Bob Gunton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth

Movie Actor

Bob Gunton was born in Santa Monica, California, United States on November 15th, 1945 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 78, Bob Gunton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names

Robert Patrick Gunton Jr., Bob

Date of Birth

November 15, 1945

Nationality

United States

Place of Birth

Santa Monica, California, United States

Age

78 years old

Zodiac Sign

Scorpio

Networth

$3 Million

Profession

Actor, Film Actor, Soldier, Stage Actor, Television Actor, Voice Actor

Bob Gunton Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 78 years old, Bob Gunton has this physical status:

Height

187cm

Weight

80kg

Hair Color

Gray

Eye Color

Blue

Build

Average

Measurements

Not Available

Bob Gunton Religion, Education, and Hobbies

Religion

Roman Catholicism

Hobbies

Not Available

Education

Mater Dei High School, Paulist Seminary St Peter’s College, University of California, Irvine

Bob Gunton Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family

Spouse(s)

Carey Pitts

Children

Dating / Affair

Annie McGreevey (1980-2006), Carey Pitts (2006-Present)

Parents

Robert Patrick Gunton Sr., Rose Marie

Other Family

Richard Hutchins Gunton (Paternal Grandfather), Kathleen “Katie/Kate” McGarry (Paternal Grandmother), Joseph “Joe” Banovetz (Maternal Grandfather), Mary Sardich/Sarodoc/Sarodok (Maternal Grandmother)

Bob Gunton Career

Gunton played the role of Juan Perón in the original 1980 Broadway production of Evita, earning a nomination for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance. He had a supporting role in the 1985 HBO film Finnegan Begin Again starring Robert Preston and Mary Tyler Moore. Gunton later starred in the title role of a 1989 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd and received a second Tony nomination for his portrayal. Additional Broadway credits include Working, King of Hearts, The Music Women, How I Got That Story, and Big River.

Gunton portrayed President Richard Nixon in a recreation of the Watergate tapes incident for Nightline. He also played President Woodrow Wilson in the film Iron Jawed Angels (2004). Gunton is also known for his guest starring role as Capt. Benjamin Maxwell in the well-received 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded". Gunton played Warden Samuel Norton, the head of Shawshank State Prison and the primary antagonist in The Shawshank Redemption (1994) opposite Tim Robbins. Gunton played Cecil Dobbs in the 2011 film The Lincoln Lawyer.

Gunton also guest starred in the first season of Desperate Housewives and the sixth season of 24, where he portrayed United States Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin. He signed on as series regular afterward and reprised the role of Kanin but now as the Chief of Staff to the new president, Allison Taylor, in the show's seventh season as well as the two-hour television prequel film, 24: Redemption. He returned again for the eighth season but this time as the President's Secretary of State. Gunton portrays Leland Owlsley in the 2015 TV series Daredevil. Gunton made a guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in January 2017. In 2021, Gunton was used as a body double for Harold Ramis' character Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

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