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Jon Gries

1957 - Today

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Jonathan Gries ( GRYZ; born June 17, 1957) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is best known for the role of Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, and recurring character Roger Linus on Lost. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Gries has received more than 2,840,347 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jon Gries is the 7,622nd most popular actor (down from 6,561st in 2019), the 11,306th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,145th in 2019) and the 3,692nd most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jon Gries ranks 7,622 out of 9,996Before him are Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Bobby Deol, Ivan Okhlobystin, Wakana Yamazaki, Chris Zylka, and Karoline Herfurth. After him are Jason Hughes, Tom Lenk, Anna Chancellor, Al Freeman Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, and Fumiko Orikasa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Jon Gries ranks 495Before him are Antonio Napolioni, Atli Eðvaldsson, Katie Couric, Geri Allen, Wilfried Hannes, and Claude Onesta. After him are Hipólito Rincón, Kenji Nagai, Dani Levy, Klaus Lindenberger, Jean-François Domergue, and Alberto Alesina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon Gries ranks 11,306 out of 18,182Before him are John Langdon (1741), Davis Guggenheim (1963), Ernest Tubb (1914), Gertrude Mary Cox (1900), Chris Zylka (1985), and Tyler Joseph (1988). After him are Jane Irwin Harrison (1804), Twyla Tharp (1941), John Singleton (1968), Crystal Gayle (1951), Rich Moore (1963), and Sonny Perdue (1946).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jon Gries ranks 3,692Before him are Kimberly Williams-Paisley (1971), George Lopez (1961), Rex Ingram (1895), John Cameron Mitchell (1963), Nick Robinson (1995), and Chris Zylka (1985). After him are Tom Lenk (1976), Al Freeman Jr. (1934), Genesis Rodriguez (1987), Enrique Murciano (1973), Frank Lovejoy (1912), and Rod La Rocque (1898).

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