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Bob Gunton

Acting

Born: 1945-11-15
From: Santa Monica, California, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 2.2

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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Awards & Nominations2 won · 7 nominated

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

1990
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical

1989
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

1985
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play

1982
🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

1980
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical

1980
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

1980
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical

1979
🏆 Won

Clarence Derwent Awards

Acting132 titles

The Court
10.0
Series

The Court

2002Drama
Unconquered
9.3
Movie

Unconquered

1989Drama
A Woman Named Jackie
8.8
Series

A Woman Named Jackie

1991Drama
The Shawshank Redemption
8.7
Movie

The Shawshank Redemption

1994Drama
Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.4
Series

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987-1994Sci-Fi
The Mentalist
8.4
Series

The Mentalist

2008-2015Thriller
Mister Sterling
8.3
Series

Mister Sterling

2003Drama
Marvel's Daredevil
8.2
Series

Marvel's Daredevil

2015-2018Thriller
Family Law
8.1
Series

Family Law

1999-2002Drama
Project Blue Book
8.1
Series

Project Blue Book

2019-2020Sci-Fi
The Bride in Black
8.0
Movie

The Bride in Black

1990Drama
The Batman
8.0
Cartoon

The Batman

2004-2008Animation
E-Ring
8.0
Series

E-Ring

2005-2006Drama
Monk
8.0
Series

Monk

2002-2009Drama
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
8.0
Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 - ...Thriller
Desperate Housewives
7.9
Series

Desperate Housewives

2004-2012Thriller
Boston Legal
7.9
Series

Boston Legal

2004-2008Comedy
24
7.8
Series

24

2001-2014Action
Women's Murder Club
7.8
Series

Women's Murder Club

2007-2008Thriller
Forever James Dean
7.7
Movie

Forever James Dean

1988Documentary
Sinatra
7.7
Series

Sinatra

1992Drama
The Outer Limits
7.7
Series

The Outer Limits

1995-2002Drama
Adam: His Song Continues
7.6
Movie

Adam: His Song Continues

1986Drama
JFK
7.6
Movie

JFK

1991Drama
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.6
Series

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000-2015Thriller
The Blacklist
7.6
Series

The Blacklist

2013-2023Drama
Elementary
7.6
Series

Elementary

2012-2019Drama
Glory
7.5
Movie

Glory

1989Drama
Judging Amy
7.5
Series

Judging Amy

1999-2005Drama
Miami Vice
7.5
Series

Miami Vice

1984-1989Thriller
Peacemakers
7.5
Series

Peacemakers

2003Drama
Hothouse
7.5
Series

Hothouse

1988Drama
Matewan
7.4
Movie

Matewan

1987Drama
Family Guy
7.4
Cartoon

Family Guy

1999 - ...Animation
New Girl
7.4
Series

New Girl

2011-2018Comedy
Patch Adams
7.3
Movie

Patch Adams

1998Comedy
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
7.3
Movie

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021Sci-Fi
Argo
7.3
Movie

Argo

2012Drama
Dolores Claiborne
7.3
Movie

Dolores Claiborne

1995Thriller
Fracture
7.3
Movie

Fracture

2007Thriller
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
7.3
Movie

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

1991Drama
Law & Order
7.3
Series

Law & Order

1990 - ...Thriller
The Lincoln Lawyer
7.2
Movie

The Lincoln Lawyer

2011Thriller
Mountain Top
7.2
Movie

Mountain Top

2017Drama
Touched by an Angel
7.2
Series

Touched by an Angel

1994-2003Sci-Fi
Nip/Tuck
7.2
Series

Nip/Tuck

2003-2010Drama
L.A. Law
7.1
Series

L.A. Law

1986-1994Drama
The Equalizer
7.1
Series

The Equalizer

1985-1989Action
Trial & Error
7.1
Series

Trial & Error

2017-2018Comedy
Elvis Meets Nixon
7.0
Movie

Elvis Meets Nixon

1997Drama
Trouble with the Curve
7.0
Movie

Trouble with the Curve

2012Drama
Born on the Fourth of July
7.0
Movie

Born on the Fourth of July

1989Drama
The Least of These
7.0
Movie

The Least of These

2011Drama
61*
7.0
Movie

61*

2001Drama
Numb3rs
7.0
Series

Numb3rs

2005-2010Thriller
Spin City
7.0
Series

Spin City

1996-2002Comedy
Jimmy
6.9
Movie

Jimmy

2013Drama
Demolition Man
6.8
Movie

Demolition Man

1993Thriller
Iron Jawed Angels
6.8
Movie

Iron Jawed Angels

2004Drama
Kill the Irishman
6.8
Movie

Kill the Irishman

2011Action
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
6.7
Movie

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

1995Drama
Judas
6.7
Movie

Judas

2004Action
Patriot Games
6.7
Movie

Patriot Games

1992Drama
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
6.7
Movie

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

2018Drama
Get the Gringo
6.6
Movie

Get the Gringo

2012Action
The Perfect Storm
6.5
Movie

The Perfect Storm

2000Drama
Dead Silence
6.5
Movie

Dead Silence

2007Horror
Believe in Me
6.5
Movie

Believe in Me

2006Drama
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
6.5
Movie

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal

1982Drama
Finnegan Begin Again
6.5
Movie

Finnegan Begin Again

1985Comedy
Ally McBeal
6.5
Series

Ally McBeal

1997-2002Drama
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
6.4
Movie

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

1991Drama
Broadway's Lost Treasures
6.4
Movie

Broadway's Lost Treasures

2003Drama
The 33
6.4
Movie

The 33

2015Drama
Rendition
6.4
Movie

Rendition

2007Drama
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
6.3
Movie

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

1997Thriller
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
6.3
Movie

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

1995Thriller
I ♥ Huckabees
6.3
Movie

I ♥ Huckabees

2004Comedy
Greg the Bunny
6.3
Series

Greg the Bunny

2002-2006Comedy
Static
6.2
Movie

Static

1986Comedy
The Public Eye
6.2
Movie

The Public Eye

1992Thriller
Wild Palms
6.2
Series

Wild Palms

1993Sci-Fi
Roswell
6.1
Movie

Roswell

1994Sci-Fi
Jennifer Eight
6.1
Movie

Jennifer Eight

1992Thriller
Broken Arrow
6.1
Movie

Broken Arrow

1996Action
The Lazarus Project
6.0
Movie

The Lazarus Project

2008Drama
The Pact
6.0
Movie

The Pact

2002Drama
Soldiers in Hiding
6.0
Movie

Soldiers in Hiding

1984Documentary
Decoding Annie Parker
6.0
Movie

Decoding Annie Parker

2014Drama
Up All Night
6.0
Series

Up All Night

2011-2013Comedy
In Pursuit of Honor
5.9
Movie

In Pursuit of Honor

1995Action
Numb
5.9
Movie

Numb

2007Comedy
Pepper Dennis
5.9
Series

Pepper Dennis

2006Drama
The Trial
5.8
Movie

The Trial

2010Comedy
The Inheritance
5.8
Movie

The Inheritance

2024Horror
Father Hood
5.8
Movie

Father Hood

1993Action
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
5.8
Movie

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

1992Drama
A Thousand Acres
5.7
Movie

A Thousand Acres

1997Drama
Missing Pieces
5.7
Movie

Missing Pieces

1992Comedy
The Pick-up Artist
5.7
Movie

The Pick-up Artist

1987Romance
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
5.7
Series

World War Two: Behind Closed Doors

2008Documentary
Highland Park
5.6
Movie

Highland Park

2013Comedy
Buffalo Soldiers
5.6
Movie

Buffalo Soldiers

1997Drama
Runner Runner
5.6
Movie

Runner Runner

2013Thriller
Tenure
5.6
Movie

Tenure

2010Comedy
Cookie
5.6
Movie

Cookie

1989Comedy
Scenes of the Crime
5.5
Movie

Scenes of the Crime

2002Drama
Alex & the List
5.5
Movie

Alex & the List

2018Romance
Judgment
5.5
Movie

Judgment

1990Drama
Purgatory Station
5.5
Movie

Purgatory Station

2024Thriller
The Glimmer Man
5.4
Movie

The Glimmer Man

1996Action
When Billie Beat Bobby
5.4
Movie

When Billie Beat Bobby

2001Comedy
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
5.4
Movie

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996Drama
Cosmic Slop
5.3
Movie

Cosmic Slop

1994Sci-Fi
The Cool Kids
5.3
Series

The Cool Kids

2018-2019Comedy
Rollover
5.2
Movie

Rollover

1981Drama
Boat Trip
5.2
Movie

Boat Trip

2002Comedy
Running Mates
5.2
Movie

Running Mates

2000Drama
Player 5150
5.1
Movie

Player 5150

2008Action
Pandemic
5.1
Series

Pandemic

2007Drama
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
5.0
Movie

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

1992Thriller
Dallas 362
4.7
Movie

Dallas 362

2005Drama
Bats
4.6
Movie

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1999Horror
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
4.6
Movie

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Veronica in the FBI
4.3
Movie

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2007Drama
Ladykiller
4.2
Movie

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1992Romance
Live at the Foxes Den
3.6
Movie

Live at the Foxes Den

2013Drama
Changing Habits
2.7
Movie

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1997Romance
Ghostkiller
0
Movie

Ghostkiller

2024Action
The Gettysburg Address
0
Movie

The Gettysburg Address

2025Documentary
24: Redemption
0
Movie

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2008Action
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
0
Series

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

1996Drama