Bob Gunton

Highest Rated: 96% Argo (2012)

Lowest Rated: 0% Live At The Foxes Den (2013)

Birthday: Nov 15, 1954

Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, USA

California-born actor Robert Gunton has been essaying film character roles since 1980. Among his film credits are Rollover (1981), Matewan (1987), Glory (1988) and Cookie (1989). Many observers feel that Gunton was at his performing peak in the role of a wildly neurotic streetcorner evangelist in the little-seen satire Static (1985). A seasoned improv performer, Robert Gunton was one of the regulars (along with such future notables as Mark-Linn Baker and Joe Mantegna on the Manhattan-based TV series Comedy Zone (1984).

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Nyckeln till frihet - Klassiker	Actor	—	2020
No Score Yet	Mountain Top	Maxwell Forrest	—	2017
48%	The 33	President Sebastián Piñera	$9.2M	2015
No Score Yet	Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant	Actor	—	2015
0%	Live At The Foxes Den	Tony O'Hara	—	2013
No Score Yet	Jimmy	Sherriff Brinson	—	2013
96%	Argo	Cyrus Vance	$136.1M	2012
51%	Trouble with the Curve	Watson	$35.8M	2012
82%	Get the Gringo	Actor	$0.5M	2012
62%	Kill the Irishman	Jerry Merke	$1.2M	2011
83%	The Lincoln Lawyer	Cecil Dobbs	$58M	2011
No Score Yet	The Trial	Actor	—	2011
No Score Yet	The Trial	Joe Whetstone	—	2010
No Score Yet	Tenure	William Thurber	—	2009
60%	The Lazarus Project	Ojciec EzraFather Ezra	—	2008
No Score Yet	Player 5150	Nick	—	2008
No Score Yet	WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West	Franklin D. Roosevelt	—	2008
No Score Yet	The Least of These	Father Thomas Peters	—	2008
47%	Rendition	Lars Whitman	$9.7M	2007
No Score Yet	Pandemic	Dr. Max Sorkosky	—	2007
71%	Fracture	Judge Gardner	$39M	2007
21%	Dead Silence	Edward Ashen	$16.6M	2007
60%	Believe in Me	Hugh Moreland	$0.2M	2007
No Score Yet	Numb	Dr. Townsend	—	2007
56%	Dallas 362	Joe	—	2005
63%	I Heart Huckabees	Mr. Silver	$12.8M	2004
No Score Yet	Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'The Shawshank Redemption'	Actor	—	2004
No Score Yet	Judas	Caiphas	—	2004
50%	Scenes of the Crime	Steven Wayne	—	2003
7%	Boat Trip	Captain	$8.6M	2003
56%	Iron Jawed Angels	President Woodrow Wilson	—	2003
No Score Yet	The Jesus Experience: Christianity Around the World	Actor	—	2002
No Score Yet	The Pact	James Harte	—	2002
No Score Yet	Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature	Actor	—	2001
85%	61*	Dan Topping	—	2001
No Score Yet	When Billie Beat Bobby	Jerry Perenchio	—	2001
14%	Running Mates	Terrence Randall	—	2000
47%	The Perfect Storm	Alexander McAnally III	—	2000
17%	Bats	Dr. Alexander McCabe	—	1999
22%	Patch Adams	Dean Walcott	—	1998
No Score Yet	Elvis Meets Nixon	Richard Nixon	—	1998
No Score Yet	Buffalo Soldiers	Grierson	—	1997
50%	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil	Finley Largent	—	1997
No Score Yet	Changing Habits	Bishop Creighton	—	1997
11%	The Glimmer Man	Frank Deverell	—	1996
No Score Yet	Ruby Ridge: An American Tragedy	Bo Gritz	—	1996
53%	Broken Arrow	Pritchett	—	1996
25%	Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls	Burton Quinn	—	1995
84%	Dolores Claiborne	Mr. Pease	—	1995
No Score Yet	In Pursuit of Honor	Col. Hardesty	—	1995
No Score Yet	Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long	Roosevelt	—	1995
91%	The Shawshank Redemption	Warden Norton	—	1994
No Score Yet	Roswell	Frank Joyce	—	1994
60%	Demolition Man	Chief George Earle	—	1993
10%	Father Hood	Lazzaro	—	1993
No Score Yet	Wild Palms	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Murder in the Heartland	Gov. Anderson	—	1993
No Score Yet	Sinatra	Tommy Dorsey	—	1992
65%	The Public Eye	Older Agent	—	1992
73%	Patriot Games	Interviewer	—	1992
No Score Yet	Ladykiller	Wolkowski	—	1992
No Score Yet	Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster	Larry Dietrick	—	1992
84%	JFK	3rd TV Newsman	—	1991
No Score Yet	Mission of the Shark	Chaplain	—	1991
No Score Yet	Missing Pieces	Mr. Gabor	—	1991
No Score Yet	Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin	Willard	—	1991
No Score Yet	Judgment	Monsignor Beauvais	—	1990
85%	Born on the Fourth of July	Doctor #1 - VA Hospital	—	1989
93%	Glory	Gen. Harker	—	1989
15%	Cookie	Richard Segretto	—	1989
No Score Yet	Forever James Dean	Actor	—	1988
59%	The Pick-Up Artist	Portacarrero	—	1987
94%	Matewan: A Luta Final	C.E. Lively	—	1987
No Score Yet	Adam: His Song Continues	Edgar Milton	—	1986
No Score Yet	Static	Frank	—	1986
No Score Yet	Finnegan Begin Again	Christian Johnson	—	1984
No Score Yet	Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal	Actor	—	1982
78%	Rollover	Sal Naftari	—	1981

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
65%	The Cool Kids 2018-2019	Colonel Christianson	2019
92%	Marvel's Daredevil 2015-2018	Leland Owlsley	2019 2018 2016 2015
91%	The Blacklist 2013	Actor	2018
78%	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999	Guest Lawrence Hendricks Sr.	2017 2016
94%	Royal Pains 2009-2016	General William Collins	2016 2012 2011 2010
No Score Yet	Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street 2014-2019	Grandpa	2015
75%	24: Live Another Day 2014	Actor	2014
95%	New Girl 2011-2020	Ed	2014
76%	Trophy Wife 2013-2014	Francis	2014
70%	Up All Night 2011-2013	Tom	2012
83%	Wilfred 2011-2014	Warner	2012 2011
42%	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 2011	Marshall Phelps	2011
No Score Yet	Family Guy 1999	Voice	2011
No Score Yet	The Mentalist 2008-2015	Alexander Harrington	2010 2009
87%	24 2001-2014	Ethan Kanin	2010 2009 2008 2007
86%	Boston Legal 2004-2008	William Connolly	2008
72%	Desperate Housewives 2004-2012	Noah Taylor Noah	2008 2006 2005 2004
55%	The Women's Murder Club 2007-2008	Arthur Lazar	2007
No Score Yet	Numb3rs 2005-2010	Boyd Resnick	2006
91%	Monk 2002-2009	Dwight Ellison	2004
No Score Yet	Judging Amy 1999-2005	Dr. Alan Foster	2004 2003
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Director Robert Carvallo Robert Cavallo	2003 2001
No Score Yet	Greg the Bunny 2002	Junction Jack	2002
66%	Spin City 1996-2002	Governor	2002
No Score Yet	Touched by an Angel 1994-2003	Sidney Alcott	2002
No Score Yet	Family Law 1999-2002	Judge Owen Mason	2000 1999
61%	Ally McBeal 1997-2002	Michaelson	1998
No Score Yet	The Outer Limits 1995-2002	Actor	1998
91%	Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987-1994	Capt. Benjamin Maxwell	1991
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990-2010	Bob Himes Gil Himes	1990
71%	Miami Vice 1984-1990	Enrico Rivas	1988
17%	Courthouse 1995	Homer Conklin

Quotes from Bob Gunton's Characters

Warden Samuel Norton:

I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.

Andy Dufresne:	My God, Warden! How could you be so obtuse!
Warden Samuel Norton:	What the F*** did you call me?!

Warden Samuel Norton:	(Returning bible containing rock hammer back to Andy) "Salvation lies within."
Warden Samuel Norton:	[returning bible containing rock hammer back to Andy] Salvation lies within.

Warden Samuel Norton:

It's a miracle...man up and vanished like a fart in the wind.

Warden Samuel Norton:

I believe in two things, discipline and the Bible... Here you'll receive both.

Warden Samuel Norton:

I'd hate to deprive you of this. Salvation lies within.

Warden Samuel Norton:	Gone...like a fart in the wind!
Warden Samuel Norton:	Lord! It's a miracle! Man up and vanished like a fart in the wind!

Warden Samuel Norton:	you better be sick or dead in there i kid you not
Warden Samuel Norton:	You better be sick or dead in there, I shit you not!
Bullhorn Tower Guard:	You better be sick or dead in there, I shit you not!

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Bob Gunton

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Quotes from Bob Gunton's Characters