Bob Gunton

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Bob Gunton

Acting 80 November 15, 1945

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 Samue…

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The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

8.7 1994 Movie
Argo

Argo

7.3 2012 Movie
Family Guy

Family Guy

7.4 1999 TV Show
The Mentalist

The Mentalist

8.4 2008 TV Show
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
Marvel's Daredevil

Marvel's Daredevil

8.2 2015 TV Show
Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

7.3 2021 Movie
The Blacklist

The Blacklist

7.6 2013 TV Show
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

6.3 1995 Movie
Fracture

Fracture

7.3 2007 Movie
Demolition Man

Demolition Man

6.8 1993 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    The Gettysburg Address

    Movie William Herndon (voice)

  2. 2024
    Purgatory Station

    Movie Horatio Grimes

  3. 2024
    The Inheritance

    Movie Charles Abernathy

  4. 2021
    Scarlett

    Movie Danny

  5. 2021
    Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    Movie The Ghost Farmer

  6. 2019
    Project Blue Book

    TV show Harry S. Truman

  7. 2018
    The Cool Kids

    TV show Colonel Christianson

  8. 2018
    Unbroken: Path to Redemption

    Movie Major

  9. 2018
    Alex & the List

    Movie Mr. Stern

  10. 2017
    Trial & Error

    TV show Jeremiah Davis

  11. 2017
    Mountain Top

    Movie Maxwell Forrest

  12. 2015
    The 33

    Movie President Sebastián Piñera

  13. 2015
    Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

    Movie Flight School Instructor

  14. 2015
    Marvel's Daredevil

    TV show Leland Owlsley

  15. 2014
    Decoding Annie Parker

    Movie Dr. Benton

  16. 2013
    Live at the Foxes Den

    Movie Tony O'Hara

More credits
  1. 2013
    Runner Runner

    Movie Dean Alex Monroe

  2. 2013
    The Blacklist

    TV show Nicholas Moore

  3. 2013
    Highland Park

    Movie Bert

  4. 2013
    Jimmy

    Movie Sheriff Brinson

  5. 2012
    Argo

    Movie Cyrus Vance

  6. 2012
    Elementary

    TV show Frederick Wentz

  7. 2012
    Trouble with the Curve

    Movie Watson

  8. 2012
    Get the Gringo

    Movie Mr. Kaufmann

  9. 2011
    New Girl

    TV show Ed

  10. 2011
    Up All Night

    TV show Tom

  11. 2011
    The Least of These

    Movie Father Thomas Peters

  12. 2011
    The Lincoln Lawyer

    Movie Cecil Dobbs

  13. 2011
    Kill the Irishman

    Movie Jerry Merke

  14. 2010
    The Trial

    Movie Joe Whetstone

  15. 2010
    Tenure

    Movie William Thurber

  16. 2008
    World War Two: Behind Closed Doors

    TV show Franklin Roosevelt

  17. 2008
    The Lazarus Project

    Movie Father Ezra

  18. 2008
    The Mentalist

    TV show Alexander Harrington

  19. 2008
    Player 5150

    Movie Nick

  20. 2007
    Veronica in the FBI

    Movie Principal Harris

  21. 2007
    Women's Murder Club

    TV show

  22. 2007
    Rendition

    Movie Lars Whitman

  23. 2007
    Pandemic

    TV show Max Sorkosky

  24. 2007
    Numb

    Movie Dr. Townshend