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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Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 • as Lawrence Hendricks Sr.

Law & Order

1990 • as Gil Himes

Family Guy

1999 • as Warden (voice)

The Blacklist

2013 • as Nicholas Moore

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 • as Robert Carvallo

The Mentalist

2008 • as Alexander Harrington

Filmography

2025

The Gettysburg Address

as William Herndon (voice)

Movie - Released: 11/19/2025

2024

The Inheritance

as Charles Abernathy

Movie - Released: 7/12/2024

Purgatory Station

as Horatio Grimes

Movie - Released: 11/29/2024

2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as The Ghost Farmer

Movie - Released: 11/18/2021

Movie

Scarlett

Movie - Released: 12/31/2021

2019

Project Blue Book

as Harry S. Truman

TV - Released: 1/8/2019

2018

Alex & the List

as Mr. Stern

Movie - Released: 5/4/2018

Unbroken: Path to Redemption

as Major

Movie - Released: 9/14/2018

The Cool Kids

as Colonel Christianson

TV - Released: 9/28/2018

2017

Mountain Top

as Maxwell Forrest

Movie - Released: 2/10/2017

Trial & Error

as Jeremiah Davis

TV - Released: 3/14/2017

2015

The 33

as President Sebastián Piñera

Movie - Released: 8/6/2015

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

as Flight School Instructor

Movie - Released: 6/5/2015

Marvel's Daredevil

as Leland Owlsley

TV - Released: 4/10/2015

2014

Decoding Annie Parker

as Dr. Benton

Movie - Released: 5/2/2014

2013

Highland Park

as Bert

Movie - Released: 6/8/2013

Runner Runner

as Dean Alex Monroe

Movie - Released: 9/24/2013

Live at the Foxes Den

as Tony O'Hara

Movie - Released: 12/6/2013

Jimmy

as Sheriff Brinson

Movie - Released: 6/4/2013

The Blacklist

as Nicholas Moore

TV - Released: 9/23/2013

2012

Argo

as Cyrus Vance

Movie - Released: 10/11/2012

Get the Gringo

as Mr. Kaufmann

Movie - Released: 3/15/2012

Trouble with the Curve

as Watson

Movie - Released: 9/21/2012

Elementary

as Frederick Wentz

TV - Released: 9/27/2012

2011

The Lincoln Lawyer

as Cecil Dobbs

Movie - Released: 3/17/2011

Kill the Irishman

as Jerry Merke

Movie - Released: 3/10/2011

The Least of These

as Father Thomas Peters

Movie - Released: 8/2/2011

New Girl

as Ed

TV - Released: 9/20/2011

Up All Night

as Tom

TV - Released: 9/14/2011

2010

The Trial

as Joe Whetstone

Movie - Released: 9/10/2010

2009

Tenure

as William Thurber

Movie - Released: 10/24/2009

2008

The Lazarus Project

as Father Ezra

Movie - Released: 10/24/2008

Player 5150

as Nick

Movie - Released: 1/7/2008

The Mentalist

as Alexander Harrington

TV - Released: 9/23/2008

World War Two: Behind Closed Doors

as Franklin Roosevelt

TV - Released: 11/10/2008

2007

Dead Silence

as Edward Ashen

Movie - Released: 3/16/2007

Veronica in the FBI

as Principal Harris

Movie - Released: 10/23/2007

Numb

as Dr. Townshend

Movie - Released: 4/30/2007

Fracture

as Judge Gardner

Movie - Released: 4/19/2007

Rendition

as Lars Whitman

Movie - Released: 9/7/2007

Women's Murder Club

TV - Released: 10/12/2007

Pandemic

as Dr. Max Sorkosky

TV - Released: 5/26/2007

2006

Believe in Me

as Hugh Moreland

Movie - Released: 9/7/2006

Pepper Dennis

as Dick Dinkle

TV - Released: 4/4/2006

2005

Dallas 362

as Joe

Movie - Released: 5/6/2005

Numb3rs

TV - Released: 1/23/2005

E-Ring

TV - Released: 9/21/2005

2004

Iron Jawed Angels

as President Woodrow Wilson

Movie - Released: 1/16/2004

I ♥ Huckabees

as Mr. Silver

Movie - Released: 9/10/2004

Judas

as Caiaphas

Movie - Released: 3/8/2004

Desperate Housewives

as Noah Taylor

TV - Released: 10/3/2004

The Batman

as Gorman (voice)

TV - Released: 9/11/2004

Boston Legal

as Attorney William Connolly

TV - Released: 10/3/2004

2003

Broadway's Lost Treasures

as Juan Perón (segment "Evita")

Movie - Released: 8/10/2003

Nip/Tuck

TV - Released: 7/22/2003

Peacemakers

as Mayor Smith

TV - Released: 7/30/2003

Mister Sterling

TV - Released: 1/10/2003

2002

Scenes of the Crime

as Steven, Jimmy's Partner

Movie - Released: 5/11/2002

The Pact

as James Harte

Movie - Released: 11/4/2002

Boat Trip

as Boat Captain

Movie - Released: 10/1/2002

Greg the Bunny

as "Junction" Jack Mars

TV - Released: 3/27/2002

Monk

as Dwight Ellison

TV - Released: 7/12/2002

The Court

TV - Released: 3/26/2002

2001

When Billie Beat Bobby

as Jerry Perenchio

Movie - Released: 4/16/2001

61*

as Dan Topping

Movie - Released: 4/28/2001

TV - Released: 11/6/2001

as Ethan Kanin

TV - Released: 11/6/2001

2000

The Perfect Storm

as Alexander McAnally III

Movie - Released: 6/29/2000

Running Mates

as Sen. Terrence Randall

Movie - Released: 8/13/2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Robert Carvallo

TV - Released: 10/6/2000

1999

Bats

as Dr. Alexander McCabe

Movie - Released: 10/22/1999

Family Guy

as Warden (voice)

TV - Released: 1/31/1999

Judging Amy

as Dr. Alan Foster

TV - Released: 9/19/1999

Family Law

as Judge Mason

TV - Released: 9/20/1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Lawrence Hendricks Sr.

TV - Released: 9/20/1999

1998

Patch Adams

as Dean Walcott

Movie - Released: 12/25/1998

1997

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

as Finley Largent

Movie - Released: 11/21/1997

Elvis Meets Nixon

as Richard M. Nixon

Movie - Released: 8/12/1997

A Thousand Acres

as Judge (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 9/19/1997

Changing Habits

as Bishop Creighton

Movie - Released: 5/20/1997

Buffalo Soldiers

as Col. Benjamin Grierson

Movie - Released: 12/7/1997

Ally McBeal

as Michaelson

TV - Released: 9/8/1997

1996

The Glimmer Man

as Frank Deverell

Movie - Released: 10/4/1996

The Siege at Ruby Ridge

as Bo Gritz

Movie - Released: 5/19/1996

Broken Arrow

as Pritchett

Movie - Released: 2/9/1996

Spin City

as Governor Riley

TV - Released: 9/17/1996

1995

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

as Burton Quinn

Movie - Released: 11/10/1995

In Pursuit of Honor

as Col. John Hardesty

Movie - Released: 3/18/1995

Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long

as Franklin D. Roosevelt

Movie - Released: 3/18/1995

Dolores Claiborne

as Mr. Pease

Movie - Released: 3/24/1995

The Outer Limits

as Clute Nichols

TV - Released: 3/26/1995

Courthouse

as Judge Homer Conklin

TV - Released: 9/13/1995

1994

The Shawshank Redemption

as Warden Norton

Movie - Released: 9/23/1994

Cosmic Slop

as President Ellis (segment 'Space Traders')

Movie - Released: 11/8/1994

Roswell

as Frank Joyce

Movie - Released: 7/31/1994

Touched by an Angel

as Sidney Alcott

TV - Released: 9/21/1994

1993

Demolition Man

as Chief George Earle

Movie - Released: 10/8/1993

Father Hood

as Lazzaro

Movie - Released: 8/27/1993

Wild Palms

as Dr. Tobias Schenkl

TV - Released: 5/16/1993

1992

Missing Pieces

as Mr Gabor

Movie - Released: 3/28/1992

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

as Texas Preacher

Movie - Released: 4/14/1992

Patriot Games

as Interviewer

Movie - Released: 6/4/1992

Jennifer Eight

as Goodridge

Movie - Released: 11/6/1992

Ladykiller

as Wolkowski

Movie - Released: 9/19/1992

The Public Eye

as Older Agent

Movie - Released: 10/16/1992

Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster

as Larry Dietrick - State of Alaska

Movie - Released: 9/13/1992

Sinatra

as Tommy Dorsey

TV - Released: 11/8/1992

1991

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

as Chaplain

Movie - Released: 9/29/1991

JFK

as TV Newsman #3

Movie - Released: 12/20/1991

Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin

as Asst. D.A. Scott Willard

Movie - Released: 5/14/1991

A Woman Named Jackie

as Hugh Auchincloss

TV - Released: 10/13/1991

1990

Judgment

as Monsignor Beauvais

Movie - Released: 10/13/1990

The Bride in Black

as Sydney

Movie - Released: 10/21/1990

Law & Order

as Gil Himes

TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1989

Glory

as Gen. Charles Garrison Harker

Movie - Released: 12/15/1989

Born on the Fourth of July

as Doctor

Movie - Released: 12/20/1989

Unconquered

as Gov. George Wallace

Movie - Released: 1/15/1989

as Richie Segretto

Movie - Released: 8/2/1989

1988

Forever James Dean

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1988

Hothouse

as Dr. Leonard Schrader

TV - Released: 6/30/1988

1987

Matewan

as C.E. Lively

Movie - Released: 8/28/1987

The Pick-up Artist

as Fernando Portacarrero

Movie - Released: 9/18/1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Capt. Benjamin Maxwell

TV - Released: 9/28/1987

1986

Adam: His Song Continues

as Edgar Milton

Movie - Released: 9/29/1986

Static

as Frank

Movie - Released: 6/13/1986

L.A. Law

as Bob Weston

TV - Released: 9/15/1986

1985

Finnegan Begin Again

as Christian Jameson

Movie - Released: 2/24/1985

The Equalizer

as Cronin

TV - Released: 9/18/1985

1984

Movie

Soldiers in Hiding

as Narrator

Movie - Released: 11/11/1984

Miami Vice

TV - Released: 9/16/1984

1982

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal

as Harry Gibbs

Movie - Released: 2/17/1982

1981

Rollover

as Sal Naftari

Movie - Released: 10/11/1981

Unknown

Ghostkiller

as Fr. Wilson O'Rourke

Movie