Biography
Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. is an American character actor of stage and screen. He is known for playing 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 the Daredevil television series, Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin in 24, and Noah Taylor in Desperate Housewives.
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Awards & recognition
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical · 1980
- Clarence Derwent Awards
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1990 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actor in a Musical · 1989 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical · 1985 · nominated
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- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actor in a Play · 1982 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical · 1980 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Musical · 1980 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical · 1979 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
A Woman Named Jackie
The Shawshank Redemption
The Mentalist
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Marvel's Daredevil
The Batman
Monk
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Boston Legal
Desperate Housewives
24
The Outer Limits
The Blacklist
Elementary
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
JFK
Adam: His Song Continues
Glory
New Girl
Family Guy
Miami Vice
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Argo
Fracture
Patch Adams
Dolores Claiborne
Law & Order
Mountain Top
The Lincoln Lawyer
Nip/Tuck
Touched by an Angel
Trial & Error
L.A. Law
Trouble with the Curve
Numb3rs
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Elvis Meets Nixon
Born on the Fourth of July
Jimmy
Kill the Irishman
Iron Jawed Angels
Demolition Man
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Patriot Games
Get the Gringo
Dead Silence
The Perfect Storm
Ally McBeal
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
The 33