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Bob Gunton

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American film, television and stage actor

United StatesActorsBorn 1945 · age 80
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Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. is an American character actor of stage and screen. He is known for playing strict authoritarian characters, including Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, Dr.

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Filmography 40

The Shawshank Redemption1994 · ★ 8.7
Argo2012 · ★ 7.3
Dead Silence2007 · ★ 6.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021 · ★ 7.3
Demolition Man1993 · ★ 6.8
Fracture2007 · ★ 7.3
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls1995 · ★ 6.3
JFK1991 · ★ 7.6
The Lincoln Lawyer2011 · ★ 7.2
The Perfect Storm2000 · ★ 6.5
Patch Adams1998 · ★ 7.3
Glory1989 · ★ 7.5
Broken Arrow1996 · ★ 6.1
Patriot Games1992 · ★ 6.7
Born on the Fourth of July1989 · ★ 7.0
Get the Gringo2012 · ★ 6.6
Trouble with the Curve2012 · ★ 7.0
The 332015 · ★ 6.4
Dolores Claiborne1995 · ★ 7.3
Runner Runner2013 · ★ 5.6
Boat Trip2002 · ★ 5.2
I ♥ Huckabees2004 · ★ 6.3
Rendition2007 · ★ 6.4
Kill the Irishman2011 · ★ 6.8
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil1997 · ★ 6.3
The Lazarus Project2008 · ★ 6.0
The Glimmer Man1996 · ★ 5.4
Jennifer Eight1992 · ★ 6.1
Bats1999 · ★ 4.6
The Pick-up Artist1987 · ★ 5.7
Unbroken: Path to Redemption2018 · ★ 6.7
61*2001 · ★ 7.0
Matewan1987 · ★ 7.4
Numb2007 · ★ 5.9
Iron Jawed Angels2004 · ★ 6.8
Father Hood1993 · ★ 5.8
The Inheritance2024 · ★ 5.8
The Public Eye1992 · ★ 6.2
Decoding Annie Parker2014 · ★ 6.0
A Thousand Acres1997 · ★ 5.7

135 credits on file

Television 24

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Law & Order1990
The Mentalist2008
Family Guy1999
The Blacklist2013
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000
242001
Desperate Housewives2004
Elementary2012
Monk2002
Star Trek: The Next Generation1987
New Girl2011
Marvel's Daredevil2015
Miami Vice1984
Boston Legal2004
Numb3rs2005
Nip/Tuck2003
Judging Amy1999
Touched by an Angel1994
Spin City1996
L.A. Law1986
The Batman2004
The Equalizer1985
The Outer Limits1995

Awards 2

1980Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Clarence Derwent Awards

Connected to Bob 6

Matthew LillardAlso in Trouble with the Curve (2012)Mary McDonnellAlso in Matewan (1987)Lynn CollinsAlso in Numb (2007)Clancy BrownAlso in The Shawshank Redemption (1994)Lou Diamond PhillipsAlso in Bats (1999)Alan ArkinAlso in Rendition (2007)

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Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. is an American character actor of stage and screen. He is known for playing strict authoritarian characters, including Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, Dr. Walcott, the domineering dean of Virginia Medical School in Patch Adams, and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Argo. He also played Leland Owlsley in the Daredevil television series, Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin in 24, and Noah Taylor in Desperate Housewives.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 80
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