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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Gettysburg Address
2025
as William Herndon (voice)
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous ...

Purgatory Station
2024
as Horatio Grimes
When a crooked lawyer wakes up in a large, pitch-dark container, he learns he has eight hours to scuttle a corporate land grab or see everyone he love...

The Inheritance
2024
as Charles Abernathy
Billionaire Charles Abernathy, on the eve of his 75th birthday, invites his four estranged children back home out of fear that tonight someone – or so...
Scarlett
2021
Angelina Ellington is a black investigative reporter who despises the mob. She stumbles upon a dead body that leads her through a labyrinth of tunnels...

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as The Ghost Farmer
When single mom Callie and her two kids Trevor and Phoebe arrive in a small Oklahoma town, they begin to discover their connection to the original Gho...

Unbroken: Path to Redemption
2018
as Major
Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angr...

Alex & the List
2018
as Mr. Stern
Alex, a lovable, unassuming dog trainer is in love with a great woman - Katherine - smart, talented, from a good family. Katherine adores Alex's quirk...

Mountain Top
2017
as Maxwell Forrest
A lawyer-turned-preacher living in a small Appalachian town is pursued by an eccentric man to represent him in court. Now involved in a case that ties...

The 33
2015
as President Sebastián Piñera
Based on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
2015
as Flight School Instructor
A self-anointed 'renegade' male flight attendant must save the day when the airline he works for tries to eliminate flight attendants as a cost-cuttin...

Decoding Annie Parker
2014
as Dr. Benton
The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.

Live at the Foxes Den
2013
as Tony O'Hara
A corporate attorney quits his job at a high profile law firm to become the singer at a an old cocktail lounge called the Foxes Den, becoming deeply i...

Runner Runner
2013
as Dean Alex Monroe
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore e...

Highland Park
2013
as Bert
A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten years after hearing budget cuts have eliminated all their...

Jimmy
2013
as Sheriff Brinson
The story of a mentally challenged teenager who interacts with supernatural beings he calls "Watchers".

Argo
2012
as Cyrus Vance
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter ...

Trouble with the Curve
2012
as Watson
Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. A...

Get the Gringo
2012
as Mr. Kaufmann
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

The Least of These
2011
as Father Thomas Peters
A priest returns to his old Catholic high school to replace a priest who has gone missing, only to begin to suspect that the missing priest may have b...

The Lincoln Lawyer
2011
as Cecil Dobbs
Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty cro...

Kill the Irishman
2011
as Jerry Merke
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian...

The Trial
2010
as Joe Whetstone
After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for small town attorney Kent "Mac" McClain... until he's assign...

Tenure
2010
as William Thurber
Despite his outstanding intellect, associate professor Charlie Thurber is a chronic underachiever and has never received university tenure. Aided by h...

24: Redemption
2008
as Ethan Kanin
Jack Bauer confronts African general/aspiring dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malici...

The Lazarus Project
2008
as Father Ezra
After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death senten...

Player 5150
2008
as Nick
Joey (Ethan Embry, Can't Hardly Wait) is a successful day trader at a high-end brokerage house, he has a beautiful fiancée and a home on the beach. He...

Veronica in the FBI
2007
as Principal Harris
Veronica Mars has an eventful first two days at her new job at the FBI. First, she goes undercover as an underage mom to nab a pedophile school princi...

Rendition
2007
as Lars Whitman
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught u...

Numb
2007
as Dr. Townshend
Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after d...

Fracture
2007
as Judge Gardner
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put h...

Dead Silence
2007
as Edward Ashen
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dum...

Believe in Me
2006
as Hugh Moreland
In a conservative small town, a young man's wish to coach high school basketball are tweaked by a school board decision that makes him the new coach o...

Dallas 362
2005
as Joe
Rusty has been bailed out of bad situations more than once by his understanding but distraught mother, Mary. When Mary starts dating a psychologist, B...

I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Mr. Silver
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind...

Judas
2004
as Caiaphas
Was Judas Iscariot, the apostle whose kiss sentenced Jesus Christ to the crucifix, a patriot who argued with Jesus or a pawn of the Roman occupiers? T...

Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as President Woodrow Wilson
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
as Juan Perón (segment "Evita")
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, wer...

The Pact
2002
as James Harte
A pair of young lovers, one depressed, decide to end their lives together in a suicide pact.

Boat Trip
2002
as Boat Captain
Two guys whose love lives are a wreck look forward to finding ladies on the high seas. Unfortunately, they've mistakenly been booked on a gay cruise.

Scenes of the Crime
2002
as Steven, Jimmy's Partner
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss.

61*
2001
as Dan Topping
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally ha...

When Billie Beat Bobby
2001
as Jerry Perenchio
The historic 1973 tennis match between middle-aged champion Bobby Riggs and young feminist Billie Jean King.

Running Mates
2000
as Sen. Terrence Randall
A governor running for President gets revealed to be a serial philanderer.

The Perfect Storm
2000
as Alexander McAnally III
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing b...

Bats
1999
as Dr. Alexander McCabe
Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.

Patch Adams
1998
as Dean Walcott
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his pa...

Buffalo Soldiers
1997
as Col. Benjamin Grierson
They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave African-American cavalrymen enter a scraggly frontier town, the...

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997
as Finley Largent
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

A Thousand Acres
1997
as Judge (uncredited)
The lives of an Iowa farmer's three daughters are shattered when he suddenly decides to bequeath them the family's fertile farm.

Elvis Meets Nixon
1997
as Richard M. Nixon
A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA

Changing Habits
1997
as Bishop Creighton
An aspiring artist runs from men as a result of an early life problem that has left her relationship with her father strained. She decides to move int...

The Glimmer Man
1996
as Frank Deverell
A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in t...

The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
as Bo Gritz
A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day sieg...

Broken Arrow
1996
as Pritchett
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warhea...

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1995
as Burton Quinn
Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the...

Dolores Claiborne
1995
as Mr. Pease
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk ...

In Pursuit of Honor
1995
as Col. John Hardesty
To save a group of horses slated to be destroyed by the US Cavalry, a group of officers rebel and begin a journey towards Canada to save themselves an...

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
A Louisiana governor becomes a controversial political kingpin during the Depression.

Cosmic Slop
1994
as President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative...

The Shawshank Redemption
1994
as Warden Norton
Imprisoned 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, wh...

Roswell
1994
as Frank Joyce
Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth ...

Demolition Man
1993
as Chief George Earle
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a res...

Father Hood
1993
as Lazzaro
Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his ide...

Jennifer Eight
1992
as Goodridge
John Berlin, a big-city cop from LA moves to a small-town police force and immediately finds himself investigating a murder. Using theories rejected b...

The Public Eye
1992
as Older Agent
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.

Ladykiller
1992
as Wolkowski
Mimi Rogers portrays a burned out cop who is transfered to the forensics staff as an evidence photographer. While investigating a string of killings, ...

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
1992
as Larry Dietrick - State of Alaska
The real-life struggle to contain the environmental and financial damage caused to Alaska by the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez is dramatized.

Patriot Games
1992
as Interviewer
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
1992
as Texas Preacher
A haggard cowboy reflects upon his life while awaiting his death.

Missing Pieces
1992
as Mr Gabor
As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend,...

JFK
1991
as TV Newsman #3
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991
as Chaplain
True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew's struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain's scape-goat court-marti...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
1991
as Asst. D.A. Scott Willard
David Katz is a world famous magician and he comes to Denver with his group to perform for a charity gala for disabled children. Also there is Perry a...

The Bride in Black
1990
as Sydney
A Brooklyn widow (Susan Lucci) traces the past of her boxer/sculptor husband (David Soul), gunned down on their wedding day.

Judgment
1990
as Monsignor Beauvais
Fact-based story of a Louisiana priest accused of molesting young parishioners, and of the family of one of his victims, caught between their loyalty ...

Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Doctor
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought fo...

Glory
1989
as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

Cookie
1989
as Richie Segretto
Cookie Voltecki is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco, who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail, ...

Unconquered
1989
as Gov. George Wallace
In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to fight racial injustices even if it costs him his family'...

Forever James Dean
1988
as Narrator (voice)
The life and times of one of Hollywood's brightest stars.

The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Fernando Portacarrero
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.

Matewan
1987
as C.E. Lively
Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Keneh...

Adam: His Song Continues
1986
as Edgar Milton
Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing childr...

Static
1986
as Frank
Ernie Blick has just lost his job at a crucifix factory. Luckily, for Ernie, this allows him more time to devote to his invention. Yes, Ernie is an in...

Finnegan Begin Again
1985
as Christian Jameson
A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.
Soldiers in Hiding
1984
as Narrator
A portrait of several Vietnam War veterans living "off the grid." Upon returning home from the war, these men found themselves unable to exist in norm...

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
1982
as Harry Gibbs
A poorly-educated housewife fights companies polluting her hometown's water table in upstate New York during the 1970s.

Rollover
1981
as Sal Naftari
An Arab oil organization devises a plan to wreck the world economy in order to cause anarchy and chaos.

Ghostkiller
N/A
as Fr. Wilson O'Rourke
Accused murderer Kyle Ghostkiller, heir to a mystical medicine bundle, escapes the FBI and time jumps to 1862 where he must save his thirty-eight ance...