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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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Highest Rated Movies

Helter Skelter (Massacre in Hollywood)
100%
Waterborne
100%
Men in Black
91%
The Grifters
90%

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	--
2012	71%	Natural Selection	Peter	$48.2k
2012		Redemption: For Robbing The Dead	Actor	--
2012		Deep in the Heart	Actor	--
2012		Five Time Champion	Actor	--
2012		Around June	Murry	$9.1k
2012		Unicorn City	Actor	--
2011		The Smell of Success	Actor	--
2011		Pickin' & Grinnin	Director	--
2010		Good Intentions	Actor	--
2009		Elsewhere	Mr. Tod	--
2008		South of Heaven	Actor	--
2008	58%	Taken	Casey	$144.9M
2007	13%	September Dawn	John D. Lee	$1.1M
2007	33%	American Pastime	Tully	--
2007	57%	The Astronaut Farmer	Agent Kilborne	$11.0M
2007		Frank	Colin York	--
2006	46%	The Sasquatch Gang (The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang)	Actor	--
2006	31%	Stick It	Actor	$26.9M
2006		Car Babes	Actor	--
2006		Frank	Actor	--
2005	100%	Waterborne	Actor	--
2005		Bar Starz	Ricky	--
2005		Last Best Chance	Actor	--
2004	71%	Napoleon Dynamite	Uncle Rico	$44.5M
2003	56%	Northfork	Arnold	$1.3M
2003	71%	The Big Empty	Elron	--
2003	85%	The Snow Walker	Pierce	--
2003	71%	The Rundown (Welcome to the Jungle)	Harvey	$47.6M
2001		The Beatnicks	B Cool	--
2001		Pretender: Island of the Haunted (Island of the Haunted )	Actor	--
2001		The Pretender 2001	Actor	--
2001	29%	Jackpot	Sunny Holiday	--
1999	78%	Twin Falls Idaho	Jay	--
1997		Casualties	Actor	--
1997	91%	Men in Black	Van Driver	--
1996		Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah	Actor	--
1995	86%	Get Shorty	Ronnie Wingate	--
1993		Four Eyes And Six Guns	Actor	--
1993	50%	Ed and His Dead Mother	Rob Sundheimer	--
1990		Rainbow Drive	Azzolini	--
1990	90%	The Grifters	Drunk's Friend	--
1989		Kill Me Again	Alan Swayze	--
1989		Pucker Up And Bark Like A Dog	Max	--
1988	29%	Fright Night Part 2	Louie	--
1987		Number One with a Bullet	Bobby Sweet	--
1987	53%	The Monster Squad	Desperate Man	--
1986	62%	Running Scared	Tony	--
1986	0%	TerrorVision	O.D.	--
1985	74%	Real Genius	Lazlo Hollyfeld	--
1983		High School U.S.A.	Dirty Curt	--
1983		Joysticks (Video Madness)	King Vidiot	--
1979	22%	More American Graffiti	Ron	--
1977		The Chicken Chronicles	Tom	--
1976	100%	Helter Skelter (Massacre in Hollywood)	William Garretson	--
1967	82%	Will Penny	Horace Allen	--

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Quotes from Jon Gries's Characters

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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)