Skip to main content
Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton

Acting1945Santa 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.

Acting History

Future
Ghostkiller
as Fr. Wilson O'Rourke
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
as Danny
2019
Elementary
TVas Frederick Wentz1 eps
The Cool Kids
TVas Colonel Christianson1 eps
Project Blue Book
TVas Harry S. Truman1 eps
2018
Alex & the List
as Mr. Stern
The Blacklist
TVas Nicholas Moore2 eps
2017
Mountain Top
as Maxwell Forrest
Trial & Error
TVas Jeremiah Davis6 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Lawrence Hendricks Sr.1 eps
2015
The 33 (2015)
as President Sebastián Piñera
Marvel's Daredevil
TVas Leland Owlsley9 eps
2014
New Girl
TVas Ed1 eps
2013
Runner Runner
as Dean Alex Monroe
Jimmy
as Sheriff Brinson
Live at the Foxes Den
as Tony O'Hara
Up All Night
TVas Tom1 eps
2012
Argo
as Cyrus Vance
Get the Gringo
as Mr. Kaufmann
2011
Kill the Irishman
as Jerry Merke
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Cecil Dobbs
The Least of These
as Father Thomas Peters
Family Guy
TVas Warden (voice)1 eps
2010
Tenure
as William Thurber
The Trial
as Joe Whetstone
The Mentalist
TVas Alexander Harrington1 eps
2008
The Lazarus Project
as Father Ezra
Boston Legal
TVas Attorney William Connolly1 eps
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
TVas Franklin Roosevelt
2007
Fracture
as Judge Gardner
Dead Silence
as Edward Ashen
Rendition
as Lars Whitman
Numb
as Dr. Townshend
Veronica in the FBI
as Principal Harris
24
TVas Ethan Kanin31 eps
Pandemic
TVas Max Sorkosky2 eps
The Batman
TVas Gorman (voice)1 eps
2006
Believe in Me
as Hugh Moreland
Numb3rs
TVas Boyd Resnick1 eps
Pepper Dennis
TVas Dick Dinkle
2005
Nip/Tuck
TVas Agent Sagamore3 eps
2004
Iron Jawed Angels
as President Woodrow Wilson
I ♥ Huckabees
as Mr. Silver
Judas
as Caiaphas
Desperate Housewives
TVas Noah Taylor10 eps
Monk
TVas Dwight Ellison1 eps
2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Juan Perón (segment "Evita")
Judging Amy
TVas Dr. Alan Foster2 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Robert Carvallo1 eps
Peacemakers
TVas Mayor Smith
Mister Sterling
TVas California Governor Marino
2002
Boat Trip
as Boat Captain
Scenes of the Crime
as Steven, Jimmy's Partner
The Pact
as James Harte
Greg the Bunny
TVas "Junction" Jack Mars
Spin City
TVas Governor Riley1 eps
Touched by an Angel
TVas Sidney Alcott1 eps
2001
61*
as Dan Topping
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Jerry Perenchio
2000
The Perfect Storm
as Alexander McAnally III
Running Mates
as Sen. Terrence Randall
Family Law
TVas Judge Mason1 eps
1999
Bats
as Dr. Alexander McCabe
1998
Patch Adams
as Dean Walcott
Ally McBeal
TVas Michaelson1 eps
The Outer Limits
TVas Clute Nichols1 eps
1997
A Thousand Acres
as Judge (uncredited)
Elvis Meets Nixon
as Richard M. Nixon
Changing Habits
as Bishop Creighton
Buffalo Soldiers
as Col. Benjamin Grierson
1996
The Glimmer Man
as Frank Deverell
Broken Arrow
as Pritchett
1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dolores Claiborne
as Mr. Pease
In Pursuit of Honor
as Col. John Hardesty
Courthouse
TVas Judge Homer Conklin
1994
Roswell
as Frank Joyce
Cosmic Slop
as President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
The Shawshank Redemption
as Warden Norton
1993
Demolition Man
as Chief George Earle
Father Hood
as Lazzaro
Wild Palms
TVas Dr. Tobias Schenkl5 eps
1992
Jennifer Eight
as Goodridge
The Public Eye
as Older Agent
Patriot Games
as Interviewer
Missing Pieces
as Mr Gabor
Ladykiller
as Wolkowski
Sinatra
TVas Tommy Dorsey
1991
JFK
as TV Newsman #3
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TVas Capt. Benjamin Maxwell1 eps
A Woman Named Jackie
TVas Hugh Auchincloss
1990
Judgment
as Monsignor Beauvais
Law & Order
TVas Gil Himes1 eps
L.A. Law
TVas Bob Westin1 eps
1989
Cookie
as Richie Segretto
Unconquered
as Gov. George Wallace
Glory
as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
1988
Forever James Dean
as Narrator (voice)
Hothouse
TVas Dr. Leonard Schrader7 eps
Miami Vice
TVas Rivas1 eps
1987
Matewan
as C.E. Lively
The Pick-up Artist
as Fernando Portacarrero
1986
Static
as Frank
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
as Christian Jameson
The Equalizer
TVas Cronin1 eps
1984
1981
Rollover
as Sal Naftari
1980
Tony Awards
TVas Self - Nominee / Performer1 eps

Social Media

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/15/1945(80 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA