Jon Gries

Highest Rated:
100% Waterborne (2005)
Lowest Rated:
0% TerrorVision (1986)
Birthday:
Jun 17, 1957
Birthplace:
Glendale, California, USA
Bio:
A longtime character actor with the unique ability to alternate between meek and menacing at the drop of a hat, Jon Gries can play a computer wiz (Real Genius, The Pretender) or a South American mercenary (The Rundown) with equal zeal and conviction. A native of Glendale, CA, and the son of…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 100%
Number of Movies: 56
Box Office Since 2001: $277.2M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2013 noobz
  • Greg Lipstein
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2012 71% Natural Selection
  • Peter
$48.2k
2012 Redemption: For Robbing The Dead
  • Actor
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2012 Deep in the Heart
  • Actor
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2012 Five Time Champion
  • Actor
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2012 Around June
  • Murry
$9.1k
2012 Unicorn City
  • Actor
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2011 The Smell of Success
  • Actor
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2011 Pickin' & Grinnin
  • Director
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2010 Good Intentions
  • Actor
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2009 Elsewhere
  • Mr. Tod
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2008 South of Heaven
  • Actor
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2008 58% Taken
  • Casey
$144.9M
2007 13% September Dawn
  • John D. Lee
$1.1M
2007 33% American Pastime
  • Tully
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2007 57% The Astronaut Farmer
  • Agent Kilborne
$11.0M
2007 Frank
  • Colin York
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2006 46% The Sasquatch Gang (The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang)
  • Actor
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2006 31% Stick It
  • Actor
$26.9M
2006 Car Babes
  • Actor
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2006 Frank
  • Actor
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2005 100% Waterborne
  • Actor
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2005 Bar Starz
  • Ricky
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2005 Last Best Chance
  • Actor
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2004 71% Napoleon Dynamite
  • Uncle Rico
$44.5M
2003 56% Northfork
  • Arnold
$1.3M
2003 71% The Big Empty
  • Elron
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2003 85% The Snow Walker
  • Pierce
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2003 71% The Rundown (Welcome to the Jungle)
  • Harvey
$47.6M
2001 The Beatnicks
  • B Cool
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2001 Pretender: Island of the Haunted (Island of the Haunted )
  • Actor
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2001 The Pretender 2001
  • Actor
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2001 29% Jackpot
  • Sunny Holiday
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1999 78% Twin Falls Idaho
  • Jay
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1997 Casualties
  • Actor
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1997 91% Men in Black
  • Van Driver
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1996 Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
  • Actor
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1995 86% Get Shorty
  • Ronnie Wingate
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1993 Four Eyes And Six Guns
  • Actor
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1993 50% Ed and His Dead Mother
  • Rob Sundheimer
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1990 Rainbow Drive
  • Azzolini
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1990 90% The Grifters
  • Drunk's Friend
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1989 Kill Me Again
  • Alan Swayze
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1989 Pucker Up And Bark Like A Dog
  • Max
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1988 29% Fright Night Part 2
  • Louie
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1987 Number One with a Bullet
  • Bobby Sweet
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1987 53% The Monster Squad
  • Desperate Man
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1986 62% Running Scared
  • Tony
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1986 0% TerrorVision
  • O.D.
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1985 74% Real Genius
  • Lazlo Hollyfeld
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1983 High School U.S.A.
  • Dirty Curt
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1983 Joysticks (Video Madness)
  • King Vidiot
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1979 22% More American Graffiti
  • Ron
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1977 The Chicken Chronicles
  • Tom
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1976 100% Helter Skelter (Massacre in Hollywood)
  • William Garretson
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1967 82% Will Penny
  • Horace Allen
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Quotes from Jon Gries's Characters

    1. Uncle Rico: How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains?
    From Napoleon Dynamite. Submitted by Adrian G (19 months ago)
    1. Napoleon Dynamite: Grandma just called. She said you should go home because you're ruining everyone's lives and eating all the steak.
    2. Uncle Rico: It's a free country, Napoleon. I can do what ever I want.
    3. Napoleon Dynamite: I'm gonna call the cops on you!
    4. Uncle Rico: Fine! Go ahead!
    5. Napoleon Dynamite: Maybe I will! Gosh!
    From Napoleon Dynamite. Submitted by Aidan C (2 years ago)
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