Bob Gunton

Bob Gunton is the actor who played Benjamin Maxwell in the fourth season episode .
== Career ==
=== Stage work and associated screen credits ===
In 1977, Gunton stood in for Christopher Lloyd in the play Happy End during its Broadway debut. Lloyd was starring in the play as Bill Cracker but was unable to make the premiere performance due to a leg injury. Gunton went on in his place until Lloyd was able return to the role (albeit on crutches). Gunton and Lloyd later co-starred together in the 1992 TV movie Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (also featuring Bruce Gray) and the 1997 independent film Changing Habits (with Terri Garr and Anne Haney).
Gunton was nominated by the Drama Desk Awards for his performance in the 1978 Broadway musical, King of Hearts. In 1979, Gunton starred in the Broadway musical Evita in the role of Argentine dictator Juan Perón, for which he received his first Tony Award nomination in addition to winning a Drama Desk Award. He later received Drama Desk nominations for his off-Broadway play How I Got That Story and for his performance as The King in the Broadway musical Big River. The latter also starred s René Auberjonois in the role of The Duke. Gunton and Auberjonois later worked together in the CBS TV movie Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life, with Bill Bolender, Jeff Kober, and Jimmie F. Skaggs.
In 1982, Gunton worked with Robert Joy and John Vickery in the off-Broadway play The Death of Von Richtofen as Witnessed From Earth. He then played Claudius in an off-Broadway production of Hamlet which also starred James Cromwell as Horatio and Raphael Sbarge as Reynaldo. In 1983, he co-starred with Frank Langella in the Broadway production of Passion. In 1988, Gunton played the Governor and Caroline Lagerfelt his wife in Phaedra Britannica. Gunton received his second Tony nomination in 1990 for playing the title role in the revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This role had previously been portrayed on Broadway first by Len Cariou and then by George Hearn.
=== Film work ===
Gunton made his feature film debut in (1981). His film work continued in the late 1980s with roles in (1987, with Gordon Clapp, Ken Jenkins, Kevin Tighe, and Tom Wright), (1987, with Vanessa Williams), and (1989, featuring J.D. Cullum, Cliff DeYoung, Mark Margolis, Richard Riehle, and Ethan Phillips). 
In 1989, Gunton made an appearance in (1989, with Reg E. Cathey, Ed Lauter, Mark Moses, Richard Poe, and Mike Starr. Gunton again worked with Stone on (1991, featuring Bill Bolender and Tony Plana). In between these two films, Gunton shot a comedy entitled Missing Pieces, which co-starred John de Lancie. Gunton was then seen in (1992, with Ellen Geer), (1992, with Ian Abercrombie, Richard Riehle, and Nick Tate), (1992, with Kevin Conway), Father Hood (co-starring Adrienne Barbeau and Brian Bonsall), and (1993, with Bill Cobbs).
Perhaps Gunton's best-known film role is that of Warden Norton in (1993, with Dion Anderson, Bill Bolender, Brian Brophy, Clancy Brown, Jude Ciccolella, Don McManus, Mark Rolston, and William Sadler). The following year, Gunton appeared in , along with Christopher Plummer, and played Burton Quinn in . He then had supporting roles in (1996, starring Christian Slater and featuring Casey Biggs, Raymond Cruz, Vince Deadrick, Gary Epper, James MacDonald, and Kurtwood Smith) and (1996, with fellow Next Generation guest star Nikki Cox).
Gunton made an uncredited appearance in (1997, with Keith Carradine, John Carroll Lynch, and Kenneth Tigar). Later that year, Gunton co-starred in , along with Anne Haney, Richard Herd, J. Patrick McCormack, Michael O'Hagan, and Leon Rippy. Gunton afterward portrayed Dean Walcott in (1998, starring Robin Williams and featuring Ellen Albertini Dow, Harry Groener, Richard Kiley, Randy Oglesby and Harve Presnell). Gunton then co-starred with Dina Meyer in (1999, written by Nemesis John Logan).
Gunton's next film role was that of Alexander McNally III, the owner of the yacht called the Mistral, in (2000, with Next Generation guest star Christopher McDonald). Gunton's more recent film credits have included (2001, with Mädchen Amick), (2004), (2004), (2007), Fracture, and Rendition, (2007, with Brian George), (2008), and (2011).
=== Television work ===
==== TV movies and mini-series ====
Gunton's earliest television acting role was that of Harry Gibbs in the 1982 made-for-TV movie Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal. Future actor Robert Picardo co-starred in the movie. Gunton's next TV movie was the 1985 HBO drama Finnegan Begin Again, which also featured David Huddleston and Deep Space Nine regular Avery Brooks.
In 1990, Gunton was seen in (1990, co-starring Keith Carradine, Robert Joy, and Mitchell Ryan) and (1990, directed by James Goldstone and co-starring Stephen Liska, David Soul, and Tony Todd). The following year, he appeared in the TV movie Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, along with Vaughn Armstrong, Gordon Clapp, Jeffrey Nordling, Andrew Prine, and Cary-Hiroyuki. This movie was directed by Robert Iscove.
His other TV movie credits during the 1990s included the movies Ladykiller (with Alice Krige and Bert Remsen), Roswell (with Michael Bofshever, Richard Fancy, Bruce Gray, John Hostetter, James MacDonald, Warren Munson, Eugene Roche, and David Selburg), In Pursuit of Honor (co-starring James B. Sikking), Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (co-starring Bill Cobbs), The Siege at Ruby Ridge (with Kirsten Dunst, Gary Graham, Hal Landon, Jr., Bradley Pierce, and Joel Swetow), and Buffalo Soldiers (co-written by Frank Military). He also played Richard Nixon in (1997, featuring Deep Space Nine guest star Richard Beymer).
Gunton also had a role in (1991, featuring Stephen Collins as John F. Kennedy). Gunton's subsequent mini-series include (1992, with Marc Adams, Brad Blaisdell, Christopher Carroll, Jeff Corey, Robin Gammell, Bruce Gray, Brian Markinson, Jay Robinson, Don Stark, and Todd Waring) and (1993, with Kim Cattrall, Brad Dourif, Bebe Neuwirth, Charles Rocket, and David Warner).
Gunton, along with Teri Hatcher and Bruce McGill, had a supporting role in (2000). The following year, Gunton appeared in the movie When Billie Beat Bobby along with Michael Cavanaugh, Paul Collins, Patrick Kerr, Leonard Kelly-Young, and Scott Klace. He was also one of the many Star Trek performers to appear in the acclaimed 2001 HBO movie 61*. Among his co-stars in this production were Robert Joy, Christopher McDonald, and Bruce McGill, as well as Seymour Cassel, Robert Costanzo, J.D. Cullum, Charles Esten, Michael Nouri, Dell Yount, and star Connor Trinneer.
His later TV movie credits included Paramount Television's (2004) and (2007, featuring Robert Curtis Brown, Clyde Kusatsu, and Colby Paul).
==== TV series ====
In 1988, Gunton and fellow Next Generation guest star Susan Diol were regulars on . Later that same year, Gunton appeared in a fifth season episode of along with Rosalind Chao and James Saito. In 1990, he made guest appearances on NBC's (in an episode with Richard Poe) and (with Corbin Bernsen, Larry Drake, and Jennifer Hetrick).
In 1995, Gunton was a main cast member on . Fellow Next Generation guest actor Dan Gauthier and Jacqueline Kim were also regulars on this series. In 1998, Gunton appeared on , in an episode with Willie Garson and Albert Hall. This was followed by guest appearances on (starring Christopher McDonald, Salli Elise Richardson, and Julie Warner) and (starring Alan Ruck).
In 2002, Gunton starred as "Junction Jack" in , on which Sarah Silverman was also a regular cast member. From 2004 through 2006, Gunton was seen in the recurring role of Noah Taylor on . Starring in this series were Teri Hatcher, Alfre Woodard, and Mark Moses; Gunton also worked with Steven Culp on this series before the latter's character was killed off.
In addition, Gunton had recurring roles on NBC's Mister Sterling (working with Vaughn Armstrong, Art Chudabala, David Doty, Nicole Forester, James W. Jansen, Stanley Kamel, Randy Oglesby, Eric Pierpoint, George D. Wallace, and Harris Yulin), (with Kevin Rahm, including one episode with Megan Cole and George Ball, and another episode directed by Andrew Robinson), (including an episode with John Billingsley), E-Ring (including one episode directed by Kenneth Biller and two others with Jack Kehler), and (starring Rebecca Romijn, with Jason Brooks, Brett Cullen, James Read, and Tom Virtue). 
His other guest appearances have included (starring Paul Guilfoyle and Wallace Langham, with Raymond Cruz), (with Rosemary Forsyth), and Linda Park's first episode of First Wives Club. In 2008, Gunton appeared as an attorney on , which starred William Shatner and, at the time, John Larroquette. Jack Shearer also appeared in Gunton's episode as a Supreme Court Justice.
Gunton played Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin in three episodes of the sixth season of . He reprised the role of Kanin as a regular cast member for the seventh season of 24, as Chief of Staff to President Allison Taylor. This season also featured such Trek notables as John Billingsley, Jeffrey Nordling, Tony Todd, Connor Trinneer, and Annie Wersching. Gunton continued playing the role for the show's eighth and final season, which aired in January 2010.
In 2015, Gunton was a series regular on the first series of Netflix' .
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