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Jon Gries
Birthday: June 17, 1957

Birth Place: Glendale, California, USA
Height: 5' 1"

Below is a complete filmography (list of movies he's appeared in) for Jon Gries. If you have any corrections or additions, please email us at corrections@actorsofhollywood.com. We'd also be interested in any trivia or other information you have.

 

Biography

A longtime character actor with the unique ability to alternate between meek and menacing at the drop of a hat, Jon Gries can play a computer wiz (Real Genius, The Pretender) or a South American mercenary (The Rundown) with equal zeal and conviction. A native of Glendale, CA, and the son of Emmy-winning writer/producer/director Tom Gries, Jon launched his acting career with a small role in his father's made-for-television feature Helter Skelter (1976). His father unfortunately died shortly thereafter due to a heart attack, but the the groundwork for Gries' career had been laid. After moving to New York, the young actor studied under the capable tutelage of Stella Adler. Supporting roles in More American Graffiti, Joysticks, and High School USA segued Gries' career into the 1980s, with his role as the reclusive genius Lazlo in the brainy college comedy Real Genius enduring him to a nation of moviegoers. If the remainder of the decade didn't offer Gries the sort of roles that would take him to leading-man status, they would at least find him cast in such high-profile releases as Running Scared, The Monster Squad, and Fright Night Part 2. After once again appearing opposite Real Genius co-star Val Kilmer in the 1989 noir thriller Kill Me Again, Gries found a niche in television with roles in such series as Martin and The Pretender in the 1990s. Of course, Gries also continued to remain active on the big screen throughout the 1990s, and after a bit role in the popular sci-fi comedy Men in Black, he would establish a fruitful working relationship with Mark and Michael Polish — the filmmaking duo behind the quirky sleeper Twin Falls Idaho. After turning in a memorable performance as a lawyer in that film, Gries became something of a stock player for the Polish brothers with appearances in both Jackpot and Northfork. Even outside of his work with the Polish brothers, Gries continued to gain indie credibility thanks to parts in such features as The Big Empty and Napoleon Dynamite. Gries' performance as a literally whip-smart heavy in the 2003 action comedy The Rundown found him essaying a rare villainous role, but doing so with such malevolent gusto that even audiences with vivid memories of the brainy Lazlo may not have realized whom they were watching give The Rock such a sound thrashing.

Movie Credits
The American Pastime (2007)
[ Gary Cole ][ Leonardo Nam ]
The Astronaut Farmer (2007)
[ Billy Bob Thornton ][ J.K. Simmons ][ Tim Blake Nelson ][ Max Thieriot ]
Bar Starz (2006)
[ Talan Torriero ][ Daniel Franzese ][ Charles Q. Murphy ][ Sam Horrigan ][ Keir O'Donnell ]
South of Heaven (2006)
Car Babes (2006)
[ Ben Savage ][ Jeffrey Weissman ]
September Dawn (2006)
[ Jon Voight ][ Dean Cain ][ Terence Stamp ][ Trent Ford ][ Huntley Ritter ]
Stick It (2006)
[ Jeff Bridges ][ John Patrick Amedori ][ John Kapelos ][ Kellan Lutz ]
The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang (2006)
[ Justin Long ][ Jeremy Sumpter ][ Carl Weathers ][ Stephen Tobolowsky ][ Joey Kern ]
Last Best Chance (2005)
[ Fred Dalton Thompson ]
Waterborne (2005)
[ Christopher Masterson ][ Ajay Naidu ][ Al Sapienza ][ Noah Segan ]
Sledge: The Untold Story (2005)
[ Ben Stiller ][ Eric Roberts ][ Michael T Weiss ][ Michael T. Weiss ][ Ernie Hudson ]
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
[ Jon Heder ][ Diedrich Bader ][ Aaron Ruell ][ Efren Ramirez ][ Trevor Snarr ]
The Big Empty (2003)
[ Sean Bean ][ Kelsey Grammer ][ Jon Favreau ][ Danny Trejo ][ Tom Waits ]
Northfork (2003)
[ James Woods ][ Ben Foster ][ Nick Nolte ][ Anthony Edwards ][ Kyle MacLachlan ]
The Day That Was the Day (2003)
[ William Moseley ][ Bill Moseley ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
The Rundown (2003)
[ Arnold Schwarzenegger ][ Christopher Walken ][ Seann William Scott ][ Rosario Dawson ][ The Rock ]
The Snow Walker (2003)
[ Barry Pepper ][ James Cromwell ]
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted (2001)
[ Michael T Weiss ][ Michael T. Weiss ][ James Denton ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
Jackpot (2001)
[ Adam Baldwin ][ Anthony Edwards ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
The Pretender 2001 (2001)
[ Michael T Weiss ][ Michael T. Weiss ][ Tyler Christopher ][ James Denton ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
Cold Dick (2000)
[ Ryan Merriman ][ Michael T. Weiss ][ James Denton ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
'Til Death Do Us Part (2000)
[ Michael T Weiss ][ Michael T. Weiss ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
The Beat Nicks (2000)
[ Eric Roberts ][ Norman Reedus ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
Road Trip (1999)
[ Michael T Weiss ][ Michael T. Weiss ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
The World's Changing (1999)
[ Michael T Weiss ][ Michael T. Weiss ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
Twin Falls Idaho (1999)
[ William Katt ][ Patrick Bauchau ]
Men in Black (1997)
[ Steven Spielberg ][ Will Smith ][ Vincent D'Onofrio ][ Tommy Lee Jones ][ Tommy Lee ]
Casualties (1997)
[ Mark Harmon ][ John Diehl ]
Mitzi & Joe (1997)
The Maze (1997)
[ Giancarlo Esposito ]
Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah (1996)
[ Richard Crenna ]
Get Shorty (1995)
[ John Travolta ][ Gene Hackman ][ Danny DeVito ][ James Gandolfini ][ Divine ]
The Beard (1995)
The Dreams of Dylan McKay (1994)
Intervention (1994)
Things That Go Bang in the Night (1994)
[ Casper Van Dien ][ Marc McClure ]
Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
[ Steve Buscemi ][ Ned Beatty ][ John Glover ]
Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992)
[ Judge Reinhold ][ Fred Ward ][ Dan Hedaya ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Austin Pendleton ]
Fever (1991)
[ Sam Neill ][ Armand Assante ][ Gregg Henry ]
The Grifters (1990)
[ John Cusack ][ Jeremy Piven ][ J.T. Walsh ][ Xander Berkeley ][ Stephen Tobolowsky ]
Rainbow Drive (1990)
[ David Caruso ][ Peter Weller ][ Tony Jay ][ Chris Mulkey ]
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1990)
[ Robert Culp ]
The Right Hand of God - October 24, 1974 (1989)
Kill Me Again (1989)
[ Val Kilmer ][ Michael Madsen ]
Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
[ Roddy McDowall ][ Brian Thompson ][ Ernie Sabella ]
The Monster Squad (1987)
[ Tom Noonan ][ Jason Hervey ][ Shane Black ][ David Proval ]
Number One with a Bullet (1987)
[ Robert Carradine ][ Mykelti Williamson ][ Billy Dee Williams ][ Peter Graves ]
Running Scared (1986)
[ Joe Pantoliano ][ Billy Crystal ][ Jimmy Smits ][ Steven Bauer ][ Dan Hedaya ]
TerrorVision (1986)
[ Chad Allen ]
Real Genius (1985)
[ Val Kilmer ][ William Atherton ][ Bryan Adams ][ Martha Coolidge ]
High School U.S.A. (1983)
[ Michael J. Fox ][ Crispin Glover ][ Anthony Edwards ][ Todd Bridges ][ Bob Denver ]
September Gun (1983)
[ Christopher Lloyd ][ Geoffrey Lewis ]
Joysticks (1983)
[ Joe Don Baker ][ John Diehl ]
Swap Meet (1979)
[ Danny DeVito ]
More American Graffiti (1979)
[ Harrison Ford ][ Ron Howard ][ George Lucas ][ Scott Glenn ][ Delroy Lindo ]
Sunnyside (1979)
[ Michael Tucci ][ Chris Mulkey ]
The Chicken Chronicles (1977)
[ Steve Guttenberg ]
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977)
Helter Skelter (1976)
[ John Lennon ][ Paul McCartney ][ George Harris ][ George Harrison ]
Born of Water (1976)
Will Penny (1968)
[ Charlton Heston ][ Lee Majors ][ Bruce Dern ][ Donald Pleasence ][ Slim Pickens ]

Trivia

  • Son of noted writer/director/producer Tom Gries
  • Does not drink milk or eat red meat.
  • In one of his appearances on "Seinfeld", he plays a homeless man that refuses to give Kramer's (Michael Richards) Tupperware back. In Napolean Dynamite, his character is a door to door Tupperware-like product salesman.

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