Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton

Known for
Acting
Born
November 15, 1945 (age 80)
Birthplace
Santa Monica, California, USA

Biography

Robert Patrick "Bob" Gunton, Jr. (born November 15, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters, with his best known roles as Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison film The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, and President Juan Peron in the original Broadway cast of Evita. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Gunton , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Ghostkiller poster

Ghostkiller

Movie · as Fr. Wilson O'Rourke

2025
The Gettysburg Address poster

The Gettysburg Address

Movie · as William Herndon (voice)

2024
The Inheritance poster

The Inheritance

Movie · as Charles Abernathy

2024
Purgatory Station poster

Purgatory Station

Movie · as Horatio Grimes

2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife poster

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Movie · as The Ghost Farmer

2021
Scarlett

Scarlett

Movie · as Danny

2019
Project Blue Book poster

Project Blue Book

TV · as Harry S. Truman · 1 ep

2018
Alex & the List poster

Alex & the List

Movie · as Mr. Stern

2018
Unbroken: Path to Redemption poster

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

Movie · as Major

2018
The Cool Kids poster

The Cool Kids

TV · as Colonel Christianson · 1 ep

2017
Mountain Top poster

Mountain Top

Movie · as Maxwell Forrest

2017
Trial & Error poster

Trial & Error

TV · as Jeremiah Davis · 6 eps

2015
The 33 poster

The 33

Movie · as President Sebastián Piñera

2015
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant poster

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

Movie · as Flight School Instructor

2015
Marvel's Daredevil poster

Marvel's Daredevil

TV · as Leland Owlsley · 9 eps

2014
Decoding Annie Parker poster

Decoding Annie Parker

Movie · as Dr. Benton

2013
Highland Park poster

Highland Park

Movie · as Bert

2013
Runner Runner poster

Runner Runner

Movie · as Dean Alex Monroe

2013
Live at the Foxes Den poster

Live at the Foxes Den

Movie · as Tony O'Hara

2013
Jimmy poster

Jimmy

Movie · as Sheriff Brinson

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Nicholas Moore · 2 eps

2012
Argo poster

Argo

Movie · as Cyrus Vance

2012
Get the Gringo poster

Get the Gringo

Movie · as Mr. Kaufmann

2012
Trouble with the Curve poster

Trouble with the Curve

Movie · as Watson

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Frederick Wentz · 1 ep

2011
The Lincoln Lawyer poster

The Lincoln Lawyer

Movie · as Cecil Dobbs

2011
Kill the Irishman poster

Kill the Irishman

Movie · as Jerry Merke

2011
The Least of These poster

The Least of These

Movie · as Father Thomas Peters

2011
New Girl poster

New Girl

TV · as Ed · 1 ep

2011
Up All Night poster

Up All Night

TV · as Tom · 1 ep

2010
The Trial poster

The Trial

Movie · as Joe Whetstone

2010
Tenure poster

Tenure

Movie · as William Thurber

2008
The Lazarus Project poster

The Lazarus Project

Movie · as Father Ezra

2008
Player 5150 poster

Player 5150

Movie · as Nick

2008
The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist

TV · as Alexander Harrington · 1 ep

2008
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors poster

World War Two: Behind Closed Doors

TV · as Franklin Roosevelt · 6 eps

2007
Dead Silence poster

Dead Silence

Movie · as Edward Ashen

2007
Veronica in the FBI poster

Veronica in the FBI

Movie · as Principal Harris

2007
Numb poster

Numb

Movie · as Dr. Townshend

2007
Fracture poster

Fracture

Movie · as Judge Gardner

2007
Rendition poster

Rendition

Movie · as Lars Whitman

2007
Women's Murder Club poster

Women's Murder Club

TV · 1 ep

2007
Pandemic poster

Pandemic

TV · as Max Sorkosky · 2 eps

2006
Believe in Me poster

Believe in Me

Movie · as Hugh Moreland

2006
Pepper Dennis poster

Pepper Dennis

TV · as Dick Dinkle · 4 eps

2005
Dallas 362 poster

Dallas 362

Movie · as Joe

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Boyd Resnick · 1 ep

2005
E-Ring poster

E-Ring

TV · 1 ep

2004
Iron Jawed Angels poster

Iron Jawed Angels

Movie · as President Woodrow Wilson

2004
I ♥ Huckabees poster

I ♥ Huckabees

Movie · as Mr. Silver

2004
Judas poster

Judas

Movie · as Caiaphas

2004
Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at The Shawshank Redemption poster

Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at The Shawshank Redemption

Movie · as Self

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Noah Taylor · 10 eps

2004
The Batman poster

The Batman

TV · as Gorman (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Boston Legal poster

Boston Legal

TV · as Attorney William Connolly · 1 ep

2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures poster

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Movie · as Juan Perón (segment "Evita")

2003
Nip/Tuck poster

Nip/Tuck

TV · as Agent Sagamore · 3 eps

2003
Peacemakers poster

Peacemakers

TV · as Mayor Smith · 4 eps

2003
Mister Sterling poster

Mister Sterling

TV · as California Governor Marino · 4 eps

2002
Scenes of the Crime poster

Scenes of the Crime

Movie · as Steven, Jimmy's Partner

2002
The Pact poster

The Pact

Movie · as James Harte

2002
Boat Trip poster

Boat Trip

Movie · as Boat Captain

2002
Greg the Bunny poster

Greg the Bunny

TV · as 'Junction' Jack Mars · 33 eps

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Dwight Ellison · 1 ep

2002
The Court poster

The Court

TV · 1 ep

2001
When Billie Beat Bobby poster

When Billie Beat Bobby

Movie · as Jerry Perenchio

2001
61* poster

61*

Movie · as Dan Topping

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as Ethan Kanin · 31 eps

2000
The Perfect Storm poster

The Perfect Storm

Movie · as Alexander McAnally III

2000
Running Mates poster

Running Mates

Movie · as Sen. Terrence Randall

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Robert Carvallo · 1 ep

1999
Bats poster

Bats

Movie · as Dr. Alexander McCabe

1999
"Bats" Abound poster

"Bats" Abound

Movie · as Self

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Warden (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Judging Amy poster

Judging Amy

TV · as Dr. Alan Foster · 2 eps

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as Judge Mason · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Lawrence Hendricks Sr. · 1 ep

1998
Patch Adams poster

Patch Adams

Movie · as Dean Walcott

1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil poster

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Movie · as Finley Largent

1997
Elvis Meets Nixon poster

Elvis Meets Nixon

Movie · as Richard M. Nixon

1997
A Thousand Acres poster

A Thousand Acres

Movie · as Judge (uncredited)

1997
Changing Habits poster

Changing Habits

Movie · as Bishop Creighton

1997
Buffalo Soldiers poster

Buffalo Soldiers

Movie · as Col. Benjamin Grierson

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Michaelson · 1 ep

1996
The Glimmer Man poster

The Glimmer Man

Movie · as Frank Deverell

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

Movie · as Bo Gritz

1996
Broken Arrow poster

Broken Arrow

Movie · as Pritchett

1996
Spin City poster

Spin City

TV · as Governor Riley · 1 ep

1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

TV · as Bo Gritz · 2 eps

1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls poster

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Movie · as Burton Quinn

1995
In Pursuit of Honor poster

In Pursuit of Honor

Movie · as Col. John Hardesty

1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long poster

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

Movie · as Franklin D. Roosevelt

1995
Dolores Claiborne poster

Dolores Claiborne

Movie · as Mr. Pease

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Clute Nichols · 1 ep

1995
Courthouse

Courthouse

TV · as Homer Conklin · 11 eps

1994
The Shawshank Redemption poster

The Shawshank Redemption

Movie · as Warden Norton

1994
Cosmic Slop poster

Cosmic Slop

Movie · as President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')

1994
Roswell poster

Roswell

Movie · as Frank Joyce

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Sidney Alcott · 1 ep

1993
Demolition Man poster

Demolition Man

Movie · as Chief George Earle

1993
Father Hood poster

Father Hood

Movie · as Lazzaro

1993
Wild Palms poster

Wild Palms

TV · as Dr. Tobias Schenkl · 5 eps

1992
Missing Pieces poster

Missing Pieces

Movie · as Mr Gabor

1992
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life poster

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

Movie · as Texas Preacher

1992
Patriot Games poster

Patriot Games

Movie · as Interviewer

1992
Jennifer Eight poster

Jennifer Eight

Movie · as Goodridge

1992
Ladykiller poster

Ladykiller

Movie · as Wolkowski

1992
The Public Eye poster

The Public Eye

Movie · as Older Agent

1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster poster

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

Movie · as Larry Dietrick

1992
Sinatra poster

Sinatra

TV · as Tommy Dorsey · 2 eps

1991
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis poster

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

Movie · as Chaplain

1991
JFK poster

JFK

Movie · as TV Newsman #3

1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin poster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

Movie · as Asst. D.A. Scott Willard

1991
A Woman Named Jackie poster

A Woman Named Jackie

TV · as Hugh Auchincloss · 3 eps

1990
Judgment poster

Judgment

Movie · as Monsignor Beauvais

1990
The Bride in Black poster

The Bride in Black

Movie · as Sydney

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Gil Himes · 1 ep

1989
Glory poster

Glory

Movie · as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker

1989
Born on the Fourth of July poster

Born on the Fourth of July

Movie · as Doctor #1

1989
Unconquered poster

Unconquered

Movie · as Gov. George Wallace

1989
Cookie poster

Cookie

Movie · as Richie Segretto

1988
Forever James Dean poster

Forever James Dean

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1988
Hothouse poster

Hothouse

TV · as Dr. Leonard Schrader · 7 eps

1987
Matewan poster

Matewan

Movie · as C.E. Lively

1987
The Pick-up Artist poster

The Pick-up Artist

Movie · as Fernando Portacarrero

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Capt. Benjamin Maxwell · 1 ep

1986
Adam: His Song Continues poster

Adam: His Song Continues

Movie · as Edgar Milton

1986
Static poster

Static

Movie · as Frank

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Bob Westin · 1 ep

1985
Finnegan Begin Again poster

Finnegan Begin Again

Movie · as Christian Jameson

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Cronin · 1 ep

1984
Soldiers in Hiding poster

Soldiers in Hiding

Movie · as Narrator

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Rivas · 1 ep

1982
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal poster

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal

Movie · as Harry Gibbs

1981
Rollover poster

Rollover

Movie · as Sal Naftari