Jon Gries

Gries is the kind of actor I treasure precisely because he rarely headlines. Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite, Roger Linus on Lost, Greg on The White Lotus, these are roles that quietly steady an entire ensemble, and his weathered, faintly untrustworthy face does half the storytelling before he speaks. A career spanning more than four decades, plus a sideline directing music videos, tells me he understands the whole machine, not just his mark. The flashy leads get the posters, but performers like Gries give a film its texture. I find that craftsmanship far more durable than stardom.

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Name (English)

Jon Gries

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・グリース

Reading

じょん・ぐりーす

Born

June 17, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

Glendale, California, United States

Occupation

actor / film director / film producer / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

• Official sitehttps://www.jongries.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Gries
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1319770

Tags

• California
• actor
• film director
• film producer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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