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Jon Gries
Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries (born June 17, 1957) is an American actor, writer and director. He is also credited under the names ''Jon Francis'' and ''Jonathan Gries''. He is best known for his role in '' Napoleon Dynamite '' as Uncle Rico, and also more recently as recurring character Roger Linus on ''Lost''. He is also known for his roles in ''Martin'', ''The Pretender'', and ''Running Scared''.
==Life and career==
Gries was born in Glendale, California, the son of Mary Eleanor Munday, an actress, and Thomas Stephen "Tom" Gries, a writer, director, and producer.〔http://www.tcmuk.tv/movie_database_results.php?action=participant&id=76706&afiId=0〕〔()〕 His first film role came at the age of 11, when he played the Boy Horace in the Charlton Heston film ''Will Penny'', which was written and directed by his father. Some of his signature roles have come in cult classics. He played Lazlo Hollyfeld in ''Real Genius'' (1985), Azzolini in ''Rainbow Drive'', Shawn McDermott in the TV series ''Martin'' (1992-1994), Ronnie Wingate in ''Get Shorty'' (1995), Harvey in ''The Rundown'', and Uncle Rico in ''Napoleon Dynamite'' (2004). Gries has played a werewolf on several occasions, such as ''Fright Night Part II'' and ''The Monster Squad''. In the historical Western film ''September Dawn'', he played executed murderer John D. Lee, in a performance praised by critics who otherwise panned the film.〔("The movie's one emotionally honest performance is handed in by Jon Gries (Uncle Rico from “Napoleon Dynamite”), who brings some weight and a sense of guilt to his portrayal of John D. Lee." )〕
〔(The Hollywood Reporter )〕 He played Casey in the films ''Taken'' (2008), ''Taken 2'' (2012), and ''Taken 3'' (2015), and was also in ''TerrorVision'', as O.D. He also lent his voice for the video game ''Hitman: Absolution''.
Among his television roles are that of a terrorist in season two of the hit show ''24'' and as Broots on the NBC series ''The Pretender''. He had a guest role on ''The X-Files'' in the episode "Sleepless". He played Dylan McKay's drug dealer in season 5 of ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. He played Ben Linus' father Roger in a recurring role on the TV series ''Lost''. He played Shawn on the Fox sitcom ''Martin'' during the first two seasons. He appeared twice in the TV series "Quantum Leap". First, as a bookie in the episode "The Right Hand of God" and as a band member in the episode "Glitter Rock". He appeared as Rusty the Bum in two episodes of ''Seinfeld''. In "The Beard", when Elaine rips George's toupee off and tosses it out the window, Rusty finds it and puts it on. In "The Bookstore" Kramer and Newman start a rickshaw business powered by bums, but on its maiden run, Rusty takes off with the conveyance. In 2007 he played the menacing dad to Samaire Armstrong in ''Around June''. In 2008, he appeared in the ''CSI: NY'' episode "The Box" as the father of that episode's victim. In 2010 Jon wrapped production on ''A True Story. Based on Things that Never Actually Happened. ...and Some that Did'' and appeared in one episode of ''Nikita''. He also played Martin in the TV Show ''Supernatural'' in the episodes "Sam, Interrupted" (2010), "Hello, Cruel World" (2011) and "Citizen Fang" (2012). He played Bob, a former drug addict who operates a safe haven for abused Mexican women, in The Bridge (2013 TV series).
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