Bob Gunton
Born	Robert Patrick Gunton, Jr. November 15, 1945 (1945-11-15) (age 62) Santa Monica, California

Bob Gunton (born November 15, 1945) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Warden Norton in the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption.

Biography

Early life

Gunton was born Robert Patrick Gunton, Jr. in Santa Monica, California, the son of Rose Marie (née Banouetz) and Robert Patrick Gunton, Sr., a labor union executive.^[1] He attended St. Peter’s College, a Paulist seminary in Baltimore, Maryland, and the University of California, and served in the US army.^[2]

Career

Gunton appeared on Broadway as Juan Peron opposite Patti LuPone in the original cast of Evita and in a 1989 revival of Sweeney Todd and received Tony Award nominations for both. Additional Broadway credits include Working, King of Hearts, "The Music Man", and Big River.

Gunton portrayed President Richard Nixon in a recreation of the Watergate tapes incident for Nightline.

Gunton portrayed United States Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin in the sixth season of 24 and will reprise his role, but now as Chief of Staff to the new President, in the seventh season of the show as a series regular.

Filmography

• The Heaven Project – TBA (2008)
• Rendition – Lars Whitman (2007)
• Numb – Dr. Townsend (2007)
• Fracture – Judge Gardner (2007)
• Dead Silence – Edward Ashen (2007)
• Iron Jawed Angels – President Woodrow Wilson (2004)
• I Heart Huckabees – Mr. Silver (2004)
• The Perfect Storm – Alexander McAnally III, owner of the yacht the Mistral (2000)
• Bats – Dr. Alexander McCabe (1999)
• Patch Adams – Dean Walcott (1999)
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil – Finley Largent (1997)
• Broken Arrow – Pritchett (1996)
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls – Burton Quinn (1995)
• Dolores Claiborne – Mr. Pease (1995)
• The Shawshank Redemption – Warden Samuel Norton (1994)
• Demolition Man – Chief George Earle (1993)
• Glory – Gen. Harker (1989)
• Cookie – Richie Segretto (1989)
• Matewan – C.E. Lively (1987)
• The Pick-up Artist – Fernando Portacarrero (1987)
• Static – Frank (1985)
• Rollover – Sal Naftari (1981)

Television

• Women's Murder Club – Arthur Lazar in the episode "Train In Vain" (2007)
• 24 – Ethan Kanin (2007-)
• The Batman – Gordan (2007)
• Pepper Dennis – Dick Dinkle (2006)
• Nip/Tuck – Agent Sagamore (2005)
• Monk – Trudy's father, Dwight Ellison (2004)
• Desperate Housewives – Noah Taylor (2004)
• Peacemakers– Mayor Malcolm Smith (2003)
• Greg the Bunny – Junction Jack (2002)
• 61* – Dan Topping (2001)
• The Siege At Ruby Ridge (TV-movie) – Bo Gritz (1996)
• Wild Palms – Dr. Tobias Schenkl (1993) miniseries)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation – Captain Benjamin Maxwell in the episode The Wounded, (1991)

See also

United States Army portal

References

External links

• Internet Broadway Database entry
• Bob Gunton at the Internet Movie Database
• Bob Gunton article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
• Bob Gunton Online - Unofficial fan site with news, pictures, media.