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Jon Gries Wiki Biography
Jonathan Francis Gries was born on 17 June 1957, in Glendale, California USA, and is an actor, director, and writer, perhaps best known for appearing in “Napoleon Dynamite” as Uncle Rico. He was also a recurring character in the series “Lost”, in which he played Roger Linus, but all of his endeavors have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Jon Gries? As of early-2017, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $2 million, mostly earned through a successful career in film and television. Other roles he’s known for include the projects “Martin”, “The Pretender” and “Running Scared”. As he continues his career, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase.
Jon is the son of actress Mary Eleanor Munday and producer Thomas Stephen Gries, so at a young age, Jon would get industry exposure and have his first film experience in “Will Penny” starring Charlton Heston, was written and directed by his father. Subsequently several of Jon’s films have become cult classics, including “Real Genius” in which he played Lazlo Hollyfield. He was also a part of “Rainbow Drive”, a TV film starring David Caruso. In 1992, Gries was cast in the series “Martin”, in which he played Shawn McDermott, remaining in the show for two years, and he would then appear in “Get Shorty” which is based on the novel of the same name written by Elmore Leonard. He was also cast in “Men in Black”, performing a small role which nonetheless helped build his net worth. In 2004, he played Uncle Rico in “Napoleon Dynamite” which became a huge success and helped increase his net worth significantly. He also played werewolf roles in films such as “Fright Night Part 2” and “The Monster Squad”. He received a lot of praise for his performance in “September Dawn” despite generally negative reception for the actual film. In 2003, he was cast in a rare villain role in “The Rundown”, which starred Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and in 2008 he became part of “Taken” which stars Liam Neeson, and would reprise his role in the next two films of the series. He’s also been a part of video game work, lending his voice to the video game “Hitman: Absolution”.
Other notable television roles Gries has been a part of include the hit show “24”, in which he played a terrorist. He also made guest appearances in “The X-Files”, “CSI: NY” and “Nikita” other credits he has include “Lost”, “Beverly Hills, 90210”, and “Quantum Leap” which is a science fiction series about time travel. He also made a guest appearance in “Seinfeld” for two episodes, and was cast in several episodes of “Supernatural”, the horror television series which stars Jared Paladecki and Jensen Ackles which has earned a cult following over the years. Gries also appeared in one episode of “Psych” as Strabinsky.
For his personal life, little is known about his private life, although he is believed to still be single.
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Jon Gries Quick Info
Full Name | Jon Gries |
Net Worth | $2 Million |
Date Of Birth | June 17, 1957 |
Place Of Birth | Glendale, California, United States |
Height | 1.8 m |
Profession | Actor |
Nationality | American |
Parents | Tom Gries, Mary Munday |
Siblings | Cary Gries |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340973/ |
Nominations | Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Blush, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Rumble, Teen Choice Award for Film – Choice Sleazebag |
Movies | Napoleon Dynamite, Taken, Taken 3, Taken 2, The Rundown, Real Genius, Men in Black, Get Shorty, Will Penny, Unicorn City, The Astronaut Farmer, Stick It, Faults, Northfork, The Monster Squad, September Dawn, Fright Night Part 2, Deep in the Heart, Bad Turn Worse, Noobz, The Sasquatch Gang, Skinwalke… |
TV Shows | The Pretender, Martin, Dr Fubalous, Napoleon Dynamite |
Jon Gries Quotes
- (On Get Shorty) I was probably the 250th person they saw for that. They saw Matthew McConaughey, Steve Buscemi, a lot of people. Getting it was kind of an anomaly. It’s very difficult being nobody and getting a part in a movie like that. My personal feeling is that what I did in the audition didn’t translate on film, and part of that was Barry Sonnenfeld’s insecurity. There was so much dialogue, so he thought everything should be sped up. He kept saying, “Make it faster,” and I think it lost something. When we had the cast and crew screening, there wasn’t a peep from the audience. Barry was sweating profusely. He thought everyone hated it. I walked out of there thinking it was gonna be a big flop. Of course, seeing it now, I think it worked just fine, and we were all being too hard on it.
- On Napoleon Dynamite (2004): The fun of this kind of experience, which I think, unfortunately, a lot of people in the film industry miss, is really the adventure of making a movie that is being nurtured almost like a child and having to go through a channel where there are not millions of hands kind of massaging it to the screen.
- On his definition of success: It’s not about the money. It’s not about the prestige or being recognized. It’s about doing work that you really think has integrity.
Jon Gries Important Facts
- Played the role of a wolf man in 2 films, in The Monster Squad (1987) as Desperate Man (wolf man in human form) and in Fright Night Part 2 (1988) as Louie.
- Brother of Cary Gries.
- On Lost (2004) he played the father of Michael Emerson, who is actually 3 years older than him.
- In one of his appearances on Seinfeld (1989), he plays a homeless man that refuses to give Kramer’s (Michael Richards) Tupperware back. In Napoleon Dynamite (2004), his character is a door-to-door salesman of Tupperware-like products.
- Does not drink milk and eats very little red meat.
- Son of noted writer/director/producer Tom Gries and actress Mary Munday. His paternal step-grandfather was jazz musician Muggsy Spanier (who was married to Jon’s grandmother, Ruth).
Jon Gries Filmography
Title | Year | Status | Character | Role |
---|---|---|---|---|
Around June | 2008 | Murry | Actor | |
So Long Jimmy | 2008 | Levi Franklin | Actor | |
South of Heaven | 2008 | Hood 1 | Actor | |
Bar Starz | 2008 | Ricky Fabulous | Actor | |
Taken | 2008/I | Casey | Actor | |
The Comebacks | 2007 | Barber | Actor | |
September Dawn | 2007 | John D. Lee | Actor | |
Fathom | 2007 | Short | Actor | |
Bicentennial Curious | 2007 | Short | Mick Jones | Actor |
American Pastime | 2007 | Ed Tully | Actor | |
Frank | 2007/I | Colin York | Actor | |
Car Babes | 2006 | Gary | Actor | |
The Astronaut Farmer | 2006 | FBI Agent Killbourne | Actor | |
Stick It | 2006 | Brice Graham | Actor | |
The Sasquatch Gang | 2006 | Chilcutt | Actor | |
Last Best Chance | 2005 | Video | Bernard Wheeler | Actor |
Waterborne | 2005 | Ritter | Actor | |
Confessions of an Action Star | 2005 | Donald Buckheim | Actor | |
Carnivàle | 2003-2005 | TV Series | Texas Ranger | Actor |
Las Vegas | 2004 | TV Series | Greg Walker | Actor |
Napoleon Dynamite | 2004 | Uncle Rico | Actor | |
The Rundown | 2003 | Harvey | Actor | |
The Snow Walker | 2003 | Pierce | Actor | |
The Big Empty | 2003 | Elron | Actor | |
Northfork | 2003 | Arnold | Actor | |
24 | 2002 | TV Series | Joseph Wald | Actor |
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted | 2001 | TV Movie | Broots | Actor |
Jackpot | 2001 | Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson | Actor | |
The Beatnicks | 2001 | B Cool | Actor | |
ER | 2001 | TV Series | Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith | Actor |
The Pretender 2001 | 2001 | TV Movie | Broots | Actor |
The Pretender | 1996-2000 | TV Series | Broots | Actor |
Twin Falls Idaho | 1999 | Lawyer Jay Harrison | Actor | |
Seinfeld | 1995-1998 | TV Series | Rusty Homeless Man |
Actor |
Mitzi & Joe | 1997 | Joe | Actor | |
The Maze | 1997 | Dr. Holmes | Actor | |
Men in Black | 1997 | Van Driver | Actor | |
Casualties | 1997 | Bill Summers | Actor | |
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah | 1996 | TV Movie | Steve | Actor |
Get Shorty | 1995 | Ronnie Wingate | Actor | |
Strange Luck | 1995 | TV Series | Henry Bloom | Actor |
Chicago Hope | 1995 | TV Series | Jack Kimball | Actor |
Beverly Hills, 90210 | 1994 | TV Series | Mr. Trilling, Dope Dealer Dope Dealer |
Actor |
The X-Files | 1994 | TV Series | Salvatore Matola | Actor |
Martin | 1992-1994 | TV Series | Shawn McDermott Shawn |
Actor |
Bakersfield P.D. | 1993 | TV Series | Ray Coombs | Actor |
Ed and His Dead Mother | 1993 | Rob Sundheimer | Actor | |
Four Eyes and Six-Guns | 1992 | TV Movie as Jonathan Gries | Actor | |
L.A. Law | 1992 | TV Series | Dr. Harold Benson | Actor |
Fever | 1991 | TV Movie | Bobby | Actor |
Quantum Leap | 1989-1991 | TV Series | Flash McGrath / Roscoe | Actor |
The Grifters | 1990 | Drunk’s Friend (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
Rainbow Drive | 1990 | TV Movie | Azzolini | Actor |
Tour of Duty | 1990 | TV Series | Maj. Rex Chapman, USAF | Actor |
Jake and the Fatman | 1990 | TV Series | Lenny Maddox | Actor |
Falcon Crest | 1990 | TV Series | Stone | Actor |
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog | 1989 | Max (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
Kill Me Again | 1989 | Alan Swayzie (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
Guns of Paradise | 1989 | TV Series | Emmett | Actor |
Tattinger’s | 1988 | TV Series | Rick Jurasky | Actor |
Fright Night Part 2 | 1988 | Louie (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
Che’s Revenge | 1987 | Short | Jack (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor |
Cagney & Lacey | 1987 | TV Series | Hands Callahan | Actor |
The Monster Squad | 1987 | Desperate Man (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
The Twilight Zone | 1987 | TV Series | Nick Gatlin (segment “Shelter Skelter”) | Actor |
Number One with a Bullet | 1987 | Bobby Sweet (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
Running Scared | 1986 | Det. Tony Montoya (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
TerrorVision | 1986 | O.D. (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
Real Genius | 1985 | Lazlo Hollyfeld (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
High School U.S.A. | 1984 | TV Movie | Leo Bandini (as Johnathan Gries) | Actor |
High School U.S.A. | 1983 | TV Movie | Dirty Curt (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor |
The Jeffersons | 1983 | TV Series | Frank | Actor |
September Gun | 1983 | TV Movie | Brian Brian (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor |
The Powers of Matthew Star | 1983 | TV Series | Brad | Actor |
Joysticks | 1983 | King Vidiot (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
The White Shadow | 1980 | TV Series | Uri Kogenski | Actor |
240-Robert | 1979 | TV Series | Brad | Actor |
Swap Meet | 1979 | Doug | Actor | |
More American Graffiti | 1979 | Ron (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
Sunnyside | 1979 | Wild Child (as Jonathan Gries) | Actor | |
Mulligan’s Stew | 1977 | TV Series | Adams | Actor |
The Chicken Chronicles | 1977 | Tom (as Jonathon Gries) | Actor | |
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn | 1977 | TV Movie uncredited | Actor | |
Helter Skelter | 1976 | TV Movie | William Garretson | Actor |
Born of Water | 1976 | Friend | Actor | |
Will Penny | 1967 | Horace (button) (as Jon Francis) | Actor | |
The Knife Thrower | pre-production | Circus Manager | Actor | |
All About the Money | 2016 | Jon Waters | Actor | |
Dream Corp LLC | 2016 | TV Series | Dr. Roberts | Actor |
Falsely Accused | 2016/I | Gus | Actor | |
The Axe Murders of Villisca | 2016 | Greg | Actor | |
Dice | 2016 | TV Series | Actor | |
Durant’s Never Closes | 2016 | Dizzy Dean | Actor | |
A Country Called Home | 2015 | Tyler (uncredited) | Actor | |
Endgame | 2015/I | Principal Thomas | Actor | |
Pass the Light | 2015 | Franklin | Actor | |
Americons | 2015 | Billy | Actor | |
Brothers | 2014/VIII | Short | Ronnie | Actor |
Dream Corp LLC | 2014 | TV Movie | Dr. Roberts | Actor |
Taken 3 | 2014 | Mark Casey | Actor | |
The Bridge | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Bob | Actor |
The Last Survivors | 2014 | Carson | Actor | |
After We Rest | 2014 | Short | Mr. Norman | Actor |
Locker 13 | 2014 | Archie (segment “title story”) | Actor | |
Faults | 2014 | Terry | Actor | |
Eternity: The Movie | 2014 | Barry Goldfield, Jr. | Actor | |
Criminal Minds | 2014 | TV Series | Clifford Walsh | Actor |
Skinwalker Ranch | 2013 | Hoyt | Actor | |
A True Story | 2013 | Richard Simpkins | Actor | |
Bad Turn Worse | 2013 | Sheriff Shep | Actor | |
Byron’s Theme | 2012 | Short | Butcher | Actor |
Supernatural | 2010-2012 | TV Series | Martin Creaser | Actor |
Hitman: Absolution | 2012 | Video Game | Skurky (voice, as John Gries) | Actor |
Taken 2 | 2012 | Casey | Actor | |
Noobz | 2012 | Greg Lipstein | Actor | |
BlackBoxTV | 2012 | TV Series | Dad | Actor |
Napoleon Dynamite | 2012 | TV Series | Uncle Rico | Actor |
Unicorn City | 2012 | Shadowhawk | Actor | |
Deep in the Heart | 2012 | Dick Wallrath | Actor | |
Dr. Fubalous | 2012 | TV Series | Dr. Reed | Actor |
Hawaii Five-0 | 2011 | TV Series | Liam Miller | Actor |
Redemption: For Robbing the Dead | 2011 | Tom Sutter | Actor | |
Not Quite College | 2011 | Tone Cash | Actor | |
Natural Selection | 2011 | Peter | Actor | |
5 Time Champion | 2011 | Melvin Glee | Actor | |
Pearblossom | 2010 | Short | Harry | Actor |
Nikita | 2010 | TV Series | The Engineer | Actor |
Psych | 2010 | TV Series | Strabinsky | Actor |
Sons of Anarchy | 2010 | TV Series | Magoo | Actor |
Good Intentions | 2010/I | Sherriff Ernie | Actor | |
Lost | 2007-2010 | TV Series | Roger Linus | Actor |
Crazy on the Outside | 2010 | Edgar | Actor | |
A Lone Star State | 2009 | Short | Wyatt Kinney | Actor |
The Smell of Success | 2009 | Early Dunchamp | Actor | |
Elsewhere | 2009 | Mr. Tod | Actor | |
CSI: NY | 2008 | TV Series | Jim Warren | Actor |
Napoleon Dynamite | 2012 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | Soundtrack | |
Deep in the Heart | 2012 | arranger: “Under The Bottle” / performer: “Under The Bottle” / producer: “Under The Bottle” / writer: “Under The Bottle” | Soundtrack | |
The Big Empty | 2003 | writer: “SILVER PIECES” | Soundtrack | |
Twin Falls Idaho | 1999 | writer: “Wish” | Soundtrack | |
Second Coming | 2012/II | co-producer | Producer | |
Pickin’ & Grinnin’ | 2010 | producer | Producer | |
Northfork | 2003 | associate producer | Producer | |
Jackpot | 2001 | co-producer | Producer | |
Twin Falls Idaho | 1999 | associate producer | Producer | |
Coker | attached announced | Director | ||
Pickin’ & Grinnin’ | 2010 | Director | ||
The Pretender | 2000 | TV Series 1 episode | Director | |
Pickin’ & Grinnin’ | 2010 | Composer | ||
Sunday | 2016 | Short music engineer completed | Music Department | |
You’re So Cool Brewster! The Story of Fright Night | 2016 | Documentary | Himself | Self |
Teens Wanna Know | 2015 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
Full Burn | 2014 | Documentary short | JJ Perry | Self |
Featured by Fameus | 2013 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
The Playboy Morning Show | 2012 | TV Series | Himself | Self |
48 Hours | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Witness | Self |
The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Himself | Self |
Napoleon Dynamite: Still Gallery | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself | Self |
Make the Movie Live the Movie | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself | Self |
The 19th Annual People’s Choice Awards | 1993 | TV Special | Himself – Accepting Award for Favourite New Television Comedy Series | Self |
Lost: Destiny Calls | 2009 | TV Movie | Roger Linus (uncredited) | Archive Footage |
Jon Gries Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie | Category |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Filmed in Utah Award | Filmed in Utah Awards | Best Supporting Actor: Feature | Unicorn City (2012) | Won |
2012 | Filmed in Utah Award | Filmed in Utah Awards | Best Supporting Actor: Feature | Unicorn City (2012) | Nominated |