook

10.0
Acting

While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriate Gunn...

Bits

Bits

2024

Acting

"Bits" follows a young woman in small town Montana who catches the attention of a serial killer on the hunt. When his pursuit ends abruptly, the young...

Only the Good Survive

Only the Good Survive

2023

as Cult Leader

Acting

After a heist gone wrong and results in the deaths of all three of her friends, Brea finds herself in the custody of the small town sheriff, who may b...

Wish Upon a Unicorn

Wish Upon a Unicorn

2020

as Bud

6.9
Acting

Two children discover that their mother is gone. The youngest of the pair, adventurer and upcomming singer, Long Johnson forces his older sister, Lily...

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

2020

as Self

6.8
Acting

The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal the greatest cult comedies and campy classics of all...

3 Days with Dad

3 Days with Dad

2019

as Tim

5.1
Acting

The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic guilt gnaws at him, and he returns home to his crazy fa...

Glass Jaw

Glass Jaw

2018

as Sam Austin

6.9
Acting

Glass Jaw is the redemption story of Travis Austin, a one time champion boxer who goes to prison and loses everything. After his release, he experienc...

All About the Money

All About the Money

2017

as Jon Waters

5.5
Acting

Two "down on their luck" buddies are convinced by a third to take a vacation. Only after landing in the third world country do they realize that they ...

The Axe Murders of Villisca

The Axe Murders of Villisca

2017

as Greg

4.8
Acting

Three ghost-hunting high-schoolers visit the Moore House in Villisca, Iowa—the site of one of America’s most grisly unsolved mass murders. After their...

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

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

2016

as Himself

6.8
Acting

An extensive look at the making of Fright Night (1985) and Fright Night Part 2 (1988) featuring exclusive interviews with cast and crew members, rare ...

Operation Chromite

Operation Chromite

2016

as Hoyt Vandenberg

5.9
Acting

A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.

Operation Chromite

Operation Chromite

2016

as Gen Hoyt Vandenberg

5.9
Acting

A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.

Falsely Accused

Falsely Accused

2016

as Gus

5.2
Acting

When a young woman is falsely accused of murdering her brother, she must catch the real killer to prove her innocence. Along the way she encounters un...

Durant's Never Closes

Durant's Never Closes

2016

as Dizzy Dean

8.0
Acting

The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery. Direced by Travis Mills.

Endgame

Endgame

2015

as Principal Thomas

5.8
Acting

Since he was 5 yrs old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a champion in Mexico. Now as part of the Brownsville sch...

Pass the Light

Pass the Light

2015

as Franklin

6.4
Acting

Pass the Light tells the story of Steve Bellafiore, an 17 year old high school senior who decides to run for Congress in order to protect the faith th...

머니 게임 - 월스트리트

머니 게임 - 월스트리트

2015

as Billy

6.0
Acting

A broken down collegiate football hero gets a shot at stardom during the eleventh hour of LA's nihilistic sub-prime mortgage boom.

Taken 3

Taken 3

2014

as Mark Casey

6.3
Acting

Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a sa...

Bad Turn Worse

Bad Turn Worse

2014

as Sheriff Shep

5.5
Acting

Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate. They hope to make a break for it and escape their dead-e...

The Last Survivors

The Last Survivors

2014

as Carson

6.1
Acting

In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-o...

Locker 13

Locker 13

2014

as Archie

6.5
Acting

The story of Skip, a young ex-convict who takes a position as a night janitor at an old-west theme park. His supervisor Archie, teaches him the ropes,...

Eternity: The Movie

Eternity: The Movie

2014

as Barry Goldfield, Jr.

2.2
Acting

Big Hair. Guyliner. Someone lamenting by crashing waves on a beach or to their reflection in a fountain. Yes, we're talking about the 80s! Todd and BJ...

Faults

Faults

2014

as Terry

6.7
Acting

Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the wor...

Skinwalker Ranch

Skinwalker Ranch

2013

as Hoyt

5.3
Acting

In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to live...

Byron's Theme

Byron's Theme

2013

Acting

Meet Nick. Nick loves his dog, Byron. Nick is obsessive compulsive. He loses his tooth. He sleeps with his girlfriend's twin sister. He gets stranded ...

A True Story

A True Story

2013

as Richard Simpkins

5.4
Acting

Mike and Matt own nothing and share everything, including their life's work, a screenplay, which seems to be their only escape from the harsh reality ...

Noobz

Noobz

2013

as Greg Lipstein

5.9
Acting

Four friends hit the road to LA to compete in the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship, but will they be able to compete with the worst hangovers of thei...

Taken 2

Taken 2

2012

as Mark Casey

6.4
Acting

In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.

Unicorn City

Unicorn City

2012

as Shadow Hawk

5.5
Acting

Voss entices local gamers to create a utopia to impress a potential employer, but paradise is disrupted when his nemesis lays claim to the city and Vo...

Five Time Champion

Five Time Champion

2012

as Melvin Glee

6.2
Acting

While the young scientist, Julius, steadfastly researches the asexual reproduction of worms, his natural curiosity leads him to discover some inconven...

Deep in the Heart

Deep in the Heart

2012

as Dick Wallrath

5.3
Acting

An alcoholic man refocuses himself on putting kids through college via 4H and FFA scholarship donations. Guiding him is a spiritual figure he calls "T...

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

2011

as Tom Sutter

4.0
Acting

For Robbing the Dead is a story of compassion - compassion toward those who may seem the least deserving of Christian love. It follows the story of He...

The Smell of Success

The Smell of Success

2011

as Early Dunchamp

5.6
Acting

When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of salesmen threatens to ...

Natural Selection

Natural Selection

2011

as Peter

6.3
Acting

When a dutiful, albeit barren Christian housewife discovers that her devout husband has suffered a stroke at a sperm bank where he's been secretly don...

Pickin' and Grinnin'

2010

Director

2.0
Directing

Johnny and Milo love music, just not the corn dog jingles they've resorted to performing to make ends meet. Facing failure, they decide to travel cros...

Good Intentions

Good Intentions

2010

as Sheriff Ernie

4.8
Acting

Meet Etta Milford. Loving Wife. Doting Mother. Armed Robber. Etta's husband constantly blows their money on make-shift inventions. When she decides to...

Crazy on the Outside

Crazy on the Outside

2010

as Edgar

5.2
Acting

A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison. He has spent the last three years behind bars aft...

Elsewhere

Elsewhere

2009

as Mr. Tod

5.8
Acting

A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investiga...

Around June

Around June

2008

as Murry

2.5
Acting

A love story set in the shadow of the shipyards of San Francisco. A young woman living with her much adored uncle Henry and domineering, abusive fathe...

South of Heaven

South of Heaven

2008

as Hood 1

3.7
Acting

A man returning from a tour of duty is mistaken for his brother by debt-collecting gangsters, while the brother goes on a killing and kidnapping spree...

Bar Starz

Bar Starz

2008

as Ricky Fabulous

1.5
Acting

Straight-arrow Barry has moved 3000 miles away from lackluster Ohio to attend college in sunny SoCal, and his friend Douglas has come along for the ri...

Taken

Taken

2008

as Mark Casey

7.4
Acting

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let K...

Frank

Frank

2007

as Colin York

4.4
Acting

A young urban family spends summers on an idyllic island. When an abandoned, mangy mutt wanders onto the property, the dad alerts Animal Control - but...

The Comebacks

The Comebacks

2007

as Barber

4.8
Acting

Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this lif...

Fathom

2007

Acting

A lone beachcomber, searching for treasure on a deserted beach, finds more than he bargained for.

September Dawn

September Dawn

2007

as John D. Lee

5.3
Acting

A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah in 1857. A group of settlers, traveling o...

American Pastime

American Pastime

2007

as Ed Tully

6.5
Acting

American Pastime tells a poignant story set against the Japanese-American internment camps during World War II. Rounded up and uprooted from their eve...

The Astronaut Farmer

The Astronaut Farmer

2007

as FBI Agent Killbourne

6.2
Acting

Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unli...

Car Babes

Car Babes

2006

as Gary

5.4
Acting

A coming of age story about the quirky lives of car salesman.

Stick It

Stick It

2006

as Brice Graham

6.8
Acting

Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squandering her abilities. After a final brush with the la...

The Sasquatch Gang

The Sasquatch Gang

2006

as Chilcutt

5.8
Acting

Young fantasy and science fiction aficionado Gavin Gore and his friends stumble onto some huge footprints in the woods. A local cop, reporter, and a r...

Waterborne

Waterborne

2005

as Carlton

5.6
Acting

Heera Bhatti, an American-Sikh, runs a corner store in Los Angeles with the help of her son, Vikram, and Gulu. She does not approve of Vikram's Caucas...

Waterborne

Waterborne

2005

as Ritter

5.6
Acting

Heera Bhatti, an American-Sikh, runs a corner store in Los Angeles with the help of her son, Vikram, and Gulu. She does not approve of Vikram's Caucas...

Confessions of an Action Star

Confessions of an Action Star

2005

as Donald Buckheim

4.1
Acting

A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame ...

Last Best Chance

Last Best Chance

2005

as Bernard Wheeler

4.0
Acting

Thriller about governments around the world racing to attempt to stop a terrorist organization from gaining loose nuclear weapons and supplies before ...

Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite

2004

as Uncle Rico

6.8
Acting

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with ...

The Rundown

The Rundown

2003

as Harvey

6.5
Acting

When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's ...

The Snow Walker

The Snow Walker

2003

as Pierce

7.0
Acting

A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a loc...

Northfork

Northfork

2003

as Arnold

6.0
Acting

The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town,...

The Big Empty

The Big Empty

2003

as Elron

6.1
Acting

Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cow...

The Beatnicks

The Beatnicks

2002

as B Cool

5.7
Acting

The Beat Nicks are musician Nick Nero and poet Nick Beat, a pair of self-styled truth-seekers who'd better find a gig or they'll be out on the street....

The Pretender: Island of the Haunted

The Pretender: Island of the Haunted

2001

as Broots

6.8
Acting

Jarod takes a keen interest in an ancient symbol that may unlock secrets about his family. But Miss Parker is hot on Jarod's trail and about to make d...

Jackpot

Jackpot

2001

as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson

6.6
Acting

Sunny Holiday, a middle-aged country singer with dreams of stardom, walks out on his wife and child and hits the road with his manager in a desperate ...

The Pretender 2001

The Pretender 2001

2001

as Broots

7.1
Acting

Picking up where the television series left off, "The Pretender 2001" features even deeper explorations in the show's mythology, including a revealing...

Twin Falls Idaho

Twin Falls Idaho

1999

as Lawyer Jay Harrison

7.1
Acting

Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While sharing some organs, Blake is always fit and Franci...

Twin Falls Idaho

Twin Falls Idaho

1999

Associate Producer

7.1
Producing

Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While sharing some organs, Blake is always fit and Franci...

Men in Black

Men in Black

1997

as Van Driver

7.2
Acting

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and ...

Casualties

Casualties

1997

as Bill Summers

6.6
Acting

A woman tormented by an abusive, sadistic husband desperately tries to find her way out of her predicament. She discovers that she may have found the ...

The Maze

The Maze

1997

as Dr. Holmes

5.0
Acting

People are trapped in a solitary building of infinite corridors and rooms where there appears to be no exit yet perhaps it is all part of an experimen...

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

1996

as Steve

6.0
Acting

The true story of the disappearance of Sarah Porter. With no help from the police, Sarah's parents are forced to act on their own to find her. They mu...

Get Shorty

Get Shorty

1995

as Ronnie Wingate

6.5
Acting

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror fil...

Ed and His Dead Mother

Ed and His Dead Mother

1993

as Rob Sundheimer

5.5
Acting

A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexpected direction.

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

1992

2.5
Acting

Ernest Albright opens his eyeglass store in what he thinks is a thriving community, but soon discovers that his store is just a shabby shack in Tombst...

Fever

Fever

1991

as Bobby

3.8
Acting

Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now with Elliott, a pacifist, and wants nothing to do ...

The Grifters

The Grifters

1990

as Drunk's Friend

6.5
Acting

A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own a...

Rainbow Drive

Rainbow Drive

1990

as Azzolini

4.6
Acting

A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.

Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

1989

as Max (as Jonathan Gries)

4.2
Acting

A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds himself at last finding t...

Kill Me Again

Kill Me Again

1989

as Alan Swayzie

6.0
Acting

After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hir...

Fright Night Part 2

Fright Night Part 2

1988

as Louie

6.3
Acting

After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But w...

The Monster Squad

The Monster Squad

1987

as Desperate Man

6.7
Acting

Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerfu...

Number One with a Bullet

Number One with a Bullet

1987

as Bobby Sweet

4.6
Acting

Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, a...

Running Scared

Running Scared

1986

as Det. Tony Montoya

6.1
Acting

Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in t...

TerrorVision

TerrorVision

1986

as OD

5.8
Acting

Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, soon unleashing a strange monster that leaps off the screen and needs to...

Real Genius

Real Genius

1985

as Lazlo Hollyfeld

6.7
Acting

When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they d...

High School U.S.A.

1984

as Leo Bandini

4.2
Acting

Principal of Excelsior High School deals with a rivalry between student groups and his own interest in the new counselor.

High School U.S.A.

High School U.S.A.

1983

as Dirty Curt

5.4
Acting

Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie betw...

September Gun

September Gun

1983

as Brian Brian

5.3
Acting

Ben Sunday, a long-in-tooth gunfighter forms an uneasy alliance with a Catholic nun. The single-minded sister wants to erect a sanctuary for a group o...

Joysticks

Joysticks

1983

as King Vidiot

4.7
Acting

A successful businessman attempts to shut down a video arcade he believes is harmful to the mental health of children.

Swap Meet

Swap Meet

1979

as Doug

2.0
Acting

The plot: Roy is jealous of Sigi, who attracts Nancy's attention, and has two clumsy guys demolish Sigi's father's T-Burn classic. For the repair of t...

More American Graffiti

More American Graffiti

1979

as Ron

5.1
Acting

College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.

Sunnyside

Sunnyside

1979

as Wild Child

6.0
Acting

Nick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence in his neighborhood.

The Chicken Chronicles

The Chicken Chronicles

1977

as Tom

3.2
Acting

A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off his dream-girl (Lisa Reeves).

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

1976

as William Garretson

6.8
Acting

The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".

Will Penny

Will Penny

1967

as Horace

6.6
Acting

Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters....

The Knife Thrower

The Knife Thrower

N/A

as Lew Schätze

Acting

A man must overcome his demons in order to save his brother who has been falsely convicted of a crime in a foreign land and sentenced to death.

Carolina Caroline

Carolina Caroline

N/A

Acting

A young woman who skips her small town — in search of her estranged mother — alongside a charismatic con man on the run from the law. The duo leave a ...