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Bob Gunton

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Bob Gunton

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Nov 15, 1945 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

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

Acting
2025The Gettysburg AddressWilliam Herndon (voice)
2024The InheritanceCharles Abernathy
2024Purgatory StationHoratio Grimes
2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeThe Ghost Farmer
2021ScarlettDanny
2019Project Blue BookHarry S. Truman
2018Alex & the ListMr. Stern
2018Unbroken: Path to RedemptionMajor
2018The Cool KidsColonel Christianson
2017Mountain TopMaxwell Forrest
2017Trial & ErrorJeremiah Davis
2015The 33President Sebastián Piñera
2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight AttendantFlight School Instructor
2015Marvel's DaredevilLeland Owlsley
2014Decoding Annie ParkerDr. Benton
2013Highland ParkBert
2013Runner RunnerDean Alex Monroe
2013Live at the Foxes DenTony O'Hara
2013JimmySheriff Brinson
2013The BlacklistNicholas Moore
2012ArgoCyrus Vance
2012Get the GringoMr. Kaufmann
2012Trouble with the CurveWatson
2012ElementaryFrederick Wentz
2011The Lincoln LawyerCecil Dobbs
2011Kill the IrishmanJerry Merke
2011The Least of TheseFather Thomas Peters
2011New GirlEd
2011Up All NightTom
2010The TrialJoe Whetstone
2010TenureWilliam Thurber
2008The Lazarus ProjectFather Ezra
2008Player 5150Nick
2008The MentalistAlexander Harrington
2008World War Two: Behind Closed DoorsFranklin Roosevelt
2007Dead SilenceEdward Ashen
2007Veronica in the FBIPrincipal Harris
2007NumbDr. Townshend
2007FractureJudge Gardner
2007RenditionLars Whitman
2007Women's Murder Club
2007PandemicMax Sorkosky
2006Believe in MeHugh Moreland
2006Pepper DennisDick Dinkle
2005Dallas 362Joe
2005Numb3rsBoyd Resnick
2005E-Ring
2004Iron Jawed AngelsPresident Woodrow Wilson
2004I ♥ HuckabeesMr. Silver
2004JudasCaiaphas
2004Desperate HousewivesNoah Taylor
2004The BatmanGorman (voice)
2004Boston LegalAttorney William Connolly
2003Broadway's Lost TreasuresJuan Perón (segment "Evita")
2003Nip/TuckAgent Sagamore
2003PeacemakersMayor Smith
2003Mister SterlingCalifornia Governor Marino
2002Scenes of the CrimeSteven, Jimmy's Partner
2002The PactJames Harte
2002Boat TripBoat Captain
2002Greg the Bunny"Junction" Jack Mars
2002MonkDwight Ellison
2002The Court
2001When Billie Beat BobbyJerry Perenchio
200161*Dan Topping
200124Ethan Kanin
2000The Perfect StormAlexander McAnally III
2000Running MatesSen. Terrence Randall
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationRobert Carvallo
1999BatsDr. Alexander McCabe
1999Family GuyWarden (voice)
1999Judging AmyDr. Alan Foster
1999Family LawJudge Mason
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLawrence Hendricks Sr.
1998Patch AdamsDean Walcott
1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilFinley Largent
1997Elvis Meets NixonRichard M. Nixon
1997A Thousand AcresJudge (uncredited)
1997Changing HabitsBishop Creighton
1997Buffalo SoldiersCol. Benjamin Grierson
1997Ally McBealMichaelson
1996The Glimmer ManFrank Deverell
1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeBo Gritz
1996Broken ArrowPritchett
1996Spin CityGovernor Riley
1995Ace Ventura: When Nature CallsBurton Quinn
1995In Pursuit of HonorCol. John Hardesty
1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongFranklin D. Roosevelt
1995Dolores ClaiborneMr. Pease
1995The Outer LimitsClute Nichols
1995CourthouseJudge Homer Conklin
1994The Shawshank RedemptionWarden Norton
1994Cosmic SlopPresident Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
1994RoswellFrank Joyce
1994Touched by an AngelSidney Alcott
1993Demolition ManChief George Earle
1993Father HoodLazzaro
1993Wild PalmsDr. Tobias Schenkl
1992Missing PiecesMr Gabor
1992Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My LifeTexas Preacher
1992Patriot GamesInterviewer
1992Jennifer EightGoodridge
1992LadykillerWolkowski
1992The Public EyeOlder Agent
1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez DisasterLarry Dietrick
1992SinatraTommy Dorsey
1991Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. IndianapolisChaplain
1991JFKTV Newsman #3
1991Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass CoffinAsst. D.A. Scott Willard
1991A Woman Named JackieHugh Auchincloss
1990JudgmentMonsignor Beauvais
1990The Bride in BlackSydney
1990Law & OrderGil Himes
1989GloryGen. Charles Garrison Harker
1989Born on the Fourth of JulyDoctor
1989UnconqueredGov. George Wallace
1989CookieRichie Segretto
1988Forever James DeanNarrator (voice)
1988HothouseDr. Leonard Schrader
1987MatewanC.E. Lively
1987The Pick-up ArtistFernando Portacarrero
1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationCapt. Benjamin Maxwell
1986Adam: His Song ContinuesEdgar Milton
1986StaticFrank
1986L.A. LawBob Westin
1985Finnegan Begin AgainChristian Jameson
1985The EqualizerCronin
1984Soldiers in HidingNarrator
1984Miami ViceRivas
1982Lois Gibbs and the Love CanalHarry Gibbs
1981RolloverSal Naftari
-GhostkillerFr. Wilson O'Rourke