Bob Gunton

Known for: Acting

Born: 1945-11-15 (age 80)

From: Santa Monica, California, USA

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 (134)

MOVIE
The Gettysburg Address
2025
as William Herndon (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Purgatory Station
2024
as Horatio Grimes
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Inheritance
2024
as Charles Abernathy
MOVIE
Scarlett
2021
as Danny
MOVIE★ 7.3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as The Ghost Farmer
TV★ 8.1
Project Blue Book
2019
as Harry S. Truman
TV★ 5.4
The Cool Kids
2018
as Colonel Christianson
MOVIE★ 6.7
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
as Major
MOVIE★ 5.5
Alex & the List
2018
as Mr. Stern
TV★ 7.0
Trial & Error
2017
as Jeremiah Davis
MOVIE★ 7.2
Mountain Top
2017
as Maxwell Forrest
MOVIE★ 6.4
The 33
2015
as President Sebastián Piñera
MOVIE★ 4.6
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
2015
as Flight School Instructor
TV★ 8.2
Marvel's Daredevil
2015
as Leland Owlsley
MOVIE★ 6.0
Decoding Annie Parker
2014
as Dr. Benton
MOVIE★ 3.6
Live at the Foxes Den
2013
as Tony O'Hara
MOVIE★ 5.6
Runner Runner
2013
as Dean Alex Monroe
TV★ 7.6
The Blacklist
2013
as Nicholas Moore
MOVIE★ 5.6
Highland Park
2013
as Bert
MOVIE★ 6.9
Jimmy
2013
as Sheriff Brinson
MOVIE★ 7.3
Argo
2012
as Cyrus Vance
TV★ 7.6
Elementary
2012
as Frederick Wentz
MOVIE★ 7.0
Trouble with the Curve
2012
as Watson
MOVIE★ 6.6
Get the Gringo
2012
as Mr. Kaufmann
TV★ 7.4
New Girl
2011
as Ed
TV★ 6.0
Up All Night
2011
as Tom
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Least of These
2011
as Father Thomas Peters
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
as Cecil Dobbs
MOVIE★ 6.8
Kill the Irishman
2011
as Jerry Merke
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Trial
2010
as Joe Whetstone
MOVIE★ 5.6
Tenure
2010
as William Thurber
TV★ 5.7
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
2008
as Franklin Roosevelt
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Lazarus Project
2008
as Father Ezra
TV★ 8.4
The Mentalist
2008
as Alexander Harrington
MOVIE★ 5.1
Player 5150
2008
as Nick
MOVIE★ 4.3
Veronica in the FBI
2007
as Principal Harris
TV★ 7.8
Women's Murder Club
2007
MOVIE★ 6.4
Rendition
2007
as Lars Whitman
TV★ 5.1
Pandemic
2007
as Max Sorkosky
MOVIE★ 5.9
Numb
2007
as Dr. Townshend
MOVIE★ 7.3
Fracture
2007
as Judge Gardner
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dead Silence
2007
as Edward Ashen
MOVIE★ 6.5
Believe in Me
2006
as Hugh Moreland
TV★ 5.9
Pepper Dennis
2006
as Dick Dinkle
TV★ 7.6
E-Ring
2005
MOVIE★ 4.7
Dallas 362
2005
as Joe
TV★ 7.0
Numb3rs
2005
as Boyd Resnick
TV★ 7.9
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Noah Taylor
TV★ 7.9
Boston Legal
2004
as Attorney William Connolly
TV★ 8.0
The Batman
2004
as Gorman (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Mr. Silver
MOVIE★ 6.7
Judas
2004
as Caiaphas
MOVIE★ 6.8
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as President Woodrow Wilson
MOVIE★ 6.4
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
as Juan Perón (segment "Evita")
TV★ 7.5
Peacemakers
2003
as Mayor Smith
TV★ 7.2
Nip/Tuck
2003
as Agent Sagamore
TV★ 8.3
Mister Sterling
2003
as California Governor Marino
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Pact
2002
as James Harte
MOVIE★ 5.2
Boat Trip
2002
as Boat Captain
TV★ 8.0
Monk
2002
as Dwight Ellison
MOVIE★ 5.5
Scenes of the Crime
2002
as Steven, Jimmy's Partner
TV★ 6.1
Greg the Bunny
2002
as "Junction" Jack Mars
TV★ 10.0
The Court
2002
TV★ 7.8
24
2001
as Ethan Kanin
MOVIE★ 7.0
61*
2001
as Dan Topping
MOVIE★ 5.4
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001
as Jerry Perenchio
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Robert Carvallo
MOVIE★ 5.2
Running Mates
2000
as Sen. Terrence Randall
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Perfect Storm
2000
as Alexander McAnally III
MOVIE★ 4.6
Bats
1999
as Dr. Alexander McCabe
MOVIE
"Bats" Abound
1999
as Self
TV★ 8.1
Family Law
1999
as Judge Mason
TV★ 8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Lawrence Hendricks Sr.
TV★ 7.5
Judging Amy
1999
as Dr. Alan Foster
TV★ 7.4
Family Guy
1999
as Warden (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Patch Adams
1998
as Dean Walcott
MOVIE★ 5.5
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Col. Benjamin Grierson
MOVIE★ 6.3
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Finley Largent
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Thousand Acres
1997
as Judge (uncredited)
TV★ 6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
as Michaelson
MOVIE★ 7.0
Elvis Meets Nixon
1997
as Richard M. Nixon
MOVIE★ 2.6
Changing Habits
1997
as Bishop Creighton
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Glimmer Man
1996
as Frank Deverell
TV★ 7.0
Spin City
1996
as Governor Riley
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
as Bo Gritz
TV
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
as Bo Gritz
MOVIE★ 6.1
Broken Arrow
1996
as Pritchett
MOVIE★ 6.3
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995
as Burton Quinn
TV★ 8.0
Courthouse
1995
as Homer Conklin
TV★ 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
as Clute Nichols
MOVIE★ 7.3
Dolores Claiborne
1995
as Mr. Pease
MOVIE★ 5.9
In Pursuit of Honor
1995
as Col. John Hardesty
MOVIE★ 6.7
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
MOVIE★ 5.3
Cosmic Slop
1994
as President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
MOVIE★ 8.7
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
as Warden Norton
TV★ 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Sidney Alcott
MOVIE★ 6.1
Roswell
1994
as Frank Joyce
MOVIE★ 6.8
Demolition Man
1993
as Chief George Earle
MOVIE★ 5.8
Father Hood
1993
as Lazzaro
TV★ 6.2
Wild Palms
1993
as Dr. Tobias Schenkl
TV★ 7.7
Sinatra
1992
as Tommy Dorsey
MOVIE★ 6.1
Jennifer Eight
1992
as Goodridge
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Public Eye
1992
as Older Agent
MOVIE★ 4.2
Ladykiller
1992
as Wolkowski
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
as Larry Dietrick
MOVIE★ 6.7
Patriot Games
1992
as Interviewer
MOVIE★ 5.0
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
1992
as Texas Preacher
MOVIE★ 5.7
Missing Pieces
1992
as Mr Gabor
MOVIE★ 7.6
JFK
1991
as TV Newsman #3
TV★ 8.8
A Woman Named Jackie
1991
as Hugh Auchincloss
MOVIE★ 6.4
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
as Chaplain
MOVIE★ 7.3
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991
as Asst. D.A. Scott Willard
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Bride in Black
1990
as Sydney
MOVIE★ 5.5
Judgment
1990
as Monsignor Beauvais
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Gil Himes
MOVIE★ 7.0
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Doctor
MOVIE★ 7.5
Glory
1989
as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
MOVIE★ 5.6
Cookie
1989
as Richie Segretto
MOVIE★ 9.3
Unconquered
1989
as Gov. George Wallace
TV★ 7.5
Hothouse
1988
as Dr. Leonard Schrader
MOVIE★ 7.7
Forever James Dean
1988
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Capt. Benjamin Maxwell
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Fernando Portacarrero
MOVIE★ 7.4
Matewan
1987
as C.E. Lively
MOVIE★ 7.6
Adam: His Song Continues
1986
as Edgar Milton
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Bob Westin
MOVIE★ 6.2
Static
1986
as Frank
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Cronin
MOVIE★ 6.5
Finnegan Begin Again
1985
as Christian Jameson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Soldiers in Hiding
1984
as Narrator
TV★ 7.4
Miami Vice
1984
as Rivas
MOVIE★ 6.5
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
1982
as Harry Gibbs
MOVIE★ 5.2
Rollover
1981
as Sal Naftari
MOVIE
Ghostkiller
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as Fr. Wilson O'Rourke