1. Bob Gunton played Leland Owlsley in the Daredevil television series, Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin in 24, and Noah Taylor in Desperate Housewives.
19 Facts About Bob Gunton
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Bob Gunton originated the role of Juan Peron in the Broadway premiere of Evita and the titular character in the 1989 revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, roles for which he received Tony Award nominations.
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Bob Gunton has received a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, and a Clarence Derwent Award.
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Bob Gunton was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Rose Marie and Robert Patrick Bob Gunton Sr.
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Bob Gunton attended Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, California, the Paulist Seminary St Peter's College, in Baltimore, Maryland, and the University of California, Irvine.
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Bob Gunton served in the United States Army as a radio telephone operator with the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, and was at the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord, South Vietnam, during the 23-day siege.
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Bob Gunton played the role of Juan Peron in the original 1980 Broadway production of Evita, earning a nomination for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance.
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Bob Gunton had a supporting role in the 1985 HBO film Finnegan Begin Again starring Robert Preston and Mary Tyler Moore.
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Bob Gunton later starred in the title role of a 1989 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd and received a second Tony nomination for his portrayal.
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Bob Gunton portrayed President Richard Nixon in a recreation of the Watergate tapes incident for Nightline.
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Bob Gunton played President Woodrow Wilson in the film Iron Jawed Angels.
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Bob Gunton is known for his guest starring role as Capt.
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Bob Gunton played Warden Samuel Norton, the head of Shawshank State Prison and the primary antagonist in The Shawshank Redemption opposite Tim Robbins.
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Bob Gunton played Cecil Dobbs in the 2011 film The Lincoln Lawyer.
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Bob Gunton 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.
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Bob Gunton 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.
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Bob Gunton returned again for the eighth season but this time as the President's Secretary of State.
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Bob Gunton portrays Leland Owlsley in the 2015 TV series Daredevil.
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In 2021, Bob Gunton was used as a body double for Harold Ramis' character Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.