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Bob Gunton

Actor

Bob Gunton

Born November 15, 1945 in Santa Monica, California, USA84 films

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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The Shawshank Redemption posterFirst watchThe Shawshank Redemption19948.7as Warden NortonImprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to…View film

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Filmography

84 films as actor
  1. TBAGhostkillerFr. Wilson O'Rourke
  2. 2024Purgatory StationHoratio Grimes
  3. 2024The InheritanceCharles Abernathy
  4. 2021ScarlettDanny
  5. 2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeThe Ghost Farmer
  6. 2018Unbroken: Path to RedemptionMajor
  7. 2018Alex & the ListMr. Stern
  8. 2017Mountain TopMaxwell Forrest
  9. 2015The 33President Sebastián Piñera
  10. 2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight AttendantFlight School Instructor
  11. 2014Decoding Annie ParkerDr. Benton
  12. 2013Live at the Foxes DenTony O'Hara
  13. 2013Runner RunnerDean Alex Monroe
  14. 2013Highland ParkBert
  15. 2013JimmySheriff Brinson
  16. 2012ArgoCyrus Vance
  17. 2012Trouble with the CurveWatson
  18. 2012Get the GringoMr. Kaufmann
  19. 2011The Least of TheseFather Thomas Peters
  20. 2011The Lincoln LawyerCecil Dobbs
  21. 2011Kill the IrishmanJerry Merke
  22. 2010The TrialJoe Whetstone
  23. 2010TenureWilliam Thurber
  24. 2008The Lazarus ProjectFather Ezra
  25. 2008Player 5150Nick
  26. 2007Veronica in the FBIPrincipal Harris
  27. 2007RenditionLars Whitman
  28. 2007NumbDr. Townshend
  29. 2007FractureJudge Gardner
  30. 2007Dead SilenceEdward Ashen
  31. 2006Believe in MeHugh Moreland
  32. 2005Dallas 362Joe
  33. 2004I ♥ HuckabeesMr. Silver
  34. 2004JudasCaiaphas
  35. 2004Iron Jawed AngelsPresident Woodrow Wilson
  36. 2002The PactJames Harte
  37. 2002Boat TripBoat Captain
  38. 2002Scenes of the CrimeSteven, Jimmy's Partner
  39. 200161*Dan Topping
  40. 2001When Billie Beat BobbyJerry Perenchio
  41. 2000Running MatesSen. Terrence Randall
  42. 2000The Perfect StormAlexander McAnally III
  43. 1999BatsDr. Alexander McCabe
  44. 1998Patch AdamsDean Walcott
  45. 1997Buffalo SoldiersCol. Benjamin Grierson
  46. 1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilFinley Largent
  47. 1997A Thousand AcresJudge (uncredited)
  48. 1997Elvis Meets NixonRichard M. Nixon
  49. 1997Changing HabitsBishop Creighton
  50. 1996The Glimmer ManFrank Deverell
  51. 1996The Siege at Ruby RidgeBo Gritz
  52. 1996Broken ArrowPritchett
  53. 1995Ace Ventura: When Nature CallsBurton Quinn
  54. 1995Dolores ClaiborneMr. Pease
  55. 1995In Pursuit of HonorCol. John Hardesty
  56. 1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongFranklin D. Roosevelt
  57. 1994Cosmic SlopPresident Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
  58. 1994The Shawshank RedemptionWarden Norton
  59. 1994RoswellFrank Joyce
  60. 1993Demolition ManChief George Earle
  61. 1993Father HoodLazzaro
  62. 1992Jennifer EightGoodridge
  63. 1992The Public EyeOlder Agent
  64. 1992LadykillerWolkowski
  65. 1992Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez DisasterLarry Dietrick
  66. 1992Patriot GamesInterviewer
  67. 1992Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My LifeTexas Preacher
  68. 1992Missing PiecesMr Gabor
  69. 1991JFKTV Newsman #3
  70. 1991Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. IndianapolisChaplain
  71. 1991Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass CoffinAsst. D.A. Scott Willard
  72. 1990The Bride in BlackSydney
  73. 1990JudgmentMonsignor Beauvais
  74. 1989Born on the Fourth of JulyDoctor #1
  75. 1989GloryGen. Charles Garrison Harker
  76. 1989CookieRichie Segretto
  77. 1989UnconqueredGov. George Wallace
  78. 1987The Pick-up ArtistFernando Portacarrero
  79. 1987MatewanC.E. Lively
  80. 1986Adam: His Song ContinuesEdgar Milton
  81. 1986StaticFrank
  82. 1985Finnegan Begin AgainChristian Jameson
  83. 1982Lois Gibbs and the Love CanalHarry Gibbs
  84. 1981RolloverSal Naftari