Cast & creator
Bob Gunton
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Mentalist, Law & Order
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.
Also known as: Robert Patrick Gunton Jr.
89
film credits
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television credits
134
1981–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (134)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lawrence Hendricks Sr.
1999
The Mentalist
Alexander Harrington
2008
Law & Order
Gil Himes
1990
Family Guy
Warden (voice)
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Robert Carvallo
2000
The Blacklist
Nicholas Moore
2013
Desperate Housewives
Noah Taylor
2004
24
Ethan Kanin
2001
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Capt. Benjamin Maxwell
1987
Monk
Dwight Ellison
2002
Elementary
Frederick Wentz
2012
Nip/Tuck
Agent Sagamore
2003
The Outer Limits
Clute Nichols
1995
Numb3rs
Boyd Resnick
2005
New Girl
Ed
2011
Touched by an Angel
Sidney Alcott
1994
L.A. Law
Bob Westin
1986
Boston Legal
Attorney William Connolly
2004
Miami Vice
Rivas
1984
Judging Amy
Dr. Alan Foster
1999
The Batman
Gorman (voice)
2004
The Shawshank Redemption
Warden Norton
1994
Marvel's Daredevil
Leland Owlsley
2015
Spin City
Governor Riley
1996
The Equalizer
Cronin
1985
Family Law
Judge Mason
1999
Ally McBeal
Michaelson
1997
Project Blue Book
Harry S. Truman
2019
Up All Night
Tom
2011
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The Ghost Farmer
2021
Demolition Man
Chief George Earle
1993
Dead Silence
Edward Ashen
2007
Trial & Error
Jeremiah Davis
2017
E-Ring
2005
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Burton Quinn
1995
Glory
Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
1989
Mister Sterling
California Governor Marino
2003
Broken Arrow
Pritchett
1996
Argo
Cyrus Vance
2012
Get the Gringo
Mr. Kaufmann
2012
Greg the Bunny
'Junction' Jack Mars
2002
Women's Murder Club
2007
The Cool Kids
Colonel Christianson
2018
The Perfect Storm
Alexander McAnally III
2000
Fracture
Judge Gardner
2007
Pepper Dennis
Dick Dinkle
2006
Born on the Fourth of July
Doctor #1
1989
JFK
TV Newsman #3
1991
Patriot Games
Interviewer
1992
Patch Adams
Dean Walcott
1998
The Lincoln Lawyer
Cecil Dobbs
2011
Peacemakers
Mayor Smith
2003
Runner Runner
Dean Alex Monroe
2013
The Lazarus Project
Father Ezra
2008
The Court
2002
Wild Palms
Dr. Tobias Schenkl
1993
Dolores Claiborne
Mr. Pease
1995
Trouble with the Curve
Watson
2012
A Woman Named Jackie
Hugh Auchincloss
1991Courthouse
Homer Conklin
1995
The Glimmer Man
Frank Deverell
1996
Father Hood
Lazzaro
1993
Pandemic
Max Sorkosky
2007
I ♥ Huckabees
Mr. Silver
2004
Hothouse
Dr. Leonard Schrader
1988
Jennifer Eight
Goodridge
1992
Rendition
Lars Whitman
2007
The 33
President Sebastián Piñera
2015
Kill the Irishman
Jerry Merke
2011
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Finley Largent
1997
Boat Trip
Boat Captain
2002
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Bo Gritz
1996
The Pick-up Artist
Fernando Portacarrero
1987
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Major
2018
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
Franklin Roosevelt
2008
Sinatra
Tommy Dorsey
1992
The Public Eye
Older Agent
1992
A Thousand Acres
Judge (uncredited)
1997
The Inheritance
Charles Abernathy
2024
Matewan
C.E. Lively
1987
In Pursuit of Honor
Col. John Hardesty
1995
Bats
Dr. Alexander McCabe
1999
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1995
Iron Jawed Angels
President Woodrow Wilson
2004
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Bo Gritz
1996
Roswell
Frank Joyce
1994
Scenes of the Crime
Steven, Jimmy's Partner
2002
Numb
Dr. Townshend
2007
Decoding Annie Parker
Dr. Benton
2014
When Billie Beat Bobby
Jerry Perenchio
2001
Mountain Top
Maxwell Forrest
2017
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
Chaplain
1991
Elvis Meets Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
1997
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
Flight School Instructor
2015
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Texas Preacher
1992
The Gettysburg Address
William Herndon (voice)
2025
Dallas 362
Joe
2005
Buffalo Soldiers
Col. Benjamin Grierson
1997
Unconquered
Gov. George Wallace
1989
Judas
Caiaphas
2004
The Pact
James Harte
2002
The Trial
Joe Whetstone
2010
Ladykiller
Wolkowski
1992
61*
Dan Topping
2001
Purgatory Station
Horatio Grimes
2024
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Larry Dietrick
1992
The Least of These
Father Thomas Peters
2011
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Asst. D.A. Scott Willard
1991
Alex & the List
Mr. Stern
2018
Live at the Foxes Den
Tony O'Hara
2013
The Bride in Black
Sydney
1990
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Juan Perón (segment "Evita")
2003
Cookie
Richie Segretto
1989
Rollover
Sal Naftari
1981
Cosmic Slop
President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
1994
Missing Pieces
Mr Gabor
1992Scarlett
Danny
2021
Running Mates
Sen. Terrence Randall
2000
Adam: His Song Continues
Edgar Milton
1986
Finnegan Begin Again
Christian Jameson
1985
Believe in Me
Hugh Moreland
2006
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
Harry Gibbs
1982
Veronica in the FBI
Principal Harris
2007
Judgment
Monsignor Beauvais
1990
Highland Park
Bert
2013
Forever James Dean
Narrator (voice)
1988
Player 5150
Nick
2008
Jimmy
Sheriff Brinson
2013
Tenure
William Thurber
2010
Changing Habits
Bishop Creighton
1997
"Bats" Abound
Self
1999
Ghostkiller
Fr. Wilson O'Rourke
Static
Frank
1986
Soldiers in Hiding
Narrator
1984