After appearing in one of the biggest hit films from 2004, Jon Gries went to work on one of the biggest television shows taking on the role of Roger Linus, a DHARMA Initiative worker and father to the villainous Ben Linus (Michael Emerson), on "Lost".
It was a fitting character shift for Gries, as Uncle Rico was obsessed with time traveling to relive his high school football glory days, and Roger Linus unknowingly interacts with various "Lost" characters who have time traveled back into the 1970's.
Though Roger Linus shoots Sayid at one point in the show, it's hard not to pity the character. Roger lost his wife after she gave birth to Ben and was ultimately killed by his own son years later.
Showing off his acting chops, Gries played Roger when the character was young in 1964, when he was middle-aged in the 1970's, and as an older man in 1992 and 2004. According to the Lost Fandom page, "this is the longest age range (40 years) the same actor has played of any naturally aging characters on the show."
