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
1999
The Mentalist
2008
Law & Order
1990
Family Guy
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Blacklist
2013
Desperate Housewives
2004
24
2001
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Monk
2002
The Outer Limits
1995
Elementary
2012
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Lawrence Hendricks Sr. · 1999
The Mentalist
as Alexander Harrington · 2008
Law & Order
as Gil Himes · 1990
Family Guy
as Warden (voice) · 1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Robert Carvallo · 2000
The Blacklist
as Nicholas Moore · 2013
Desperate Housewives
as Noah Taylor · 2004
24
as Ethan Kanin · 2001
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Capt. Benjamin Maxwell · 1987
Monk
as Dwight Ellison · 2002
The Outer Limits
as Clute Nichols · 1995
Elementary
as Frederick Wentz · 2012
Nip/Tuck
as Agent Sagamore · 2003
Boston Legal
as Attorney William Connolly · 2004
Numb3rs
as Boyd Resnick · 2005
New Girl
as Ed · 2011
Touched by an Angel
as Sidney Alcott · 1994
L.A. Law
as Bob Westin · 1986
Miami Vice
as Rivas · 1984
Judging Amy
as Dr. Alan Foster · 1999
The Batman
as Gorman (voice) · 2004
The Shawshank Redemption
as Warden Norton · 1994
Marvel's Daredevil
as Leland Owlsley · 2015
Spin City
as Governor Riley · 1996
The Equalizer
as Cronin · 1985
Family Law
as Judge Mason · 1999
Ally McBeal
as Michaelson · 1997
Project Blue Book
as Harry S. Truman · 2019
Up All Night
as Tom · 2011
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as The Ghost Farmer · 2021
Trial & Error
as Jeremiah Davis · 2017
Dead Silence
as Edward Ashen · 2007
Demolition Man
as Chief George Earle · 1993
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
as Burton Quinn · 1995
E-Ring
· 2005
Mister Sterling
as California Governor Marino · 2003
Glory
as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker · 1989
The Perfect Storm
as Alexander McAnally III · 2000
Women's Murder Club
· 2007
Greg the Bunny
as 'Junction' Jack Mars · 2002
Broken Arrow
as Pritchett · 1996
Get the Gringo
as Mr. Kaufmann · 2012
The Cool Kids
as Colonel Christianson · 2018
Pepper Dennis
as Dick Dinkle · 2006
Argo
as Cyrus Vance · 2012
Born on the Fourth of July
as Doctor #1 · 1989
Fracture
as Judge Gardner · 2007
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Cecil Dobbs · 2011
Patch Adams
as Dean Walcott · 1998
Patriot Games
as Interviewer · 1992
JFK
as TV Newsman #3 · 1991
Runner Runner
as Dean Alex Monroe · 2013
Peacemakers
as Mayor Smith · 2003
The Lazarus Project
as Father Ezra · 2008
The Court
· 2002
Wild Palms
as Dr. Tobias Schenkl · 1993
Dolores Claiborne
as Mr. Pease · 1995
Father Hood
as Lazzaro · 1993
Trouble with the Curve
as Watson · 2012
Pandemic
as Max Sorkosky · 2007
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Bo Gritz · 1996
A Woman Named Jackie
as Hugh Auchincloss · 1991
I ♥ Huckabees
as Mr. Silver · 2004
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as Finley Largent · 1997
The Pick-up Artist
as Fernando Portacarrero · 1987
Hothouse
as Dr. Leonard Schrader · 1988
Kill the Irishman
as Jerry Merke · 2011
The 33
as President Sebastián Piñera · 2015
Rendition
as Lars Whitman · 2007
Boat Trip
as Boat Captain · 2002
Courthouse
as Homer Conklin · 1995
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
as Major · 2018
The Glimmer Man
as Frank Deverell · 1996
Jennifer Eight
as Goodridge · 1992
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
as Franklin Roosevelt · 2008
Sinatra
as Tommy Dorsey · 1992
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
as Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1995
Bats
as Dr. Alexander McCabe · 1999
A Thousand Acres
as Judge (uncredited) · 1997
The Inheritance
as Charles Abernathy · 2024
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Bo Gritz · 1996
Iron Jawed Angels
as President Woodrow Wilson · 2004
Matewan
as C.E. Lively · 1987
The Public Eye
as Older Agent · 1992
Numb
as Dr. Townshend · 2007
In Pursuit of Honor
as Col. John Hardesty · 1995
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as Flight School Instructor · 2015
Scenes of the Crime
as Steven, Jimmy's Partner · 2002
The Gettysburg Address
as William Herndon (voice) · 2025
Roswell
as Frank Joyce · 1994
The Pact
as James Harte · 2002
Elvis Meets Nixon
as Richard M. Nixon · 1997
Unconquered
as Gov. George Wallace · 1989
Mountain Top
as Maxwell Forrest · 2017
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
as Chaplain · 1991
Decoding Annie Parker
as Dr. Benton · 2014
Ladykiller
as Wolkowski · 1992
61*
as Dan Topping · 2001
Judas
as Caiaphas · 2004
When Billie Beat Bobby
as Jerry Perenchio · 2001
The Trial
as Joe Whetstone · 2010
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
as Asst. D.A. Scott Willard · 1991
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
as Texas Preacher · 1992
Cosmic Slop
as President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders') · 1994
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Juan Perón (segment "Evita") · 2003
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Larry Dietrick · 1992
Live at the Foxes Den
as Tony O'Hara · 2013
The Least of These
as Father Thomas Peters · 2011
Running Mates
as Sen. Terrence Randall · 2000
Dallas 362
as Joe · 2005
Purgatory Station
as Horatio Grimes · 2024
Believe in Me
as Hugh Moreland · 2006
Alex & the List
as Mr. Stern · 2018
Buffalo Soldiers
as Col. Benjamin Grierson · 1997
Scarlett
as Danny · 2021
Rollover
as Sal Naftari · 1981
Cookie
as Richie Segretto · 1989
The Bride in Black
as Sydney · 1990
Adam: His Song Continues
as Edgar Milton · 1986
Forever James Dean
as Narrator (voice) · 1988
Missing Pieces
as Mr Gabor · 1992
Finnegan Begin Again
as Christian Jameson · 1985
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
as Harry Gibbs · 1982
Judgment
as Monsignor Beauvais · 1990
Tenure
as William Thurber · 2010
Veronica in the FBI
as Principal Harris · 2007
Jimmy
as Sheriff Brinson · 2013
Player 5150
as Nick · 2008
Changing Habits
as Bishop Creighton · 1997
Highland Park
as Bert · 2013
"Bats" Abound
as Self · 1999
Ghostkiller
as Fr. Wilson O'Rourke
Static
as Frank · 1986
Soldiers in Hiding
as Narrator · 1984