Changes: Jon Gries

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Jon Gries portrayed Roger Linus. He is actually younger than Michael Emerson, who portrays his on-screen son.

Gries played 'Uncle Rico' in Napoleon Dynamite and 'Lazlo' in Real Genius.
He co-starred in the 2008 movie Taken with Maggie Grace.
Played the role of 'Broots' in the TV-series The Pretender from 1996 to 2000.
- This TV-series is also about a company (The Centre) that extorts prodigies to solve mysteries and uses the knowledge for clandestine projects (cf. The Lost Experience).
He guest starred in an episode of Psych with Nestor Carbonell in 2010.

Trivia

In Napoleon Dynamite, Uncle Rico only wants to go "back to 1982." He even buys a time machine which does not work.

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 | birthplace=  Glendale, California, USA
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-'''Jon Gries''' portrays [[Roger Linus]] in the episodes {{ep|3x20}} and {{ep|5x10}}.
+'''Jon Gries''' portrayed [[Roger Linus]]. He is actually younger than [[Michael Emerson]], who portrays his on-screen son.
 *Gries played 'Uncle Rico' in ''Napoleon Dynamite'' and 'Lazlo' in ''Real Genius''.
 *He co-starred in the 2008 movie ''Taken'' with [[Maggie Grace]].
 *Played the role of 'Broots' in the TV-series ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115320/plotsummary The Pretender]'' from 1996 to 2000.
-* This TV-series is also about a company (The Centre) that extorts prodigies to solve mysteries and uses the knowledge for clandestine projects (cf. [[The Lost Experience]]).
+** This TV-series is also about a company (The Centre) that extorts prodigies to solve mysteries and uses the knowledge for clandestine projects (cf. [[The Lost Experience]]).
+*He guest starred in an episode of ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1654412/ Psych]'' with [[Nestor Carbonell]] in 2010.
 == Trivia ==
-*In <i>Napoleon Dynamite</i>, Unlce Rico only wants to go "back to 1982." He even buys a [[wikipedia:time machine|time machine]] which does not work.
+*In <i>Napoleon Dynamite</i>, Uncle Rico only wants to go "back to 1982." He even buys a [[wikipedia:time machine|time machine]] which does not work.
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