Jon Gries
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Jon Gries received an IFP Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Acting for his role as Uncle Rico in the multiple award-winning hit “Napoleon Dynamite.”

He more recently starred opposite Jon Voight and Terence Stamp in Christopher Cain’s “September Dawn.”  Gries has also completed roles in the offbeat comedy “The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang,” as well as independent feature films “Frank,” “Elsewhere,” “South of Heaven,” “Waterborne,” “Car Babes” and “The American Pastime.”  He is also appearing in director Tom Brady’s latest sports comedy, “The Comebacks.”
           
Gries’ other film credits include the Independent Spirit Award-winning “Jackpot”; “The Big Empty,” starring opposite Jon Favreau and Daryl Hannah; “Northfork”; “The Snow Walker,” opposite Barry Pepper, which was nominated for 11 Canadian Genie Awards, including Best Picture of the Year; and “The Rundown,” opposite The Rock and Christopher Walken.  Gries’ earlier credits include “Get Shorty,” “Running Scared” and “Real Genius.” 

Filmography: Fright Night Part 2, Men in Black, Napolean Dynamite, Stick It, TerrorVision, The Astronaut Farmer, The Rundown, WaterBorne,

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