Jon Gries
Birthday: 1957-06-17
Place of Birth: Glendale, California, USA
Biography: An American actor, writer and director. He is known for his role in Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico, and more recently "Lost" as Roger Linus, "Taken" as Casey, and "The Pretender" as Broots. From early roles like Lazlo Hollyfeld in "Real Genius" to the suspicious Greg Hunt in "White Lotus" his career spans across genres, showcasing his talent in both comedic and dramatic roles.
Movies
Men in Black
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a t...
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The Rundown
When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifac...
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Fever
Fresh out of prison, all Ray wants is to get back with Lacy, but she's in a stable relationship now ...
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Stick It
Haley is a naturally gifted athlete but, with her social behavior, the teen seems intent on squander...
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The Comebacks
Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards th...
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The Astronaut Farmer
Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. L...
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TerrorVision
Stanley Putterman installs a state-of-the-art satellite dish in his backyard, soon unleashing a stra...
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Get Shorty
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Holly...
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Napoleon Dynamite
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their s...
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Taken
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. Af...
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Northfork
The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is abou...
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Five Time Champion
While the young scientist, Julius, steadfastly researches the asexual reproduction of worms, his nat...
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Joysticks
A successful businessman attempts to shut down a video arcade he believes is harmful to the mental h...
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The Pretender: Island of the Haunted
Jarod takes a keen interest in an ancient symbol that may unlock secrets about his family. But Miss ...
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The Pretender 2001
Picking up where the television series left off, "The Pretender 2001" features even deeper explorati...
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The Monster Squad
Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the...
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Elsewhere
A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently...
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Frank
A young urban family spends summers on an idyllic island. When an abandoned, mangy mutt wanders onto...
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Real Genius
When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn tha...
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More American Graffiti
College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s....
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The Big Empty
Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of B...
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Running Scared
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to...
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American Pastime
American Pastime tells a poignant story set against the Japanese-American internment camps during Wo...
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Fright Night Part 2
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandri...
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The Grifters
A small-time conman has his loyalties torn between his estranged mother and his new girlfriend, both...
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Around June
A love story set in the shadow of the shipyards of San Francisco. A young woman living with her much...
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Taken 2
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kid...
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South of Heaven
A man returning from a tour of duty is mistaken for his brother by debt-collecting gangsters, while ...
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Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal th...
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Swap Meet
The plot: Roy is jealous of Sigi, who attracts Nancy's attention, and has two clumsy guys demolish S...
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Natural Selection
When a dutiful, albeit barren Christian housewife discovers that her devout husband has suffered a s...
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Unicorn City
Voss entices local gamers to create a utopia to impress a potential employer, but paradise is disrup...
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The Maze
People are trapped in a solitary building of infinite corridors and rooms where there appears to be ...
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Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah
The true story of the disappearance of Sarah Porter. With no help from the police, Sarah's parents a...
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Bar Starz
Straight-arrow Barry has moved 3000 miles away from lackluster Ohio to attend college in sunny SoCal...
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Operation Chromite
A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon....
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September Gun
Ben Sunday, a long-in-tooth gunfighter forms an uneasy alliance with a Catholic nun. The single-mind...
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Deep in the Heart
An alcoholic man refocuses himself on putting kids through college via 4H and FFA scholarship donati...
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Jackpot
Sunny Holiday, a middle-aged country singer with dreams of stardom, walks out on his wife and child ...
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Bad Turn Worse
Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate. They h...
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A True Story
Mike and Matt own nothing and share everything, including their life's work, a screenplay, which see...
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Locker 13
The story of Skip, a young ex-convict who takes a position as a night janitor at an old-west theme p...
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Faults
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their...
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Eternity: The Movie
Big Hair. Guyliner. Someone lamenting by crashing waves on a beach or to their reflection in a fount...
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Waterborne
Heera Bhatti, an American-Sikh, runs a corner store in Los Angeles with the help of her son, Vikram,...
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Waterborne
Heera Bhatti, an American-Sikh, runs a corner store in Los Angeles with the help of her son, Vikram,...
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Casualties
A woman tormented by an abusive, sadistic husband desperately tries to find her way out of her predi...
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The Last Survivors
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts vio...
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Last Best Chance
Thriller about governments around the world racing to attempt to stop a terrorist organization from ...
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Twin Falls Idaho
Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While s...
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Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Ernest Albright opens his eyeglass store in what he thinks is a thriving community, but soon discove...
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Only the Good Survive
After a heist gone wrong and results in the deaths of all three of her friends, Brea finds herself i...
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Taken 3
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murde...
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Sunnyside
Nick Martin, a young street tough, has a change of heart and attempts to stop the gang violence in h...
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Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a stru...
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머니 게임 - 월스트리트
A broken down collegiate football hero gets a shot at stardom during the eleventh hour of LA's nihil...
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Pass the Light
Pass the Light tells the story of Steve Bellafiore, an 17 year old high school senior who decides to...
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Skinwalker Ranch
In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained ph...
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The Chicken Chronicles
A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off his ...
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Bits
A young woman in small town Montana catches the attention of a serial killer on the hunt. When his p...
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Endgame
Since he was 5 yrs old, Jose's abuelita taught him to play chess like his grandfather who was a cham...
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September Dawn
A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred...
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The Axe Murders of Villisca
Three ghost-hunting high-schoolers visit the Moore House in Villisca, Iowa—the site of one of Americ...
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The Knife Thrower
A man must overcome his demons in order to save his brother who has been falsely convicted of a crim...
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Number One with a Bullet
A pair of detectives are assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and cr...
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You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
An extensive look at the making of Fright Night (1985) and Fright Night Part 2 (1988) featuring excl...
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Rainbow Drive
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover ...
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Noobz
Four friends hit the road to LA to compete in the Cyberbowl Video Game Championship, but will they b...
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High School U.S.A.
Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which...
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All About the Money
Two "down on their luck" buddies are convinced by a third to take a vacation. Only after landing in ...
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Falsely Accused
When a young woman is falsely accused of murdering her brother, she must catch the real killer to pr...
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Kill Me Again
After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to absco...
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Will Penny
Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the prop...
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Helter Skelter
The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseud...
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Ed and His Dead Mother
A mourning son makes a deal to reanimate his one year dead mother, however things turn into an unexp...
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Durant's Never Closes
The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remai...
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Glass Jaw
Glass Jaw is the redemption story of Travis Austin, a one time champion boxer who goes to prison and...
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The Snow Walker
A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it ...
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Operation Chromite
A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon....
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3 Days with Dad
The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his dying Dad. But the Catholic guilt...
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Confessions of an Action Star
A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Fran...
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High School U.S.A.
Principal of Excelsior High School deals with a rivalry between student groups and his own interest ...
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Fathom
A lone beachcomber, searching for treasure on a deserted beach, finds more than he bargained for....
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The Sasquatch Gang
Young fantasy and science fiction aficionado Gavin Gore and his friends stumble onto some huge footp...
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Byron's Theme
Meet Nick. Nick loves his dog, Byron. Nick is obsessive compulsive. He loses his tooth. He sleeps wi...
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Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
For Robbing the Dead is a story of compassion - compassion toward those who may seem the least deser...
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Good Intentions
Meet Etta Milford. Loving Wife. Doting Mother. Armed Robber. Etta's husband constantly blows their m...
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Wish Upon a Unicorn
Two children discover that their mother is gone. The youngest of the pair, adventurer and upcomming ...
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Crazy on the Outside
A recently paroled ex-con who has trouble adjusting to the wacky normalcy of life outside of prison....
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Carolina Caroline
A young woman skips her small town — in search of her estranged mother — alongside a charismatic con...
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Solvent
While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden sec...
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The Smell of Success
When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livel...
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The Beatnicks
The Beat Nicks are musician Nick Nero and poet Nick Beat, a pair of self-styled truth-seekers who'd ...
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So Long Jimmy
As corporate contractors have taken over the hitman industry, one Mom and Pop Company is left in Los...
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Tuesday's Flu
Drowning in debt to a ruthless bookie and blackmailed by his ex-wife, a recovering gambler sees one ...
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