Portrait of Bob Gunton

Acting

Bob Gunton

Career

Active from 1981 to 2024, busiest in 1995 and 2008 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 107 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bob Gunton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    2.1, average 3.0
  • Fantasy
    0.9, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Moral Dilemma 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Period Piece 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Cult Classic 2
  • Underdog Story 2
  • Legal Drama 2
  • Bleak Atmosphere 2
  • Redemption Story 2
  • Emotional Journey 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

134
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Ghostkiller
Ghostkiller

as Fr. Wilson O'Rourke

2020s

5 titles · average score 48
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address (2025)

as William Herndon (voice)

The Inheritance
The Inheritance (2024)
GoodWatch score 34

as Charles Abernathy

Purgatory Station
Purgatory Station (2024)

as Horatio Grimes

Scarlett
Scarlett (2021)

as Danny

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as The Ghost Farmer

2010s

26 titles · average score 61
Project Blue Book
Project Blue Book (2019)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Harry S. Truman

Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018)
GoodWatch score 49

as Major

Marvel's Daredevil
Marvel's Daredevil (2015)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Leland Owlsley

The Blacklist
The Blacklist (2013)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Nicholas Moore

Jimmy
Jimmy (2013)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sheriff Brinson

Highland Park
Highland Park (2013)
GoodWatch score 55

as Bert

Elementary
Elementary (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Frederick Wentz

Argo
Argo (2012)
GoodWatch score 84

as Cyrus Vance

New Girl
New Girl (2011)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Ed

The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

as Cecil Dobbs

The Trial
The Trial (2010)
GoodWatch score 48

as Joe Whetstone

Tenure
Tenure (2010)
GoodWatch score 50

as William Thurber

2000s

39 titles · average score 62
24 Heures chrono : Redemption
24 Heures chrono : Redemption (2008)
GoodWatch score 74

as Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin

World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors (2008)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Franklin Roosevelt

The Mentalist
The Mentalist (2008)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Alexander Harrington

The Lazarus Project
The Lazarus Project (2008)
GoodWatch score 57

as Father Ezra

Dead Silence
Dead Silence (2007)
GoodWatch score 43

as Edward Ashen

Numb
Numb (2007)
GoodWatch score 60

as Dr. Townshend

Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives (2004)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Noah Taylor

Peacemakers
Peacemakers (2003)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Mayor Smith

Greg the Bunny
Greg the Bunny (2002)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as 'Junction' Jack Mars

Monk
Monk (2002)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Dwight Ellison

24
24 (2001)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Ethan Kanin

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Robert Carvallo

1990s

45 titles · average score 60
Bats
Bats (1999)
GoodWatch score 29

as Dr. Alexander McCabe

Family Guy
Family Guy (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Warden (voice)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Lawrence Hendricks Sr.

Patch Adams
Patch Adams (1998)
GoodWatch score 46

as Dean Walcott

Elvis Meets Nixon
Elvis Meets Nixon (1997)
GoodWatch score 72

as Richard M. Nixon

The Glimmer Man
The Glimmer Man (1996)
GoodWatch score 35

as Frank Deverell

Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow (1996)
GoodWatch score 57

as Pritchett

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
GoodWatch score 49

as Burton Quinn

The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
GoodWatch score 88

as Warden Norton

Demolition Man
Demolition Man (1993)
GoodWatch score 59

as Chief George Earle

Missing Pieces
Missing Pieces (1992)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mr Gabor

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Gil Himes

1980s

18 titles · average score 66
Unconquered
Unconquered (1989)

as Gov. George Wallace

Born on the Fourth of July
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
GoodWatch score 76

as Doctor #1

Forever James Dean
Forever James Dean (1988)
GoodWatch score 71

as Narrator (voice)

Hothouse
Hothouse (1988)

TV show · as Dr. Leonard Schrader

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Capt. Benjamin Maxwell

Static
Static (1986)
GoodWatch score 69

as Frank

L.A. Law
L.A. Law (1986)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Bob Westin

The Equalizer
The Equalizer (1985)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Cronin

Miami Vice
Miami Vice (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Rivas

Soldiers in Hiding
Soldiers in Hiding (1984)

as Narrator

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982)

as Harry Gibbs

Rollover
Rollover (1981)
GoodWatch score 45

as Sal Naftari