Acting credits
131
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Bob Gunton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
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Movies: 88Series: 43
TMDB ID: 4029
IMDb ID: nm0348409
Known for: Acting
Born: November 15, 1945
Age: 80
Place of birth: Santa Monica, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1981 - 2025
Years active: 45
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q352203
Also known as
Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. • 巴布·岡頓 • باب گانتون • باب گانتن
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Bob Gunton.
The Gettysburg Address
as William Herndon (voice)
2025 Movie
5.0
Purgatory Station
as Horatio Grimes
2024 Movie
5.8
The Inheritance
as Charles Abernathy
2024 Movie
7.3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as The Ghost Farmer
2021 Movie
6.6
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
as Major
2018 Movie
5.5
Alex & the List
as Mr. Stern
2018 Movie
7.0
Mountain Top
as Maxwell Forrest
2017 Movie
6.4
The 33
as President Sebastián Piñera
2015 Movie
4.6
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as Flight School Instructor
2015 Movie
6.0
Decoding Annie Parker
as Dr. Benton
2014 Movie
3.6
Live at the Foxes Den
as Tony O'Hara
2013 Movie
5.6
Runner Runner
as Dean Alex Monroe
2013 Movie
5.6
Highland Park
as Bert
2013 Movie
6.9
Jimmy
as Sheriff Brinson
2013 Movie
7.3
Argo
as Cyrus Vance
2012 Movie
7.0
Trouble with the Curve
as Watson
2012 Movie
6.6
Get the Gringo
as Mr. Kaufmann
2012 Movie
7.0
The Least of These
as Father Thomas Peters
2011 Movie
7.2
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Cecil Dobbs
2011 Movie
6.8
Kill the Irishman
as Jerry Merke
2011 Movie
5.8
The Trial
as Joe Whetstone
2010 Movie
5.6
Tenure
as William Thurber
2010 Movie
7.4
24: Redemption
as Ethan Kanin
2008 Movie
6.0
The Lazarus Project
as Father Ezra
2008 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Bob Gunton.
8.1
Project Blue Book
as Harry S. Truman • 1 eps
2019 Series
5.3
The Cool Kids
as Colonel Christianson • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.1
Trial & Error
as Jeremiah Davis • 6 eps
2017 Series
8.2
Marvel's Daredevil
as Leland Owlsley • 9 eps
2015 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
as Nicholas Moore • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.6
Elementary
as Frederick Wentz • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.4
New Girl
as Ed • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.0
Up All Night
as Tom • 1 eps
2011 Series
5.7
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
as Franklin Roosevelt • 6 eps
2008 Series
8.4
The Mentalist
as Alexander Harrington • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.9
Women's Murder Club
1 eps
2007 Series
5.2
Pandemic
as Dr. Max Sorkosky • 2 eps
2007 Series
5.3
Pepper Dennis
as Dick Dinkle • 4 eps
2006 Series
8.1
E-Ring
1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
Numb3rs
as Boyd Resnick • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Desperate Housewives
as Noah Taylor • 10 eps
2004 Series
7.9
Boston Legal
as Attorney William Connolly • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.0
The Batman
as Gorman (voice) • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.3
Peacemakers
as Mayor Smith • 4 eps
2003 Series
7.2
Nip/Tuck
as Agent Sagamore • 3 eps
2003 Series
7.5
Mister Sterling
as California Governor Marino • 4 eps
2003 Series
7.9
Monk
as Dwight Ellison • 1 eps
2002 Series
6.2
Greg the Bunny
as "Junction" Jack Mars • 33 eps
2002 Series
10.0
The Court
1 eps
2002 Series