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.

Filmography

• 2026Carolina Caroline — Hank Daniels
• Devil May Cry — Pres. Hopper / Late Night Host (voice), Pres. Hopper / Soldier (voice), Hopper / Protester (voice), Hopper / Demon 1 (voice)
• 2025Tuesday's Flu
• 2024Bits
• Fallout — Biff
• It's Florida, Man. — Denver
• 2024Solvent — Gunner S. Holbrook
• 2023Only the Good Survive — Cult Leader
• The White Lotus — Greg Hunt
• 2020Wish Upon a Unicorn — Bud
• 20193 Days with Dad — Tim
• 2018Glass Jaw — Sam Austin
• 2017All About the Money — Jon Waters
• 2017The Axe Murders of Villisca — Greg
• Dream Corp LLC — Dr. Roberts
• 2016Durant's Never Closes — Dizzy Dean
• 2016Falsely Accused — Gus
• 2016Operation Chromite — Hoyt Vandenberg
• 2015Americons — Billy
• 2015Endgame — Principal Thomas
• 2015Pass the Light — Franklin
• 2014Bad Turn Worse — Sheriff Shep
• 2014Eternity: The Movie — Barry Goldfield, Jr.
• 2014Faults — Terry
• 2014Locker 13 — Archie
• 2014Taken 3 — Mark Casey
• 2014The Last Survivors — Carson
• 2013A True Story — Richard Simpkins
• 2013Byron's Theme
• 2013Noobz — Greg Lipstein
• 2013Skinwalker Ranch — Hoyt
• The Bridge — Bob
• 2012Deep in the Heart — Dick Wallrath
• 2012Five Time Champion — Melvin Glee
• Napoleon Dynamite — Uncle Rico (voice)
• 2012Taken 2 — Mark Casey
• 2012Unicorn City — Shadow Hawk
• 2011Natural Selection — Peter
• 2011Redemption: For Robbing the Dead — Tom Sutter
• 2011The Smell of Success — Early Dunchamp
• 2010Crazy on the Outside — Edgar
• 2010Good Intentions — Sheriff Ernie
• Hawaii Five-0 — Liam Miller
• Nikita — The Engineer
• 2010Pickin' and Grinnin' — Director
• 2009Elsewhere — Mr. Tod
• 2008Around June — Murry
• 2008Bar Starz — Ricky Fabulous
• 2008So Long Jimmy — Levi Franklin
• Sons of Anarchy — Magoo
• 2008South of Heaven — Hood 1
• 2008Taken — Mark Casey
• 2007American Pastime — Ed Tully
• 2007Fathom
• 2007Frank — Colin York
• 2007September Dawn — John D. Lee
• 2007The Astronaut Farmer — FBI Agent Killbourne
• 2007The Comebacks — Barber
• 2006Car Babes — Gary
• Psych — Strabinsky
• 2006Stick It — Brice Graham
• 2006The Sasquatch Gang — Chilcutt
• 2005Confessions of an Action Star — Donald Buckheim
• 2005Last Best Chance — Bernard Wheeler
• Supernatural — Martin Creaser
• 2005Waterborne — Ritter
• CSI: NY — Jim Warren
• Lost — Roger Linus
• 2004Napoleon Dynamite — Uncle Rico
• Carnivàle — Texas Ranger
• Cold Case — Bill Shepard
• Las Vegas — Greg Walker
• 2003Northfork — Arnold
• 2003The Big Empty — Elron
• 2003The Rundown — Harvey
• 2003The Snow Walker — Pierce
• 2002The Beatnicks — B Cool
• 24 — Joseph Wald
• 2001Jackpot — Sunny Holiday / Glen Allen Johnson
• 2001The Pretender 2001 — Broots
• 2001The Pretender: Island of the Haunted — Broots
• 1999Twin Falls Idaho — Lawyer Jay Harrison, Associate Producer
• 1997Casualties — Bill Summers
• 1997Men in Black — Van Driver
• 1997The Maze — Dr. Holmes
• 1996Race Against Time: The Search for Sarah — Steve
• The Pretender — Broots, Director
• 1995Get Shorty — Ronnie Wingate
• Strange Luck — Henry Bloom
• Chicago Hope — Jack Kimball
• ER — Marty Nesmith
• Bakersfield P.D. — Ray Coombs
• 1993Ed and His Dead Mother — Rob Sundheimer
• The X-Files — Salvatore Matola
• 1992Four Eyes and Six-Guns — Deputy Elmo (as Jonathan Gries)
• Martin — Shawn McDermott, Shawn McDermott /Innkeeper
• 1991Fever — Bobby
• Beverly Hills, 90210 — Dope Dealer
• 1990Rainbow Drive — Azzolini
• 1990The Grifters — Drunk's Friend
• 1989Kill Me Again — Alan Swayzie
• 1989Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog — Max (as Jonathan Gries)
• Quantum Leap — Flash McGrath
• Seinfeld — Homeless Man
• 1988Fright Night Part 2 — Louie
• Tattingers
• Jake and the Fatman
• 1987Number One with a Bullet — Bobby Sweet
• 1987The Monster Squad — Desperate Man
• Tour of Duty
• L.A. Law — Hotel Desk Clerk
• 1986Running Scared — Det. Tony Montoya
• 1986TerrorVision — O.D.
• 1985Real Genius — Lazlo Hollyfeld
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Shelter Skelter")
• 1984High School U.S.A. — Leo Bandini
• 1983High School U.S.A. — Dirty Curt
• 1983Joysticks — King Vidiot
• 1983September Gun — Brian Brian
• Cagney & Lacey
• Falcon Crest — Stone
• 240-Robert — Brad
• 1979More American Graffiti — Ron
• 1979Sunnyside — Wild Child
• 1979Swap Meet — Doug
• Mulligan's Stew
• 1977The Chicken Chronicles — Tom
• 1976Helter Skelter — William Garretson
• The Jeffersons
• 1967Will Penny — Horace
• Bicentennial Curious — Mick Jones
• The Knife Thrower — Lew Schätze

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2020Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp — Self
• 2016You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night — Himself
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest