Bob Gunton

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Bob Gunton is an American actor, primarily known for portraying strict and authoritarian characters in popular films. His better known roles include chief George Earle in "Demolition Man" (1993), prison warden Samuel Norton in "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), medical school dean Dr. Walcott in "Patch Adams" (1998), and politician Cyrus Vance in "Argo" (2012).In 1945, Gunton was born Santa Monica, California. His parents were labor union executive Robert Patrick Gunton Sr. and his wife Rose Marie Banovetz. Gunton was raised in California and attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California. His college years were spent in the Paulist Seminary St Peter's College, in Baltimore, Maryland, and the University of California, Irvine.Gunton joined the United States Army in 1969, when 24-years-old. He served until 1971. He served as a radio telephone operator with the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. He was assigned to the Fire Support Base Ripcord during the Vietnam War. When the base was evacuated during a siege by North Vietnamese Army (NVA), Gunton manage to retrieve important radios that were in danger of falling in enemy hands. He was awarded with a Bronze Star commendation for his deed.Gunton was primarily known for theatrical roles in the late 1970s and 1980s. He played Raoul in the Broadway musical "King of Hearts" (1978). For this role he was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical. The award was instead won by rival actor Ken Jennings (1947-).From 1979 to 1983, Gunton played the role of President of Argentina Juan Perón (1895-1974, term 1946-1955, 1973-1974) in "Evita". He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.In 1980, Gunton played in the play How I Got That Story. He won both the Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Male Performer and the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actor. He was also nominated Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play.From 1985 to 1985, Gunton played the King in the musical "Big River". The musical was an adaptation of the novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884) by Mark Twain. For this role Gunton was again nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical.From 1987 to 1990, Gunton played protagonist Sweeney Todd in "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street". He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical. While critically acclaimed for this role, Gunton won none of these awards.In the 1990s, Gunton started focusing more on film roles. More often playing antagonists than heroes or supporting characters,. In 2007, Gunton joined the main cast of the popular action drama television series "24", playing politician Ethan Kanin. He played the role until the end of the series in 2010. In 2015, Gunton joined the main cast of the superhero series "Daredevil". He played the super-villain Leland Owlsley (codenamed "the Owl in the comics).By 2020 Gunton was 74-years-old. He has never retired, and continues to appear regularly in film and television. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dimos I

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Releases by Year

Bob Gunton on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 1982 to 2021. See the full graphs of the number of Bob Gunton movies released per year from 1996 till 2021.

Top Genres

Bob Gunton works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Comedy Genre flixes. 39% of Bob Gunton movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Bob Gunton worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Bob Gunton has worked on is 6.5.

6.5 / 10

Bob Gunton's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

9.3/10142 min

Available in 11 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Drama
Peacemakers (2003)

In the late 1800's a new addition to law enforcement is evolving. Forensic science is in its infancy and the Wild West will never be the same. Enter Federal Marshal Jared Stone, the product...

8.1/10\N min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Action,Adventure,Crime
24: Redemption (2008)

Former Federal Agent Jack Bauer confronts African dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.

7.4/1084 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

In 1932, a modernizing U.S. Army orders the Cavalry to destroy its horses but some sympathetic cavalrymen, defying orders, steal the horses in order to save them from destruction, to the dismay of the top Army-brass.

7.1/10111 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

Biography,Comedy,Drama
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)

A "mockumentary" about Elvis's real-life trip to the White House to become a federal marshal under the DEA, but meets the President instead. Along the way, the film exposes Elvis's humor, ...

7/1095 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama,Romance
Numb (2007)

A chronically depressed screenwriter desperately tries to cure his condition when he meets the girl of his dreams.

6.6/1093 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

This starts when Jackie Kennedy was working after college; and spans her life through the Presidency of John F. Kennedy and her marriage to Aristotle Onassis after the assassination of President Kennedy.

6.6/10246 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Crime,Drama,Thriller
Murder in the Heartland (1993)

A wanna-be tough guy and his fourteen-year-old girlfriend go on a murder spree.

6.4/10157 min

Available in 8 platform(s).