Gender

Male

Birthday, Age

1957 June 17 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Glendale, California, USA

Jon Gries

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.

Known For

Actor ( 3 )

Taken Mark Casey

Taken 2 Mark Casey

Taken 3 Mark Casey

Full Filmography

Men in Black

as Van Driver

Movie • 1997-07-02

The Rundown

as Harvey

Movie • 2003-09-26

Fever

as Bobby

Movie • 1991-05-11

Stick It

as Brice Graham

Movie • 2006-04-21

The Comebacks

as Barber

Movie • 2007-10-19

Car Babes

as Gary

Movie • 2006-12-26

The Astronaut Farmer

as FBI Agent Killbourne

Movie • 2007-02-23

TerrorVision

as OD

Movie • 1986-02-14

Get Shorty

as Ronnie Wingate

Movie • 1995-10-20

Napoleon Dynamite

as Uncle Rico

Movie • 2004-06-11

Taken

as Mark Casey

Movie • 2008-02-18

Northfork

as Arnold

Movie • 2003-07-11

Five Time Champion

as Melvin Glee

Movie • 2012-01-24

Joysticks

as King Vidiot

Movie • 1983-03-04

The Pretender 2001

as Broots

Movie • 2001-01-22

The Pretender: Island of the Haunted

as Broots

Movie • 2001-12-10

The Monster Squad

as Desperate Man

Movie • 1987-08-14

Elsewhere

as Mr. Tod

Movie • 2009-01-15

Frank

as Colin York

Movie • 2007-11-02

Real Genius

as Lazlo Hollyfeld

Movie • 1985-08-07

More American Graffiti

as Ron

Movie • 1979-08-03

The Big Empty

as Elron

Movie • 2003-05-16

Running Scared

as Det. Tony Montoya

Movie • 1986-06-27

American Pastime

as Ed Tully

Movie • 2007-05-11

Fright Night Part 2

as Louie

Movie • 1988-04-07

The Grifters

as Drunk's Friend

Movie • 1990-08-08

Around June

as Murry

Movie • 2008-10-10

Taken 2

as Mark Casey

Movie • 2012-09-27

South of Heaven

as Hood 1

Movie • 2008-09-21

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp

as Self

Movie • 2020-06-23

Swap Meet

as Doug

Movie • 1979-09-21

Natural Selection

as Peter

Movie • 2011-03-13

Unicorn City

as Shadow Hawk

Movie • 2012-02-24

The Maze

as Dr. Holmes

Movie • 1997-01-01

Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah

as Steve

Movie • 1996-01-01

Bar Starz

as Ricky Fabulous

Movie • 2008-03-07

Operation Chromite

as Hoyt Vandenberg

Movie • 2016-07-27

September Gun

as Brian Brian

Movie • 1983-10-08

Deep in the Heart

as Dick Wallrath

Movie • 2012-01-01

Jackpot

as Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson

Movie • 2001-07-27

Bad Turn Worse

as Sheriff Shep

Movie • 2014-08-15

A True Story

as Richard Simpkins

Movie • 2013-09-20

Locker 13

as Archie

Movie • 2014-03-29

Faults

as Terry

Movie • 2014-03-06

Eternity: The Movie

as Barry Goldfield, Jr.

Movie • 2014-03-08

Waterborne

as Carlton

Movie • 2005-03-13

Waterborne

as Ritter

Movie • 2005-03-13

Casualties

as Bill Summers

Movie • 1997-04-15

The Last Survivors

as Carson

Movie • 2014-06-12

Last Best Chance

as Bernard Wheeler

Movie • 2005-01-01

Twin Falls Idaho

as Lawyer Jay Harrison

Movie • 1999-07-30

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

Movie • 1992-12-07

Only the Good Survive

as Cult Leader

Movie • 2023-03-10

Taken 3

as Mark Casey

Movie • 2014-12-16

Sunnyside

as Wild Child

Movie • 1979-06-01

Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

as Max (as Jonathan Gries)

Movie • 1989-12-29

머니 게임 - 월스트리트

as Billy

Movie • 2015-01-19

Pass the Light

as Franklin

Movie • 2015-02-06

Skinwalker Ranch

as Hoyt

Movie • 2013-10-30

The Chicken Chronicles

as Tom

Movie • 1977-10-01

Bits

Movie • 2024-03-09

Endgame

as Principal Thomas

Movie • 2015-09-25

September Dawn

as John D. Lee

Movie • 2007-05-17

The Axe Murders of Villisca

as Greg

Movie • 2017-01-20

The Knife Thrower

as Lew Schätze

Movie •

Number One with a Bullet

as Bobby Sweet

Movie • 1987-02-27

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

as Himself

Movie • 2016-12-02

Rainbow Drive

as Azzolini

Movie • 1990-01-01

Noobz

as Greg Lipstein

Movie • 2013-01-25

High School U.S.A.

as Dirty Curt

Movie • 1983-10-16

All About the Money

as Jon Waters

Movie • 2017-06-02

Falsely Accused

as Gus

Movie • 2016-06-24

Kill Me Again

as Alan Swayzie

Movie • 1989-10-27

Will Penny

as Horace

Movie • 1967-12-19

Helter Skelter

as William Garretson

Movie • 1976-04-01

Ed and His Dead Mother

as Rob Sundheimer

Movie • 1993-06-04

Durant's Never Closes

as Dizzy Dean

Movie • 2016-01-22

Glass Jaw

as Sam Austin

Movie • 2018-10-26

Operation Chromite

as Gen Hoyt Vandenberg

Movie • 2016-07-27

The Snow Walker

as Pierce

Movie • 2003-09-11

3 Days with Dad

as Tim

Movie • 2019-09-13

Confessions of an Action Star

as Donald Buckheim

Movie • 2005-01-23

High School U.S.A.

as Leo Bandini

Movie • 1984-05-26

Fathom

Movie • 2007-08-06

The Sasquatch Gang

as Chilcutt

Movie • 2006-03-08

Byron's Theme

Movie • 2013-09-24

Redemption: For Robbing the Dead

as Tom Sutter

Movie • 2011-10-16

Good Intentions

as Sheriff Ernie

Movie • 2010-03-09

Wish Upon a Unicorn

as Bud

Movie • 2020-09-15

Crazy on the Outside

as Edgar

Movie • 2010-01-08

Carolina Caroline

Movie •

Solvent

as Gunner S. Holbrook

Movie • 2024-09-26

The Smell of Success

as Early Dunchamp

Movie • 2011-08-19

The Beatnicks

as B Cool

Movie • 2002-02-21

Falcon Crest

as Stone

Tv • 1981-12-04

Carnivàle

as Texas Ranger

Tv • 2003-09-14

Seinfeld

as Homeless Man

Tv • 1989-07-05

Beverly Hills, 90210

Tv • 1990-10-04

The Pretender

as Broots

Tv • 1996-09-19

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Shelter Skelter")

Tv • 1985-09-27

Las Vegas

Tv • 2003-09-22

Cold Case

as Bill Shepard

Tv • 2003-09-28

The Jeffersons

Tv • 1975-01-18

24

as Joseph Wald

Tv • 2001-11-06

CSI: NY

as Jim Warren

Tv • 2004-09-22

240-Robert

Tv • 1979-08-28

Quantum Leap

as Flash McGrath

Tv • 1989-03-26

Quantum Leap

as Roscoe (uncredited)

Tv • 1989-03-26

Cagney & Lacey

Tv • 1982-03-25

Lost

as Roger Linus

Tv • 2004-09-22

Jake and the Fatman

Tv • 1987-09-26

The X-Files

as Salvatore Matola

Tv • 1993-09-10

Chicago Hope

Tv • 1994-09-18

Bakersfield P.D.

as Ray Coombs

Tv • 1993-09-14

Tour of Duty

Tv • 1987-09-24

Mulligan's Stew

Tv • 1977-10-25

Tattingers

Tv • 1988-10-26

Hawaii Five-0

as Liam Miller

Tv • 2010-09-20

The White Lotus

as Greg Hunt

Tv • 2021-07-11

Napoleon Dynamite

as Uncle Rico

Tv • 2012-01-15

Nikita

as The Engineer

Tv • 2010-09-09

The Bridge

as Bob

Tv • 2013-07-10

Psych

as Strabinsky

Tv • 2006-07-07

Sons of Anarchy

as Magoo

Tv • 2008-09-03

Martin

as Shawn McDermott

Tv • 1992-08-27

ER

as Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith

Tv • 1994-09-19

Dream Corp LLC

as Dr. Roberts

Tv • 2016-10-23

Supernatural

as Martin Creaser

Tv • 2005-09-13

L.A. Law

as Hotel Desk Clerk

Tv • 1986-09-15

Strange Luck

as Henry Bloom

Tv • 1995-09-15

It's Florida, Man.

as Denver

Tv • 2024-10-18

Devil May Cry

as Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice)

Tv • 2025-04-03

Devil May Cry

as Pres. Hopper / Soldier (voice)

Tv • 2025-04-03