He may not be able to throw a football over them mountains, but the actor who played Uncle Rico in “Napoleon Dynamite” is actually an athlete in real life. We caught up with “The White Lotus ...

In one of the best throwaway scenes in movies, Uncle Rico sounds a lot like Al Bundy in his bragging about his football skills here. Made on a shoestring indie budget, Napoleon Dynamite became the ...

If Jon looks familiar there’s a reason, and viewers are wondering if the actor also played Uncle Rico in 2004’s Napoleon Dynamite. “They were almost done cutting the movie, and Jory Weitz ...

The cult classic coming-of-age movie Napoleon Dynamite turned 20 last year, but the main characters—Napoleon, Pedro, and Uncle Rico—are still kicking around their old stomping grounds. About five ...

(WDBJ) - The beloved indie classic “Napoleon Dynamite” is one ... including Napoleon’s Uncle Rico, who’s obsessed with re-claiming his former football glory. Gries says many of us can ...

“But let’s face it,” said Jon Gries (aka Uncle Rico). “If it were released today, ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ might ... for class president and an ex-football star babysitting his nephews ...

While doing press for his latest film, “Seven Cemeteries,” which hit screens in early October, Efren Ramirez is always asked about “Napoleon Dynamite.” The affable co-star of the enduring ...