Jon Gries
Broots in The Pretender
Birth name : Jonathan Francis "Jon" Gries
Birth date : 1957/06/17 (68 years old)
Birth place : Glendale Californie
Height: 1.80 m
Biography for Jon Gries
Jon Gries was born on June 17, 1957 in Glenndale, California.
He knows very young that he wants to actor and begins in a film by his father Will Penny Le Solitaire, alongside Charlton Heston among others.
He then appeared in many series from Martin to Beverly Hills, via Chicago Hope, Code Quantum, X-Files, Seinfeld ...
He is also a musician and composer, he often plays in Los Angeles with his Carnival Dogs group.
He also played in the theater, such as in the South Coast Repertory Theater and the Mark type forum.
Currently he still lives in Los Angeles
Jon Gries is an American actor, born June 17, 1957 in Glendale, California. He is best known for having played in popular films and television series in the 1980s and 1990s, notably in The Pretter, the family for rent and Napoleon Dynamite. Gries has also played in many other movies and television series, including Lost, Taken and the seventh son. He also appeared in television shows like The Tonight Show and Late Night With Conan O'Brien.
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Filmography
| Title | Role |
|---|---|
| Thicker (2007) (pre-production) (attached) | Luther Reye |
| The Comebacks (2007) (post-production) | Barber |
| Elsewhere (2007) (post-production) | Mr. Tod |
| Around June (2007) (post-production) | Murry |
| American Pastime (2007) (completed) | Ed Tully |
| September Dawn (2006) (completed) | John D. Lee |
| Bar Starz (2006) (completed) | Ricky Fabulous |
| Lost | Roger Linus (1 episode, 2007) |
| Bicentennial Curious (2007) | Mick Jones |
| Frank (2007) | Colin York |
| Car Babes (2006) | Gary |
| The Astronaut Farmer (2006) | FBI Agent Killbourne |
| Stick It (2006) | Brice Graham |
| The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang (2006) | Officer Ed Chillcut |
| South of Heaven (2006) | Hood 1 |
| Last Best Chance (2005) (V) | Bernard Wheeler |
| Waterborne (2005) | Ritter |
| Sledge: The Untold Story (2005) | Donald Bruckheim |
| Carnivàle | Texas Ranger (2 episodes, 2003-2005) |
| Las Vegas | Greg Walker (1 episode, 2004) |
| Napoleon Dynamite (2004) | Uncle Rico |
| The Rundown (2003) | Harvey |
| The Snow Walker (2003) | Pierce |
| The Big Empty (2003) | Elron |
| Northfork (2003) | Arnold |
| 24 | Joseph Wald (1 episode, 2002) |
| The Pretender: Island of the Haunted (2001) (TV) | Broots |
| Jackpot (2001) | Sunny Holiday/Glen Allen Johnson |
| ER | Defense Attorney Marty Nesmith (1 episode, 2001) |
| The Pretender 2001 (2001) (TV) | Broots |
| The Pretender | Broots (67 episodes, 1996-2000) |
| The Beat Nicks (2000) | |
| Twin Falls Idaho (1999) | Lawyer Jay Harrison |
| Seinfeld | Rusty (2 episodes, 1995-1998) |
| Men in Black (1997) | Nick the Van Driver |
| Casualties (1997) | Bill Summers |
| Mitzi & Joe (1997) | Joe |
| The Maze (1997) | Dr. Holmes |
| Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah (1996) (TV) | Steve |
| Get Shorty (1995) | Ronnie Wingate |
| Strange Luck | Henry Bloom (1 episode, 1995) |
| Chicago Hope | Jack Kimball (1 episode, 1995) |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | Dope Dealer (4 episodes, 1994) |
| The X Files | Salvatore Matola (1 episode, 1994) |
| Bakersfield P.D. | Ray Coombs (1 episode, 1993) |
| Ed and His Dead Mother (1993) | Rob Sundheimer |
| Martin (1992) TV Series | Shawn (unknown episodes, 1992-1994) |
| Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992) (TV) | |
| Fever (1991) (TV) | Bobby |
| Quantum Leap | Flash McGrath / ... (2 episodes, 1989-1991) |
| The Grifters (1990) (as Jonathan Gries) | Drunk's Friend |
| Rainbow Drive (1990) (TV) | Azzolini |
| Tour of Duty | MAJ Rex Chapman, USAF (1 episode, 1990) |
| Jake and the Fatman | Lenny Maddox (1 episode, 1990) |
| Falcon Crest | Stone (1 episode, 1990) |
| Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1990) (as Jonathan Gries) | Max |
| Paradise (1 episode, 1989) | |
| Kill Me Again (1989) (as Jonathan Gries) | Alan Swayzie |
| Fright Night Part 2 (1988) (as Jonathan Gries) | Louie |
| Cagney & Lacey | 'Hands' Callahan (1 episode, 1987) |
| The Monster Squad (1987) (as Jonathan Gries) | Desperate Man |
| The Twilight Zone | Nick Gatlin (1 episode, 1987) |
| Number One with a Bullet (1987) (as Jonathan Gries) | Bobby Sweet |
| Running Scared (1986) (as Jonathan Gries) | Det. Tony Montoya |
| TerrorVision (1986) (as Jonathan Gries) | O.D. |
| Real Genius (1985) (as Jonathan Gries) | Lazlo Hollyfeld |
| The Jeffersons | Frank (1 episode, 1983) |
| High School U.S.A. (1983) (TV) (as Jonathan Gries) | Dirty Curt |
| September Gun (1983) (TV) (as Jonathan Gries) | Brian Brian |
| Joysticks (1983) | King Vidiot |
| The Powers of Matthew Star | Brad (1 episode, 1982) |
| The White Shadow (1 episode, 1980) | |
| 240-Robert | Brad (1 episode, 1979) |
| Swap Meet (1979) | Doug |
| More American Graffiti (1979) (as Jonathan Gries) | Ron |
| Sunnyside (1979) | Wild Child |
| The Chicken Chronicles (1977) | Tom |
| Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977) (TV) | |
| Helter Skelter (1976) (TV) | William Garretson |
| Born of Water (1976) | Friend |
Trivia
- Does not drink milk and eats very little red meat.
- In one of his appearances on "Seinfeld" (1990), 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.
- On "Lost" (2004) he played the father of Michael Emerson, who is actually 3 years older than him.
Family
- Son of noted writer/director/producer Tom Gries
Author of the card
- Creation date: 01/07/2003 by abdest