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Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. is an American actor of stage and screen. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters, including Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, Dr. Walcott, the domineering dean of Virginia Medical School in Patch Adams, and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Argo. He also played Leland Owlsley in Daredevil TV series, Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin in 24, and Noah Taylor in Desperate Housewives.
Birth Name
Robert Patrick Gunton Jr.
Born
Thursday, 15 November 1945
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife | The Ghost Farmer / The Ghost Farmer (Egon Spengler) | 2021 |
Project Blue Book | President Harry S. Truman | 2019 |
The Cool Kids | Colonel Christianson | 2018 |
Unbroken: Path to Redemption | Major / Major Zeigler | 2018 |
Alex and the List | Mr. Stern | 2018 |
Alex & The List | Mr. Stern | 2018 |
Trial & Error | Jeremiah Davis | 2017 |
Mountain Top | Maxwell Forrest | 2017 |
The Last Tycoon | Vanderbilt Riddle | 2016 |
The 33 | President Piñera / President Sebastián Piñera | 2015 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife | The Ghost Farmer / The Ghost Farmer (Egon Spengler) | 2021 |
Project Blue Book | President Harry S. Truman | 2019 |
The Cool Kids | Colonel Christianson | 2018 |
Unbroken: Path to Redemption | Major / Major Zeigler | 2018 |
Alex and the List | Mr. Stern | 2018 |
Alex & The List | Mr. Stern | 2018 |
Trial & Error | Jeremiah Davis | 2017 |
Mountain Top | Maxwell Forrest | 2017 |
The Last Tycoon | Vanderbilt Riddle | 2016 |
The 33 | President Piñera / President Sebastián Piñera | 2015 |
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant | Flight School Instructor | 2015 |
Daredevil | Leland Owlsley | 2015 |
The Gettysburg Address | William Herndon (voice) / William Herndon | 2015 |
Decoding Annie Parker | Dr. Benton | 2014 |
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street | Grandpa | 2014 |
Live at the Foxes Den | Tony O'Hara | 2013 |
Runner Runner | Dean Alex Monroe | 2013 |
Trophy Wife | Francis Harrison | 2013 |
The Blacklist | Nicholas Moore | 2013 |
Jimmy | Sheriff Brinson | 2013 |
Highland Park | Bert | 2013 |
Argo | Cyrus Vance | 2012 |
Elementary | Frederick Wentz | 2012 |
Trouble with the Curve | Watson | 2012 |
Get the Gringo | Thomas Kaufman / Mr. Kaufmann | 2012 |
New Girl | Ed | 2011 |
Up All Night | Tom | 2011 |
Wilfred | Warner | 2011 |
The Lincoln Lawyer | Cecil Dobbs | 2011 |
Kill the Irishman | Jerry Merke | 2011 |
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Marshall Phelps | 2011 |
The Least of These | Father Thomas Peters | 2010 |
The Trial | Joe Whetstone | 2010 |
Tenure | William Thurber | 2009 |
Royal Pains | General William Collins / Ret. General William Collins | 2009 |
24: Redemption | Ethan Kanin | 2008 |
The Lazarus Project | Father Ezra | 2008 |
The Mentalist | Alexander Harrington | 2008 |
Player 5150 | Nick / Nick Villa | 2008 |
Rendition | Lars Whitman | 2007 |
Women's Murder Club | Arthur Lazar | 2007 |
Numb | Dr. Townshend | 2007 |
Fracture | Judge Gardner | 2007 |
Dead Silence | Edward Ashen | 2007 |
Believe in Me | Hugh Moreland | 2006 |
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Warden Samuel Norton | 2006 |
Pepper Dennis | Dick / Dick Dinkle | 2006 |
E-Ring | General Hughes | 2005 |
Greg the Bunny | "Junction" Jack Mars | 2005 |
Numb3rs | Boyd Resnick | 2005 |
Boston Legal | Attorney William Connolly | 2004 |
Desperate Housewives | Noah Taylor | 2004 |
I Heart Huckabees | Mr. Silver | 2004 |
The Batman | Gorman | 2004 |
Judas | High Priest Caiaphas / Caiaphas | 2004 |
Iron Jawed Angels | President Woodrow Wilson / Woodrow Wilson | 2004 |
Dallas 362 | Joe | 2003 |
Peacemakers | Mayor Smith | 2003 |
Nip/Tuck | Agent Sagamore | 2003 |
Mister Sterling | California Governor Marino | 2003 |
The Pact | James Harte / James | 2002 |
Boat Trip | Boat Captain | 2002 |
Monk | Dwight Ellison | 2002 |
Scenes of the Crime | Steven, Jimmy's Partner | 2002 |
Greg the Bunny | "Junction" Jack Mars / Junction Jack | 2002 |
The Court | Casey | 2002 |
24 | Ethan Kanin | 2001 |
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature | Self | 2001 |
61* | Dan Topping | 2001 |
When Billie Beat Bobby | Jerry Perenchio | 2001 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Director Robert Carvallo | 2000 |
Running Mates | Sen. Terrence Randall | 2000 |
The Perfect Storm | Alexander McAnally III | 2000 |
Bats | Dr. Alexander McCabe | 1999 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lawrence Hendricks Sr. | 1999 |
Family Law | Judge Mason | 1999 |
Judging Amy | Dr. Alan Foster | 1999 |
Family Guy | Warden | 1999 |
Patch Adams | Dean Walcott | 1998 |
Buffalo Soldiers | Col. Benjamin Grierson | 1997 |
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | Finley Largent | 1997 |
A Thousand Acres | Judge | 1997 |
Nothing Sacred | Bishop Corey | 1997 |
Ally McBeal | Michaelson | 1997 |
Elvis Meets Nixon | Richard M. Nixon | 1997 |
Changing Habits | Bishop Creighton | 1997 |
The Glimmer Man | Frank Deverell | 1996 |
Spin City | Governor Riley | 1996 |
The Siege at Ruby Ridge | Bo Gritz | 1996 |
Broken Arrow | Pritchett | 1996 |
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | Burton Quinn | 1995 |
Courthouse | Judge Homer Conklin | 1995 |
The Outer Limits | Clute Nichols | 1995 |
Dolores Claiborne | Mr. Pease | 1995 |
In Pursuit of Honor | Col. John Hardesty | 1995 |
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1995 |
The Shawshank Redemption | Warden Norton / Warden Samuel Norton | 1994 |
Touched by an Angel | Sidney Alcott | 1994 |
Roswell | Frank Joyce | 1994 |
Cosmic Slop | President Ellis ("Space Traders") | 1994 |
Demolition Man | Chief George Earle | 1993 |
Father Hood | Lazzaro | 1993 |
Wild Palms | Dr. Tobias Schenkl | 1993 |
Murder in the Heartland | Governor Anderson | 1993 |
Sinatra | Tommy Dorsey | 1992 |
Jennifer 8 | Goodridge | 1992 |
The Public Eye | Older Agent / Elder Agent | 1992 |
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | Larry Dietrick - State of Alaska | 1992 |
Patriot Games | Interviewer | 1992 |
Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life | Texas Preacher | 1992 |
Missing Pieces | Mr Gabor / Mr. Gabor | 1992 |
JFK | TV Newsman #3 | 1991 |
A Woman Named Jackie | Hugh Auchincloss | 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 | 1991 |
The Bride in Black | Sydney | 1990 |
Judgment | Monsignor Beauvais | 1990 |
Law & Order | Gil Himes | 1990 |
The 44th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1990 |
Born on the Fourth of July | Doctor #1 / Doctor | 1989 |
Glory | Gen. Charles Garrison Harker | 1989 |
Cookie | Richie Segretto / Segretto | 1989 |
Unconquered | Gov. George Wallace / Governor George Wallace | 1989 |
Hothouse | Dr. Leonard Schrader | 1988 |
Forever James Dean | Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1988 |
Star Trek: The Next Generation | Capt. Benjamin Maxwell | 1987 |
The Pick-up Artist | Fernando Portacarrero / Portacarrero | 1987 |
Matewan | C.E. Lively | 1987 |
Adam: His Song Continues | Edgar Milton | 1986 |
L.A. Law | Bob Weston | 1986 |
Static | Frank | 1986 |
The Equalizer | Cronin | 1985 |
Finnegan Begin Again | Christian Jamison / Christian Jameson | 1985 |
Soldiers in Hiding | Narrator | 1984 |
Miami Vice | Rivas | 1984 |
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal | Harry Gibbs | 1982 |
Rollover | Sal Naftari | 1981 |
The 34th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee & Performer | 1980 |