Jon Gries

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Taken (2008)

Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Men in Black (1997)

Taken 2 (2012)

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2014 Thicker (pre-production)
Luther Reye

2013 Pass the Light (filming)
Franklin

2013/I The Well (filming)
Carson

2013 The Option ARM (post-production)
Billy

2013 We Gotta Get Out of This Place (post-production)
Sheriff Shep

2013 Mucho Dinero (post-production)
Jon Waters

2013 Eternity: The Movie (post-production)
Barry Goldfield, Jr.

2012 Dr. Fubalous (TV series) (post-production)
Dr. Reed

– Sometimes Friends Mess Up (2012) … Dr. Reed

– The Day Before the End (2012) … Dr. Reed

2012 Byron's Theme (short) (completed)
Butcher

2013 Unicorn City
Shadowhawk

2010-2012 Supernatural (TV series)
Martin Creaser

– Citizen Fang (2012) … Martin Creaser

– Sam, Interrupted (2010) … Martin Creaser

2012 Hitman: Absolution (Video Game)
Sheriff Clive Skurky (voice)

2012 Taken 2
Casey

2012 Noobz
Greg Lipstein

2012 BlackBoxTV (TV series)
Dad

– The Hunger (2012) … Dad

2012 Napoleon Dynamite (TV series)
Uncle Rico

– FFA (2012) … Uncle Rico (voice)

– Bed Races (2012) … Uncle Rico (voice)

– Pedro vs. Deb (2012) … Uncle Rico (voice)

– Ligertown (2012) … Uncle Rico (voice)

– Scantronica Love (2012) … Uncle Rico (voice)

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2011 Hawaii Five-0 (TV series)
Liam Miller

– Lapa'au (2011) … Liam Miller

2011 Deep in the Heart
Dick Wallrath

2011 Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
Tom Sutter

2011 Not Quite College
Tone Cash

2011 Natural Selection
Peter

2011 5 Time Champion
Melvin Glee

2010 Nikita (TV series)
The Engineer

– Dark Matter (2010) … The Engineer

2010 Psych (TV series)
Strabinsky

– One, Maybe Two, Ways Out (2010) … Strabinsky

2010 Sons of Anarchy (TV series)
Passport Forger

– So (2010) … Passport Forger

2010 Cold Case (TV series)
Bill Shepard / Bill Shepard '78

– Bullet (2010) … Bill Shepard '78

– The Last Drive-In (2010) … Bill Shepard

2010/I Good Intentions
Sherriff Ernie

2007-2010 Lost (TV series)
Roger Linus

– Dr. Linus (2010) … Roger Linus

– The Incident: Part 1 (2009) … Roger Linus

– Some Like It Hoth (2009) … Roger Linus

– Whatever Happened, Happened (2009) … Roger Linus

– He's Our You (2009) … Roger Linus

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2010 Crazy on the Outside
Edgar

2010 Pearblossom (short)
Harry

2010 A True Story. Based on Things That Never Actually Happened. ...And Some That Did.
Richard Simpkins

2009 The Smell of Success
Early Dunchamp

2009 Elsewhere
Mr. Tod

2009 A Lone Star State (short)
Wyatt Kinney

2008 CSI: NY (TV series)
Jim Warren

– The Box (2008) … Jim Warren

2008 Around June
Murry

2008 So Long Jimmy
Levi Franklin

2008 South of Heaven
Hood 1

2008 Bar Starz
Ricky Fabulous

2008/I Taken
Casey

2007 The Comebacks
Barber

2007 September Dawn
John D. Lee

2007 Fathom (short)

2007 Bicentennial Curious (short)
Mick Jones

2007 American Pastime
Ed Tully

2007/I Frank
Colin York

2006 Car Babes
Gary

2006 The Astronaut Farmer
FBI Agent Killbourne

2006 Stick It
Brice Graham

2006 The Sasquatch Gang
Chilcutt

2005 Last Best Chance (video)
Bernard Wheeler

2005 Waterborne
Ritter

2005 Confessions of an Action Star
Donald Buckheim

2003-2005 Carnivàle (TV series)
Texas Ranger

– Los Moscos (2005) … Texas Ranger

– The Day That Was the Day (2003) … Texas Ranger

2004 Las Vegas (TV series)
Greg Walker

– Sons and Lovers (2004) … Greg Walker

2004 Napoleon Dynamite
Uncle Rico

2003 The Rundown
Harvey

2003 The Snow Walker
Pierce

2003 The Big Empty
Elron

2003 Northfork
Arnold

2002 24 (TV series)
Joseph Wald

– Day 2: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (2002) … Joseph Wald

2001 The Pretender: Island of the Haunted (TV movie)
Broots

2001 Jackpot
Sunny Holiday/Glen Allen Johnson

2001 The Beatnicks
B Cool

2001 ER (TV series)
Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith

– Fear of Commitment (2001) … Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith

2001 The Pretender 2001 (TV movie)
Broots

1996-2000 The Pretender (TV series)
Broots

– The Inner Sense: Part 1 (2000) … Broots

– The Inner Sense: Part 2 (2000) … Broots

– Corn Man (2000) … Broots

– Meltdown (2000) … Broots

– School Daze (2000) … Broots

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1999 Twin Falls Idaho
Lawyer Jay Harrison

1995-1998 Seinfeld (TV series)
Homeless Man / Rusty

– The Bookstore (1998) … Rusty

– The Beard (1995) … Homeless Man (as Jonathan Gries)

1997 Men in Black
Van Driver

1997 Casualties
Bill Summers

1997 Mitzi & Joe
Joe

1997 The Maze
Dr. Holmes

1996 Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah (TV movie)
Steve

1995 Get Shorty
Ronnie Wingate

1995 Strange Luck (TV series)
Henry Bloom

– Last Chance (1995) … Henry Bloom

1995 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Jack Kimball

– Hello Goodbye (1995) … Jack Kimball

1994 Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series)
Dope Dealer / Mr. Trilling, Dope Dealer

– Hate Is Just a Four Letter Word (1994) … Mr. Trilling, Dope Dealer (as Jonathan Gries)

– The Dreams of Dylan McKay (1994) … Mr. Trilling, Dope Dealer (as Jonathan Gries)

– Intervention (1994) … Dope Dealer (as Jonathan Gries)

– Things That Go Bang in the Night (1994) … Dope Dealer (as Jonathan Gries)

1994 The X-Files (TV series)
Salvatore Matola

– Sleepless (1994) … Salvatore Matola (as Jonathan Gries)

1992-1994 Martin (TV series)
Shawn McDermott / Shawn

– Martin's on the Move (1994) … Shawn McDermott (as Jonathan Gries)

– The Hoedown in Motown (1994) … Shawn McDermott (as Jonathan Gries)

– No Love Lost (1994) … Shawn McDermott (as Jonathan Gries)

– Crunchy Drawers (1994) … Shawn McDermott (as Jonathan Gries)

– I Don't Have the Heart (1994) … Shawn McDermott (as Jonathan Gries)

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1993 Bakersfield P.D. (TV series)
Ray Coombs

– A Bullet for Stiles (1993) … Ray Coombs

1993 Ed and His Dead Mother
Rob Sundheimer

1992 Four Eyes and Six-Guns (TV movie) (as Jonathan Gries)

1992 L.A. Law (TV series)

– I'm Ready for My Closeup, Mr. Markowitz (1992) (as Jonathan Gries)

1991 Fever (TV movie)
Bobby

1989-1991 Quantum Leap (TV series)
Flash McGrath / Roscoe

– Glitter Rock - April 12, 1974 (1991) … Flash McGrath (as Jonathan Gries)

– The Right Hand of God - October 24, 1974 (1989) … Roscoe (uncredited)

1990 The Grifters
Drunk's Friend (as Jonathan Gries)

1990 Rainbow Drive (TV movie)
Azzolini

1990 Tour of Duty (TV series)
MAJ Rex Chapman, USAF

– The Raid (1990) … MAJ Rex Chapman, USAF (as Jonathan Gries)

1990 Jake and the Fatman (TV series)
Lenny Maddox

– By Myself (1990) … Lenny Maddox (as Jonathan Gries)

1990 Falcon Crest (TV series)
Stone

– Finding Lauren (1990) … Stone (as Jonathan Gries)

1990 Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Max (as Jonathan Gries)

1989 Kill Me Again
Alan Swayzie (as Jonathan Gries)

1989 Guns of Paradise (TV series)
Emmett

– Dead Run (1989) … Emmett (as Jonathan Gries)

1988 Fright Night Part 2
Louie (as Jonathan Gries)

1988 Tattingers (TV series)
Rick Jurasky

– The Sonny Also Rises (1988) … Rick Jurasky (as Jonathan Gries)

– Pilot (1988) (as Jonathan Gries)

1987 Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
Hands Callahan

– The City Is Burning (1987) … Hands Callahan (as Jonathan Gries)

1987 The Monster Squad
Desperate Man (as Jonathan Gries)

1987 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
Nick Gatlin (segment "Shelter Skelter")

– Joy Ride/Shelter Skelter/Private Channel (1987) … Nick Gatlin (segment "Shelter Skelter") (as Jonathan Gries)

1987 Number One with a Bullet
Bobby Sweet (as Jonathan Gries)

1986 Running Scared
Det. Tony Montoya (as Jonathan Gries)

1986 TerrorVision
O.D. (as Jonathan Gries)

1985 Real Genius
Lazlo Hollyfeld (as Jonathan Gries)

1984 High School U.S.A. (TV movie)
Leo Bandini

1983 High School U.S.A. (TV movie)
Dirty Curt (as Jonathan Gries)

1983 The Jeffersons (TV series)
Frank

– I Do, I Don't (1983) … Frank

1983 September Gun (TV movie)
Brian Brian (as Jonathan Gries)

1983 Joysticks
King Vidiot (as Jonathan Gries)

1983 The Powers of Matthew Star (TV series)
Brad

– The Road Rebels (1983) … Brad

1980 The White Shadow (TV series)
Uri Kogenski

– The Russians Are Coming (1980) … Uri Kogenski (as Johnathan Gries)

1979 240-Robert (TV series)
Brad

– Poison Air (1979) … Brad

1979 Swap Meet
Doug

1979 More American Graffiti
Ron (as Jonathan Gries)

1979 Sunnyside
Wild Child (as Jonathan Gries)

1977 Mulligan's Stew (TV series)
Adams

– Melinda Special (1977) … Adams

1977 The Chicken Chronicles
Tom (as Jonathon Gries)

1977 Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (TV movie) (uncredited)

1976 Helter Skelter (TV movie)
William Garretson

1976 Born of Water
Friend

1968 Will Penny
Horace (button) (as Jon Francis)

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Jon Francis | Johnathan Gries | Jonathan Gries | Jonathon Gries

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5' 11" (1.80 m)

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(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... See more »

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Played the role of a wolf man in 2 films, in The Monster Squad as Desperate Man (wolf man in human form) and in Fright Night Part 2 as Louie. See more »

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	STARmeter Top 5000 Down 147 this week View rank on IMDbPro » Jon Gries Actor \| Producer \| Soundtrack Trivia: Played the role of a wolf man in 2 films, in The Monster Squad as Desperate Man (wolf man in human form) and in Fright Night Part 2 as Louie. See more trivia » Born: Jonathan Francis Gries June 17, 1957 in Glendale, California, USA
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