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Actor

Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton’s screen credits include Warden Norton in The Shawshank Redemption and Alexander McAnally III in The Perfect Storm.

Born November 15, 1945 Santa Monica, California, USA2 movies on MoviHero

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The Shawshank Redemption

1994 · 2h 22m · Crime · Drama

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The Perfect Storm

2000 · 2h 10m · Action · Adventure

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About Bob Gunton

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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Work: Actor
Born: November 15, 1945
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, USA

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Robert Patrick Gunton Jr.

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2000
The Perfect Storm2h 10m · Action · Adventure
Alexander McAnally III
1994
The Shawshank Redemption2h 22m · Crime · Drama
Warden Norton

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2025
The Gettysburg Address
William Herndon (voice)
2024
Purgatory Station
Horatio Grimes
2024
The Inheritance
Charles Abernathy
2021
Scarlett
Danny
2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The Ghost Farmer
2018
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Major
2018
Alex & the List
Mr. Stern
2017
Mountain Top
Maxwell Forrest
2015
The 33
President Sebastián Piñera
2015
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
Flight School Instructor
2014
Decoding Annie Parker
Dr. Benton
2013
Live at the Foxes Den
Tony O'Hara
2013
Runner Runner
Dean Alex Monroe
2013
Highland Park
Bert
2013
Jimmy
Sheriff Brinson
2012
Argo
Cyrus Vance
2012
Trouble with the Curve
Watson
2012
Get the Gringo
Mr. Kaufmann
2011
The Least of These
Father Thomas Peters
2011
The Lincoln Lawyer
Cecil Dobbs
2011
Kill the Irishman
Jerry Merke
2010
The Trial
Joe Whetstone
2010
Tenure
William Thurber
2008
24 Heures chrono : Redemption
Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin
2008
The Lazarus Project
Father Ezra
2008
Player 5150
Nick
2007
Veronica in the FBI
Principal Harris
2007
Rendition
Lars Whitman
2007
Numb
Dr. Townshend
2007
Fracture
Judge Gardner
2007
Dead Silence
Edward Ashen
2006
Believe in Me
Hugh Moreland
2005
Dallas 362
Joe
2004
I ♥ Huckabees
Mr. Silver
2004
Judas
Caiaphas
2004
Iron Jawed Angels
President Woodrow Wilson
2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Juan Perón (segment "Evita")
2002
The Pact
James Harte
2002
Boat Trip
Boat Captain
2002
Scenes of the Crime
Steven, Jimmy's Partner
2001
61*
Dan Topping
2001
When Billie Beat Bobby
Jerry Perenchio
2000
Running Mates
Sen. Terrence Randall
1999
"Bats" Abound
Self
1999
Bats
Dr. Alexander McCabe
1998
Patch Adams
Dean Walcott
1997
Buffalo Soldiers
Col. Benjamin Grierson
1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Finley Largent
1997
A Thousand Acres
Judge (uncredited)
1997
Elvis Meets Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
1997
Changing Habits
Bishop Creighton
1996
The Glimmer Man
Frank Deverell
1996
The Siege at Ruby Ridge
Bo Gritz
1996
Broken Arrow
Pritchett
1995
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Burton Quinn
1995
Dolores Claiborne
Mr. Pease
1995
In Pursuit of Honor
Col. John Hardesty
1995
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1994
Cosmic Slop
President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')
1994
Roswell
Frank Joyce
1993
Demolition Man
Chief George Earle
1993
Father Hood
Lazzaro
1992
Jennifer Eight
Goodridge
1992
The Public Eye
Older Agent
1992
Ladykiller
Wolkowski
1992
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
Larry Dietrick
1992
Patriot Games
Interviewer
1992
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Texas Preacher
1992
Missing Pieces
Mr Gabor
1991
JFK
TV Newsman #3
1991
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
Chaplain
1991
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Asst. D.A. Scott Willard
1990
The Bride in Black
Sydney
1990
Judgment
Monsignor Beauvais
1989
Born on the Fourth of July
Doctor #1
1989
Glory
Gen. Charles Garrison Harker
1989
Cookie
Richie Segretto
1989
Unconquered
Gov. George Wallace
1988
Forever James Dean
Narrator (voice)
1987
The Pick-up Artist
Fernando Portacarrero
1987
Matewan
C.E. Lively
1986
Adam: His Song Continues
Edgar Milton
1986
Static
Frank
1985
Finnegan Begin Again
Christian Jameson
1984
Soldiers in Hiding
Narrator
1982
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
Harry Gibbs
1981
Rollover
Sal Naftari
Ghostkiller
Fr. Wilson O'Rourke

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The Shawshank Redemption

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Allen Payne

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The Shawshank Redemption

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Cherry Jones

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Clancy Brown

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