Bob Gunton

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

The Blacklist

The Mentalist

Law & Order

Family Guy

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

24

Desperate Housewives

All Movies (90)

• The Gettysburg Address2025 · as William Herndon (voice)
• Purgatory Station2024 · as Horatio Grimes
• The Inheritance2024 · as Charles Abernathy
• Scarlett2021 · as Danny
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021 · as The Ghost Farmer
• Unbroken: Path to Redemption2018 · as Major
• Alex & the List2018 · as Mr. Stern
• Mountain Top2017 · as Maxwell Forrest
• The 332015 · as President Sebastián Piñera
• Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant2015 · as Flight School Instructor
• Decoding Annie Parker2014 · as Dr. Benton
• Live at the Foxes Den2013 · as Tony O'Hara
• Runner Runner2013 · as Dean Alex Monroe
• Highland Park2013 · as Bert
• Jimmy2013 · as Sheriff Brinson
• Argo2012 · as Cyrus Vance
• Trouble with the Curve2012 · as Watson
• Get the Gringo2012 · as Mr. Kaufmann
• The Least of These2011 · as Father Thomas Peters
• The Lincoln Lawyer2011 · as Cecil Dobbs
• Kill the Irishman2011 · as Jerry Merke
• The Trial2010 · as Joe Whetstone
• Tenure2010 · as William Thurber
• 24: Redemption2008 · as Ethan Kanin
• The Lazarus Project2008 · as Father Ezra
• Player 51502008 · as Nick
• Veronica in the FBI2007 · as Principal Harris
• Rendition2007 · as Lars Whitman
• Numb2007 · as Dr. Townshend
• Fracture2007 · as Judge Gardner
• Dead Silence2007 · as Edward Ashen
• Believe in Me2006 · as Hugh Moreland
• Dallas 3622005 · as Joe
• I ♥ Huckabees2004 · as Mr. Silver
• Judas2004 · as Caiaphas
• Iron Jawed Angels2004 · as President Woodrow Wilson
• Broadway's Lost Treasures2003 · as Juan Perón (segment "Evita")
• The Pact2002 · as James Harte
• Boat Trip2002 · as Boat Captain
• Scenes of the Crime2002 · as Steven, Jimmy's Partner
• 61*2001 · as Dan Topping
• When Billie Beat Bobby2001 · as Jerry Perenchio
• Running Mates2000 · as Sen. Terrence Randall
• The Perfect Storm2000 · as Alexander McAnally III
• Bats1999 · as Dr. Alexander McCabe
• "Bats" Abound1999 · as Self
• Patch Adams1998 · as Dean Walcott
• Buffalo Soldiers1997 · as Col. Benjamin Grierson
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil1997 · as Finley Largent
• A Thousand Acres1997 · as Judge (uncredited)
• Elvis Meets Nixon1997 · as Richard M. Nixon
• Changing Habits1997 · as Bishop Creighton
• The Glimmer Man1996 · as Frank Deverell
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · as Bo Gritz
• Broken Arrow1996 · as Pritchett
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls1995 · as Burton Quinn
• Dolores Claiborne1995 · as Mr. Pease
• In Pursuit of Honor1995 · as Col. John Hardesty
• Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long1995 · as Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Cosmic Slop1994 · as President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
• The Shawshank Redemption1994 · as Warden Norton
• Roswell1994 · as Frank Joyce
• Demolition Man1993 · as Chief George Earle
• Father Hood1993 · as Lazzaro
• Jennifer Eight1992 · as Goodridge
• The Public Eye1992 · as Older Agent
• Ladykiller1992 · as Wolkowski
• Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster1992 · as Larry Dietrick
• Patriot Games1992 · as Interviewer
• Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life1992 · as Texas Preacher
• Missing Pieces1992 · as Mr Gabor
• JFK1991 · as TV Newsman #3
• Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis1991 · as Chaplain
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin1991 · as Asst. D.A. Scott Willard
• The Bride in Black1990 · as Sydney
• Judgment1990 · as Monsignor Beauvais
• Born on the Fourth of July1989 · as Doctor
• Glory1989 · as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
• Cookie1989 · as Richie Segretto
• Unconquered1989 · as Gov. George Wallace
• Forever James Dean1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Pick-up Artist1987 · as Fernando Portacarrero
• Matewan1987 · as C.E. Lively
• Adam: His Song Continues1986 · as Edgar Milton
• Static1986 · as Frank
• Finnegan Begin Again1985 · as Christian Jameson
• Soldiers in Hiding1984 · as Narrator
• Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal1982 · as Harry Gibbs
• Rollover1981 · as Sal Naftari
• Ghostkiller— · as Fr. Wilson O'Rourke

All TV Shows (45)

• Project Blue Book2019 · as Harry S. Truman
• The Cool Kids2018 · as Colonel Christianson
• Trial & Error2017 · as Jeremiah Davis
• Marvel's Daredevil2015 · as Leland Owlsley
• The Blacklist2013 · as Nicholas Moore
• Elementary2012 · as Frederick Wentz
• New Girl2011 · as Ed
• Up All Night2011 · as Tom
• World War Two: Behind Closed Doors2008 · as Franklin Roosevelt
• The Mentalist2008 · as Alexander Harrington
• Women's Murder Club2007
• Pandemic2007 · as Max Sorkosky
• Pepper Dennis2006 · as Dick Dinkle
• E-Ring2005
• Numb3rs2005 · as Boyd Resnick
• Desperate Housewives2004 · as Noah Taylor
• Boston Legal2004 · as Attorney William Connolly
• The Batman2004 · as Gorman (voice)
• Peacemakers2003 · as Mayor Smith
• Nip/Tuck2003 · as Agent Sagamore
• Mister Sterling2003 · as California Governor Marino
• Monk2002 · as Dwight Ellison
• Greg the Bunny2002 · as "Junction" Jack Mars
• The Court2002
• 242001 · as Ethan Kanin
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Robert Carvallo
• Family Law1999 · as Judge Mason
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Lawrence Hendricks Sr.
• Judging Amy1999 · as Dr. Alan Foster
• Family Guy1999 · as Warden (voice)
• Ally McBeal1997 · as Michaelson
• Spin City1996 · as Governor Riley
• The Siege at Ruby Ridge1996 · as Bo Gritz
• Courthouse1995 · as Homer Conklin
• The Outer Limits1995 · as Clute Nichols
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Sidney Alcott
• Wild Palms1993 · as Dr. Tobias Schenkl
• Sinatra1992 · as Tommy Dorsey
• A Woman Named Jackie1991 · as Hugh Auchincloss
• Law & Order1990 · as Gil Himes
• Hothouse1988 · as Dr. Leonard Schrader
• Star Trek: The Next Generation1987 · as Capt. Benjamin Maxwell
• L.A. Law1986 · as Bob Westin
• The Equalizer1985 · as Cronin
• Miami Vice1984 · as Rivas