Bob Gunton
Born: 1945-11-15 in Santa Monica, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Gettysburg Address as William Herndon (voice)
2024
- The Inheritance as Charles Abernathy
- Purgatory Station as Horatio Grimes
2021
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife as The Ghost Farmer
- Scarlett
2019
- Project Blue Book as Harry S. Truman
2018
- The Cool Kids as Colonel Christianson
- Alex & the List as Mr. Stern
- Unbroken: Path to Redemption as Major
2017
- Mountain Top as Maxwell Forrest
- Trial & Error as Jeremiah Davis
2015
- Marvel's Daredevil as Leland Owlsley
- The 33 as President Sebastián Piñera
- Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant as Flight School Instructor
2014
- Decoding Annie Parker as Dr. Benton
2013
- The Blacklist as Nicholas Moore
- Highland Park as Bert
- Live at the Foxes Den as Tony O'Hara
- Runner Runner as Dean Alex Monroe
- Jimmy as Sheriff Brinson
2012
- Elementary as Frederick Wentz
- Argo as Cyrus Vance
- Trouble with the Curve as Watson
- Get the Gringo as Mr. Kaufmann
2011
- New Girl as Ed
- The Lincoln Lawyer as Cecil Dobbs
- Up All Night as Tom
- Kill the Irishman as Jerry Merke
- The Least of These as Father Thomas Peters
2008
- The Mentalist as Alexander Harrington
- Player 5150 as Nick
- The Lazarus Project as Father Ezra
- World War Two: Behind Closed Doors as Franklin Roosevelt
- 24: Redemption as Ethan Kanin
2007
- Fracture as Judge Gardner
- Dead Silence as Edward Ashen
- Numb as Dr. Townshend
- Rendition as Lars Whitman
- Women's Murder Club
- Veronica in the FBI as Principal Harris
- Pandemic as Dr. Max Sorkosky
2006
- Pepper Dennis as Dick Dinkle
- Believe in Me as Hugh Moreland
2005
- Numb3rs as Boyd Resnick
- Dallas 362 as Joe
- E-Ring
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Noah Taylor
- Boston Legal as Attorney William Connolly
- The Batman as Gorman (voice)
- Judas as Caiaphas
- Iron Jawed Angels as President Woodrow Wilson
- I ♥ Huckabees as Mr. Silver
2003
- Nip/Tuck as Agent Sagamore
- Broadway's Lost Treasures as Juan Perón (segment "Evita")
- Peacemakers as Mayor Smith
- Mister Sterling
2002
- Monk as Dwight Ellison
- Boat Trip as Boat Captain
- Greg the Bunny as "Junction" Jack Mars
- The Pact as James Harte
- Scenes of the Crime as Steven, Jimmy's Partner
- The Court
2001
- 24 as Ethan Kanin
- When Billie Beat Bobby as Jerry Perenchio
- 61* as Dan Topping
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Robert Carvallo
- The Perfect Storm as Alexander McAnally III
- Running Mates as Sen. Terrence Randall
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lawrence Hendricks Sr.
- Family Guy as Warden (voice)
- Judging Amy as Dr. Alan Foster
- Family Law as Judge Mason
- Bats as Dr. Alexander McCabe
1998
- Patch Adams as Dean Walcott
1997
- Ally McBeal as Michaelson
- Changing Habits as Bishop Creighton
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Finley Largent
- A Thousand Acres as Judge (uncredited)
- Elvis Meets Nixon as Richard M. Nixon
- Buffalo Soldiers as Col. Benjamin Grierson
1996
- Spin City as Governor Riley
- Broken Arrow as Pritchett
- The Glimmer Man as Frank Deverell
- The Siege at Ruby Ridge as Bo Gritz
1995
- The Outer Limits as Clute Nichols
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls as Burton Quinn
- In Pursuit of Honor as Col. John Hardesty
- Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Dolores Claiborne as Mr. Pease
- Courthouse as Judge Homer Conklin
1994
- The Shawshank Redemption as Warden Norton
- Touched by an Angel as Sidney Alcott
- Roswell as Frank Joyce
- Cosmic Slop as President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
1993
- Demolition Man as Chief George Earle
- Father Hood as Lazzaro
- Wild Palms as Dr. Tobias Schenkl
1992
- Patriot Games as Interviewer
- Jennifer Eight as Goodridge
- The Public Eye as Older Agent
- Missing Pieces as Mr Gabor
- Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life as Texas Preacher
- Ladykiller as Wolkowski
- Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster as Larry Dietrick - State of Alaska
- Sinatra as Tommy Dorsey
1991
- JFK as TV Newsman #3
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin as Asst. D.A. Scott Willard
- Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis as Chaplain
- A Woman Named Jackie as Hugh Auchincloss
1990
- Law & Order as Gil Himes
- Judgment as Monsignor Beauvais
- The Bride in Black as Sydney
1989
- Glory as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
- Unconquered as Gov. George Wallace
- Cookie as Richie Segretto
- Born on the Fourth of July as Doctor
1988
- Forever James Dean as Narrator (voice)
- Hothouse as Dr. Leonard Schrader
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Capt. Benjamin Maxwell
- Matewan as C.E. Lively
- The Pick-up Artist as Fernando Portacarrero
1986
- L.A. Law as Bob Weston
- Static as Frank
- Adam: His Song Continues as Edgar Milton
1985
- The Equalizer as Cronin
- Finnegan Begin Again as Christian Jameson
1984
- Miami Vice as Rivas
- Soldiers in Hiding as Narrator
1982
- Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal as Harry Gibbs
1981
- Rollover as Sal Naftari