Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton is, for my money, one of the great unsung weapons of American cinema. Warden Norton in The Shawshank Redemption is a masterclass in quiet menace, the hypocrisy of a man who quotes scripture while running a racket, played without a single wasted gesture. What I admire most is his stage-trained discipline: a Drama Desk winner who treats supporting villainy as serious craft, not a paycheck. Character actors like him set the moral temperature of a film while the leads collect the praise. Every time he appears on screen, I sit up a little straighter, because I know the story just got more dangerous.

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Name (English)

Bob Gunton

Name (Japanese)

ボブ・ガントン

Reading

ぼぶ・がんとん

Born

November 15, 1945 (age 80)

Origin

Santa Monica, California, United States

Occupation

voice actor / military personnel / stage actor / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

High school

Mater Dei High School

University

University of California, Irvine

Awards & achievements

• 1980 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
• Clarence Derwent Awards

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Gunton
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352203

Tags

• California
• voice actor
• military personnel
• stage actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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