If Jon looks familiar there’s a reason, and viewers are wondering if the actor also played Uncle Rico in 2004’s Napoleon Dynamite. Jon continued, “They looked at my footage and Jared Hess sa ...

Though Jon Gries may have embodied the character as he travelled through Hawaii, Sicily and Thailand, the actor also found fame as Uncle Rico in the 2004 coming-of-age cult classic, Napoleon Dynamite.

Aguila competed in the best slice event at the 2025 Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. He owns the restaurant Uncle Rico's in Fort Myers, Florida. Aguila is also a competing member of the U.S. Pizza Team.

One of the only characters fans know for sure to be a bad guy in The White Lotus is Greg Hunt (who now goes by Gary in season 3), played by Jon Gries. If Jon looks familiar there’s a reason, and ...