Bob Gunton
Known for acting · Born 15 November 1945 · 80 · Santa Monica, California, USA
135 credits
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
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
24
2001
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995
Patch Adams
1998
Dead Silence
2007
Marvel's Daredevil
2015
The Glimmer Man
1996
Broken Arrow
1996
Desperate Housewives
2004
Bats
1999
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
Greg the Bunny
2002
Acting (135)
2025The Gettysburg AddressWilliam Herndon (voice)Film
2024The InheritanceCharles AbernathyFilm
2024Purgatory StationHoratio GrimesFilm
2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeThe Ghost FarmerFilm
2021ScarlettDannyFilm
2019Project Blue BookHarry S. TrumanSeries
2018Unbroken: Path to RedemptionMajorFilm
2018Alex & the ListMr. SternFilm
2018The Cool KidsColonel ChristiansonSeries
2017Trial & ErrorJeremiah Davis · 6 episodesSeries
2017Mountain TopMaxwell ForrestFilm
2015Marvel's DaredevilLeland Owlsley · 9 episodesSeries
2015The 33President Sebastián PiñeraFilm
2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight AttendantFlight School InstructorFilm
2014Decoding Annie ParkerDr. BentonFilm
2013The BlacklistNicholas Moore · 2 episodesSeries
2013Runner RunnerDean Alex MonroeFilm
2013Highland ParkBertFilm
2013Live at the Foxes DenTony O'HaraFilm
2013JimmySheriff BrinsonFilm
2012ArgoCyrus VanceFilm
2012ElementaryFrederick WentzSeries
2012Get the GringoMr. KaufmannFilm
2012Trouble with the CurveWatsonFilm
2011The Lincoln LawyerCecil DobbsFilm
2011New GirlEdSeries
2011Kill the IrishmanJerry MerkeFilm
2011Up All NightTomSeries
2011The Least of TheseFather Thomas PetersFilm
2010TenureWilliam ThurberFilm
2010The TrialJoe WhetstoneFilm
2008The MentalistAlexander HarringtonSeries
2008The Lazarus ProjectFather EzraFilm
2008Player 5150NickFilm
2008World War Two: Behind Closed DoorsFranklin Roosevelt · 6 episodesSeries
200824: RedemptionEthan KaninFilm
2007FractureJudge GardnerFilm
2007Dead SilenceEdward AshenFilm
2007RenditionLars WhitmanFilm
2007NumbDr. TownshendFilm
2007Women's Murder ClubSeries
2007PandemicMax Sorkosky · 2 episodesSeries
2007Veronica in the FBIPrincipal HarrisFilm
2006Believe in MeHugh MorelandFilm
2006Pepper DennisDick Dinkle · 4 episodesSeries
2005Numb3rsBoyd ResnickSeries
2005Dallas 362JoeFilm
2005E-RingSeries
2004Desperate HousewivesNoah Taylor · 10 episodesSeries
2004I ♥ HuckabeesMr. SilverFilm
2004The BatmanGorman (voice)Series
2004Boston LegalAttorney William ConnollySeries
2004Iron Jawed AngelsPresident Woodrow WilsonFilm
2004JudasCaiaphasFilm
2003Nip/TuckAgent Sagamore · 3 episodesSeries
2003PeacemakersMayor Smith · 4 episodesSeries
2003Broadway's Lost TreasuresJuan Perón (segment "Evita")Film
2003Mister SterlingCalifornia Governor Marino · 4 episodesSeries
2002MonkDwight EllisonSeries
2002Boat TripBoat CaptainFilm
2002Scenes of the CrimeSteven, Jimmy's PartnerFilm
2002Greg the Bunny'Junction' Jack Mars · 33 episodesSeries
2002The PactJames HarteFilm
2002The CourtSeries
200124Ethan Kanin · 31 episodesSeries
200161*Dan ToppingFilm
2001When Billie Beat BobbyJerry PerenchioFilm
2000The Perfect StormAlexander McAnally IIIFilm
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationRobert CarvalloSeries
2000Running MatesSen. Terrence RandallFilm
1999Family GuyWarden (voice)Series
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLawrence Hendricks Sr.Series
1999BatsDr. Alexander McCabeFilm
1999Judging AmyDr. Alan Foster · 2 episodesSeries
1999Family LawJudge MasonSeries
1999"Bats" AboundSelfFilm
1998Patch AdamsDean WalcottFilm
1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilFinley LargentFilm
1997Ally McBealMichaelsonSeries
1997A Thousand AcresJudge (uncredited)Film
1997Buffalo SoldiersCol. Benjamin GriersonFilm
1997Elvis Meets NixonRichard M. NixonFilm
1997Changing HabitsBishop CreightonFilm
1996Broken ArrowPritchettFilm
1996The Glimmer ManFrank DeverellFilm
1996Spin CityGovernor RileySeries
1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeBo GritzFilm
1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeBo Gritz · 2 episodesSeries
1995Ace Ventura: When Nature CallsBurton QuinnFilm
1995Dolores ClaiborneMr. PeaseFilm
1995The Outer LimitsClute NicholsSeries
1995In Pursuit of HonorCol. John HardestyFilm
1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongFranklin D. RooseveltFilm
1995CourthouseHomer Conklin · 11 episodesSeries
1994The Shawshank RedemptionWarden NortonFilm
1994Touched by an AngelSidney AlcottSeries
1994RoswellFrank JoyceFilm
1994Cosmic SlopPresident Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')Film
1993Demolition ManChief George EarleFilm
1993Father HoodLazzaroFilm
1993Wild PalmsDr. Tobias Schenkl · 5 episodesSeries
1992Patriot GamesInterviewerFilm
1992Jennifer EightGoodridgeFilm
1992The Public EyeOlder AgentFilm
1992Missing PiecesMr GaborFilm
1992SinatraTommy Dorsey · 2 episodesSeries
1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez DisasterLarry DietrickFilm
1992LadykillerWolkowskiFilm
1992Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My LifeTexas PreacherFilm
1991JFKTV Newsman #3Film
1991Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. IndianapolisChaplainFilm
1991Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass CoffinAsst. D.A. Scott WillardFilm
1991A Woman Named JackieHugh Auchincloss · 3 episodesSeries
1990Law & OrderGil HimesSeries
1990JudgmentMonsignor BeauvaisFilm
1990The Bride in BlackSydneyFilm
1989Born on the Fourth of JulyDoctor #1Film
1989GloryGen. Charles Garrison HarkerFilm
1989CookieRichie SegrettoFilm
1989UnconqueredGov. George WallaceFilm
1988Forever James DeanNarrator (voice)Film
1988HothouseDr. Leonard Schrader · 7 episodesSeries
1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationCapt. Benjamin MaxwellSeries
1987The Pick-up ArtistFernando PortacarreroFilm
1987MatewanC.E. LivelyFilm
1986L.A. LawBob WestinSeries
1986StaticFrankFilm
1986Adam: His Song ContinuesEdgar MiltonFilm
1985The EqualizerCroninSeries
1985Finnegan Begin AgainChristian JamesonFilm
1984Miami ViceRivasSeries
1984Soldiers in HidingNarratorFilm
1982Lois Gibbs and the Love CanalHarry GibbsFilm
1981RolloverSal NaftariFilm
—GhostkillerFr. Wilson O'RourkeFilm