Person
Bob Gunton
Acting · Born 1945-11-15 · 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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lawrence Hendricks Sr.
The Mentalist
Alexander Harrington
Law & Order
Gil Himes
Family Guy
Warden (voice)
The Shawshank Redemption
Warden Norton
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Robert Carvallo
The Blacklist
Nicholas Moore
Desperate Housewives
Noah Taylor
Nip/Tuck
Agent Sagamore
24
Ethan Kanin
Filmography
- 2025The Gettysburg AddressWilliam Herndon (voice)
- 2024Purgatory StationHoratio Grimes
- 2024The InheritanceCharles Abernathy
- 2021ScarlettDanny
- 2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeThe Ghost Farmer
- 2019Project Blue BookHarry S. Truman
- 2018The Cool KidsColonel Christianson
- 2018Unbroken: Path to RedemptionMajor
- 2018Alex & the ListMr. Stern
- 2017Trial & ErrorJeremiah Davis
- 2017Mountain TopMaxwell Forrest
- 2015The 33President Sebastián Piñera
- 2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight AttendantFlight School Instructor
- 2015Marvel's DaredevilLeland Owlsley
- 2014Decoding Annie ParkerDr. Benton
- 2013Live at the Foxes DenTony O'Hara
- 2013Runner RunnerDean Alex Monroe
- 2013The BlacklistNicholas Moore
- 2013Highland ParkBert
- 2013JimmySheriff Brinson
- 2012ArgoCyrus Vance
- 2012ElementaryFrederick Wentz
- 2012Trouble with the CurveWatson
- 2012Get the GringoMr. Kaufmann
- 2011New GirlEd
- 2011Up All NightTom
- 2011The Least of TheseFather Thomas Peters
- 2011The Lincoln LawyerCecil Dobbs
- 2011Kill the IrishmanJerry Merke
- 2010The TrialJoe Whetstone
- 2010TenureWilliam Thurber
- 2008World War Two: Behind Closed DoorsFranklin Roosevelt
- 2008The Lazarus ProjectFather Ezra
- 2008The MentalistAlexander Harrington
- 2008Player 5150Nick
- 2007Veronica in the FBIPrincipal Harris
- 2007Women's Murder Club
- 2007RenditionLars Whitman
- 2007PandemicMax Sorkosky
- 2007NumbDr. Townshend
- 2007FractureJudge Gardner
- 2007Dead SilenceEdward Ashen
- 2006Believe in MeHugh Moreland
- 2006Pepper DennisDick Dinkle
- 2005E-Ring
- 2005Dallas 362Joe
- 2005Numb3rsBoyd Resnick
- 2004Desperate HousewivesNoah Taylor
- 2004Boston LegalAttorney William Connolly
- 2004The BatmanGorman (voice)
- 2004I ♥ HuckabeesMr. Silver
- 2004JudasCaiaphas
- 2004Iron Jawed AngelsPresident Woodrow Wilson
- 2003Broadway's Lost TreasuresJuan Perón (segment "Evita")
- 2003PeacemakersMayor Smith
- 2003Nip/TuckAgent Sagamore
- 2003Mister SterlingCalifornia Governor Marino
- 2002The PactJames Harte
- 2002Boat TripBoat Captain
- 2002MonkDwight Ellison
- 2002Scenes of the CrimeSteven, Jimmy's Partner
- 2002Greg the Bunny"Junction" Jack Mars
- 2002The Court
- 200124Ethan Kanin
- 200161*Dan Topping
- 2001When Billie Beat BobbyJerry Perenchio
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationRobert Carvallo
- 2000Running MatesSen. Terrence Randall
- 2000The Perfect StormAlexander McAnally III
- 1999BatsDr. Alexander McCabe
- 1999"Bats" AboundSelf
- 1999Family LawJudge Mason
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLawrence Hendricks Sr.
- 1999Judging AmyDr. Alan Foster
- 1999Family GuyWarden (voice)
- 1998Patch AdamsDean Walcott
- 1997Buffalo SoldiersCol. Benjamin Grierson
- 1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilFinley Largent
- 1997A Thousand AcresJudge (uncredited)
- 1997Ally McBealMichaelson
- 1997Elvis Meets NixonRichard M. Nixon
- 1997Changing HabitsBishop Creighton
- 1996The Glimmer ManFrank Deverell
- 1996Spin CityGovernor Riley
- 1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeBo Gritz
- 1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeBo Gritz
- 1996Broken ArrowPritchett
- 1995Ace Ventura: When Nature CallsBurton Quinn
- 1995CourthouseHomer Conklin
- 1995The Outer LimitsClute Nichols
- 1995Dolores ClaiborneMr. Pease
- 1995In Pursuit of HonorCol. John Hardesty
- 1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongFranklin D. Roosevelt
- 1994Cosmic SlopPresident Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
- 1994The Shawshank RedemptionWarden Norton
- 1994Touched by an AngelSidney Alcott
- 1994RoswellFrank Joyce
- 1993Demolition ManChief George Earle
- 1993Father HoodLazzaro
- 1993Wild PalmsDr. Tobias Schenkl
- 1992SinatraTommy Dorsey
- 1992Jennifer EightGoodridge
- 1992The Public EyeOlder Agent
- 1992LadykillerWolkowski
- 1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez DisasterLarry Dietrick
- 1992Patriot GamesInterviewer
- 1992Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My LifeTexas Preacher
- 1992Missing PiecesMr Gabor
- 1991JFKTV Newsman #3
- 1991A Woman Named JackieHugh Auchincloss
- 1991Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. IndianapolisChaplain
- 1991Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass CoffinAsst. D.A. Scott Willard
- 1990The Bride in BlackSydney
- 1990JudgmentMonsignor Beauvais
- 1990Law & OrderGil Himes
- 1989Born on the Fourth of JulyDoctor
- 1989GloryGen. Charles Garrison Harker
- 1989CookieRichie Segretto
- 1989UnconqueredGov. George Wallace
- 1988HothouseDr. Leonard Schrader
- 1988Forever James DeanNarrator (voice)
- 1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationCapt. Benjamin Maxwell
- 1987The Pick-up ArtistFernando Portacarrero
- 1987MatewanC.E. Lively
- 1986Adam: His Song ContinuesEdgar Milton
- 1986L.A. LawBob Westin
- 1986StaticFrank
- 1985The EqualizerCronin
- 1985Finnegan Begin AgainChristian Jameson
- 1984Soldiers in HidingNarrator
- 1984Miami ViceRivas
- 1982Lois Gibbs and the Love CanalHarry Gibbs
- 1981RolloverSal Naftari
- —GhostkillerFr. Wilson O'Rourke
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