Jon Gries Biography ((?)-)

Son of Tom Gries (a writer, director, and producer). Addresses: Agent:Susan Smith and Associates, 121 N. San Vicente Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(As Jon Francis) Horace Greeley Allen (Button), Will Penny, Paramount, 1968
(As Jonathan Gries) Tom, The Chicken Chronicles, 1977
(As Jonathan Gries) Ron, More American Graffiti (also known as Purple Haze), Universal, 1979
(As Jonathan Gries) Doug, Swap Meet, Dimension Pictures, Inc., 1979
(As Jonathan Gries) Wild child, Sunnyside, American InternationalPictures, 1979
(As Jonathan Gries) King Vidiot, Joysticks (also known as VideoMadness), Vestron Video, 1983
(As Jonathan Gries) Lazlo Hollyfeld, Real Genius, TriStar, 1985
(As Jonathan Gries) Tony, Running Scared, 1986
(As Jonathan Gries) OD, TerrorVision, Empire Pictures, 1986
(As Jonathan Gries) Bobby Sweet, Number One with a Bullet, CannonFilm Distributors, 1987
(As Jonathan Gries) Desperate man, The Monster Squad, TriStar, 1987
(As Jonathan Gries) Louie, Fright Night II, New Century Vista FilmCompany, 1989
(As Jonathan Gries) Alan Swayzie, Kill Me Again, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989
(As Jonathan Gries) Drunk's friend, The Grifters, Miramax, 1990
Max, Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog, Fries Entertainment, 1990
Rob Sundheimer, Ed and His Dead Mother (also known as Bon Appetit, Mama and Motherhood), IRS Media, 1993
Ronnie Wingate, Get Shorty, 1995
Nick, the van driver, Men in Black (also known as MIB), Universal, 1997
Joe, Mitzi & Joe, 1997
Dr. Holmes, The Maze, Alpine Releasing, 1997
Bill Summers, Casualties, Trimark Pictures, 1997
Jay, Twin Falls Idaho, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999
The Beat Nicks, 2000
Sunny Holiday, Jackpot, Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
Also appeared as friend in Born of Water.
Film Work
Associate producer, Twin Falls Idaho, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999
Coproducer, Jackpot, Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
Coproducer, Second Coming, 2001

Television Appearances
Series
Shawn, Martin, Fox, 1992-94
Broots, The Pretender, NBC, 1996
Movies
William Garretson, Helter Skelter (also known as Massacre in Hollywood), CBS, 1976
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn, NBC, 1977
(As Jonathan Gries) Brian Brian, September Gun, 1983
(As Jonathan Gries) Dirty Curt, High School U.S.A., NBC, 1983
Azzolini, Rainbow Drive, 1990
Bobby, Fever, HBO, 1991
Four Eyes and Six-Guns, TNT, 1992
Danny, Race against Time: The Search for Sarah, CBS, 1996
Broots, The Pretender 2001, TNT, 2001
Broots, The Pretender: Island of the Haunted, TNT, 2001
Episodic
"Poison Air," 240-Robert, ABC, 1979
"The Russians Are Coming," The White Shadow, CBS, 1980
Frank, "I Do, I Don't," The Jeffersons, CBS, 1983
(As Jonathan Gries) Nick, "Shelter Skelter," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1987
(As Jonathan Gries) Roscoe, "The Right Hand of God--October 24, 1974," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1989
"Dead Run," Paradise, CBS, 1989
(As Jonathan Gries) "By Myself," Jake and the Fatman, CBS, 1990
(As Jonathan Gries) Major Rex Chapman, USAF, "The Raid," Tour of Duty, CBS, 1990
(As Jonathan Gries) Flash McGrath, "Glitter Rock-April 12, 1974," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1991
Ray Coombs, "A Bullet for Stiles," Bakersfield P.D., Fox, 1993
(As Jonathan Gries) Salvatore Matola, "Sleepless," The X-Files, Fox, 1994
(As Jonathan Gries) Dylan's drug dealer, "Things That Go Bang in the Night," Beverly Hills 90210, Fox, 1994
(As Jonathan Gries) Dylan's drug dealer, "Intervention," Beverly Hills90210, Fox, 1994
(As Jonathan Gries) Dylan's drug dealer, "The Dreams of Dylan McKay," Beverly Hills 90210, Fox, 1994
(As Jonathan Gries) Dylan's drug dealer, "Hate Is Just a Four Letter Word," Beverly Hills 90210, Fox, 1994
Rusty, "The Beard," Seinfeld, NBC, 1995
Jack Kimball, "Hello Goodbye," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1995
Henry Bloom, "Last Chance," Strange Luck, Fox, 1995
Rusty, "The Bookstore," Seinfeld, NBC, 1998
Defense attorney Marty Nesmith, "Fear of Commitment," ER, NBC, 2001
Television Director
Episodic
The Pretender, NBC, 1996
Stage Appearances
Appeared in The Tempest, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles; and King John, The Old Globe.
WRITINGS
Film Songs
Twin Falls Idaho, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999

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