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Jon Gries
Catalogued films 73Director 1Actor 72
Jonathan Gries (/ɡraɪz/ GRYZ; born June 17, 1957) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is best known for the role of Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, and also as recurring characters Roger Linus on Lost and Rusty the Bum on Seinfeld. He is also known for his roles in Martin, The Pretender, The Monster Squad, Running Scared, Real Genius, Dream Corp LLC, and The White Lotus.
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Carolina Caroline
Tuesday's Flu
Solvent
Only the Good Survive
Wish Upon a Unicorn
3 Days with Dad
Glass Jaw
All About the Money
Falsely Accused
Durant's Never Closes
The Axe Murders of Villisca
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
Americons
Pass the Light
Taken 3
The Last Survivors
Faults
Eternity: The Movie
Noobz
A True Story
Bad Turn Worse
Taken 2
Unicorn City
Deep in the Heart
5 Time Champion
Natural Selection
Good Intentions
Elsewhere
The Smell of Success
Bar Starz
Taken
South of Heaven
So Long Jimmy
Around June
September Dawn
The Astronaut Farmer
Frank
Stick It
The Sasquatch Gang
Waterborne
Napoleon Dynamite
The Rundown
The Snow Walker
Northfork
The Big Empty
The Beatnicks
Jackpot
The Pretender 2001
Twin Falls Idaho
Men in Black
Casualties
The Maze- MIMitzi & Joe
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
Get Shorty
Ed and His Dead Mother
Fever
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Kill Me Again
Fright Night Part 2
The Monster Squad
Number One with a Bullet
Running Scared
TerrorVision
Real Genius
High School U.S.A.
September Gun
Joysticks
Swap Meet
Sunnyside- BOBorn of Water
The Knife Thrower