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Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton

Born: 1945-11-15 • 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 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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Filmography
The Gettysburg Address poster
The Gettysburg Address
2025 • William Herndon (voice)
Purgatory Station poster
Purgatory Station
2024 • Horatio Grimes
The Inheritance poster
The Inheritance
2024 • Charles Abernathy
No Image
Scarlett
2021 • Danny
Ghostbusters: Afterlife poster
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 • The Ghost Farmer
Unbroken: Path to Redemption poster
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018 • Major
Alex & the List poster
Alex & the List
2018 • Mr. Stern
Mountain Top poster
Mountain Top
2017 • Maxwell Forrest
The 33 poster
The 33
2015 • President Sebastián Piñera
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant poster
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
2015 • Flight School Instructor
Decoding Annie Parker poster
Decoding Annie Parker
2014 • Dr. Benton
Live at the Foxes Den poster
Live at the Foxes Den
2013 • Tony O'Hara
Runner Runner poster
Runner Runner
2013 • Dean Alex Monroe
Highland Park poster
Highland Park
2013 • Bert
Jimmy poster
Jimmy
2013 • Sheriff Brinson
Argo poster
Argo
2012 • Cyrus Vance
Trouble with the Curve poster
Trouble with the Curve
2012 • Watson
Get the Gringo poster
Get the Gringo
2012 • Mr. Kaufmann
The Least of These poster
The Least of These
2011 • Father Thomas Peters
The Lincoln Lawyer poster
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011 • Cecil Dobbs
Kill the Irishman poster
Kill the Irishman
2011 • Jerry Merke
The Trial poster
The Trial
2010 • Joe Whetstone
Tenure poster
Tenure
2010 • William Thurber
The Lazarus Project poster
The Lazarus Project
2008 • Father Ezra
Player 5150 poster
Player 5150
2008 • Nick
Veronica in the FBI poster
Veronica in the FBI
2007 • Principal Harris
Rendition poster
Rendition
2007 • Lars Whitman
Numb poster
Numb
2007 • Dr. Townshend
Fracture poster
Fracture
2007 • Judge Gardner
Dead Silence poster
Dead Silence
2007 • Edward Ashen
Believe in Me poster
Believe in Me
2006 • Hugh Moreland
Dallas 362 poster
Dallas 362
2005 • Joe
I ♥ Huckabees poster
I ♥ Huckabees
2004 • Mr. Silver
Judas poster
Judas
2004 • Caiaphas
Iron Jawed Angels poster
Iron Jawed Angels
2004 • President Woodrow Wilson
Broadway's Lost Treasures poster
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003 • Juan Perón (segment "Evita")
The Pact poster
The Pact
2002 • James Harte
Boat Trip poster
Boat Trip
2002 • Boat Captain
Scenes of the Crime poster
Scenes of the Crime
2002 • Steven, Jimmy's Partner
61* poster
61*
2001 • Dan Topping
When Billie Beat Bobby poster
When Billie Beat Bobby
2001 • Jerry Perenchio
Running Mates poster
Running Mates
2000 • Sen. Terrence Randall
The Perfect Storm poster
The Perfect Storm
2000 • Alexander McAnally III
Bats poster
Bats
1999 • Dr. Alexander McCabe
Patch Adams poster
Patch Adams
1998 • Dean Walcott
Buffalo Soldiers poster
Buffalo Soldiers
1997 • Col. Benjamin Grierson
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil poster
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997 • Finley Largent
A Thousand Acres poster
A Thousand Acres
1997 • Judge (uncredited)
Elvis Meets Nixon poster
Elvis Meets Nixon
1997 • Richard M. Nixon
Changing Habits poster
Changing Habits
1997 • Bishop Creighton
The Glimmer Man poster
The Glimmer Man
1996 • Frank Deverell
The Siege at Ruby Ridge poster
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996 • Bo Gritz
Broken Arrow poster
Broken Arrow
1996 • Pritchett
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls poster
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995 • Burton Quinn
Dolores Claiborne poster
Dolores Claiborne
1995 • Mr. Pease
In Pursuit of Honor poster
In Pursuit of Honor
1995 • Col. John Hardesty
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long poster
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995 • Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cosmic Slop poster
Cosmic Slop
1994 • President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
The Shawshank Redemption poster
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 • Warden Norton
Roswell poster
Roswell
1994 • Frank Joyce
Demolition Man poster
Demolition Man
1993 • Chief George Earle
Father Hood poster
Father Hood
1993 • Lazzaro
Jennifer Eight poster
Jennifer Eight
1992 • Goodridge
The Public Eye poster
The Public Eye
1992 • Older Agent
Ladykiller poster
Ladykiller
1992 • Wolkowski
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster poster
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992 • Larry Dietrick
Patriot Games poster
Patriot Games
1992 • Interviewer
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life poster
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
1992 • Texas Preacher
Missing Pieces poster
Missing Pieces
1992 • Mr Gabor
JFK poster
JFK
1991 • TV Newsman #3
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis poster
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991 • Chaplain
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin poster
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991 • Asst. D.A. Scott Willard
The Bride in Black poster
The Bride in Black
1990 • Sydney
Judgment poster
Judgment
1990 • Monsignor Beauvais
Born on the Fourth of July poster
Born on the Fourth of July
1989 • Doctor
Glory poster
Glory
1989 • Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
Cookie poster
Cookie
1989 • Richie Segretto
Unconquered poster
Unconquered
1989 • Gov. George Wallace
Forever James Dean poster
Forever James Dean
1988 • Narrator (voice)
The Pick-up Artist poster
The Pick-up Artist
1987 • Fernando Portacarrero
Matewan poster
Matewan
1987 • C.E. Lively
Adam: His Song Continues poster
Adam: His Song Continues
1986 • Edgar Milton
Static poster
Static
1986 • Frank
Finnegan Begin Again poster
Finnegan Begin Again
1985 • Christian Jameson
Soldiers in Hiding poster
Soldiers in Hiding
1984 • Narrator
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal poster
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
1982 • Harry Gibbs
Rollover poster
Rollover
1981 • Sal Naftari
Ghostkiller poster
Ghostkiller
— • Fr. Wilson O'Rourke