Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
15 November 1945 (80)
Place of birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Also known as
Robert Patrick Gunton Jr.
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.
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8.7
Film
The Shawshank Redemption
Warden Norton
1994
7.3
Film
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The Ghost Farmer
2021
6.5
Film
Dead Silence
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2007
7.3
Film
Argo
Cyrus Vance
2012
6.8
Film
Demolition Man
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1993
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Series
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
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1996
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Film
The Perfect Storm
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2000
7.0
Film
Born on the Fourth of July
Doctor #1
1989
5.6
Film
Runner Runner
Dean Alex Monroe
2013
6.1
Film
Broken Arrow
Pritchett
1996
7.3
Film
Patch Adams
Dean Walcott
1998
6.8
Film
Kill the Irishman
Jerry Merke
2011
7.5
Film
Glory
Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
1989
0.0
Film
The Gettysburg Address
William Herndon (voice)
2025
6.3
Film
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Burton Quinn
1995
5.4
Film
The Glimmer Man
Frank Deverell
1996
6.4
Film
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Finley Largent
1997
6.1
Series
Greg the Bunny
"Junction" Jack Mars
2002–2006
6.1
Film
Jennifer Eight
Goodridge
1992
7.3
Film
Dolores Claiborne
Mr. Pease
1995
5.8
Film
Father Hood
Lazzaro
1993
6.2
Series
Wild Palms
Dr. Tobias Schenkl
1993
7.2
Film
The Lincoln Lawyer
Cecil Dobbs
2011
6.0
Film
The Lazarus Project
Father Ezra
2008
5.1
Series
Pandemic
Max Sorkosky
2007
6.4
Film
The 33
President Sebastián Piñera
2015
6.4
Film
Rendition
Lars Whitman
2007
8.8
Series
A Woman Named Jackie
Hugh Auchincloss
1991
5.2
Film
Boat Trip
Boat Captain
2002
7.0
Film
Trouble with the Curve
Watson
2012
7.3
Film
Fracture
Judge Gardner
2007
5.8
Film
The Trial
Joe Whetstone
2010
6.6
Film
Get the Gringo
Mr. Kaufmann
2012
7.5
Series
Hothouse
Dr. Leonard Schrader
1988
8.0
Series
Courthouse
Homer Conklin
1995
6.7
Film
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Major
2018
5.8
Film
The Inheritance
Charles Abernathy
2024
7.2
Film
Mountain Top
Maxwell Forrest
2017
7.7
Series
Sinatra
Tommy Dorsey
1992
5.7
Series
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
Franklin Roosevelt
2008
5.5
Film
Alex & the List
Mr. Stern
2018
5.5
Film
Purgatory Station
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Acting credits 42 titles
The Gettysburg Address
as William Herndon (voice)
0.0
2025
The Inheritance
as Charles Abernathy
5.8
2024
Purgatory Station
as Horatio Grimes
5.5
2024
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as The Ghost Farmer
7.3
2021
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
as Major
6.7
2018
Alex & the List
as Mr. Stern
5.5
2018
Mountain Top
as Maxwell Forrest
7.2
2017
The 33
as President Sebastián Piñera
6.4
2015
Runner Runner
as Dean Alex Monroe
5.6
2013
Get the Gringo
as Mr. Kaufmann
6.6
2012
Trouble with the Curve
as Watson
7.0
2012
Argo
as Cyrus Vance
7.3
2012
The Lincoln Lawyer
as Cecil Dobbs
7.2
2011
Kill the Irishman
as Jerry Merke
6.8
2011
The Trial
as Joe Whetstone
5.8
2010
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
as Franklin Roosevelt
5.7
2008
The Lazarus Project
as Father Ezra
6.0
2008
Dead Silence
as Edward Ashen
6.5
2007
Pandemic
as Max Sorkosky
5.1
2007
Fracture
as Judge Gardner
7.3
2007
Rendition
as Lars Whitman
6.4
2007
Greg the Bunny
as "Junction" Jack Mars
6.1
2002–2006
Boat Trip
as Boat Captain
5.2
2002
The Perfect Storm
as Alexander McAnally III
6.5
2000
Patch Adams
as Dean Walcott
7.3
1998
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
as Finley Largent
6.4
1997
The Glimmer Man
as Frank Deverell
5.4
1996
Broken Arrow
as Pritchett
6.1
1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
as Bo Gritz
0.0
1996
Courthouse
as Homer Conklin
8.0
1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
as Burton Quinn
6.3
1995
Dolores Claiborne
as Mr. Pease
7.3
1995
The Shawshank Redemption
as Warden Norton
8.7
1994
Demolition Man
as Chief George Earle
6.8
1993
Wild Palms
as Dr. Tobias Schenkl
6.2
1993
Father Hood
as Lazzaro
5.8
1993
Sinatra
as Tommy Dorsey
7.7
1992
Jennifer Eight
as Goodridge
6.1
1992
A Woman Named Jackie
as Hugh Auchincloss
8.8
1991
Glory
as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
7.5
1989
Born on the Fourth of July
as Doctor #1
7.0
1989
Hothouse
as Dr. Leonard Schrader
7.5
1988