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Bob Gunton Joins Jones, Feore, et al. in Cast of Fox’s 24

Bob Gunton
Bob Gunton

Two-time Tony Award nominee Bob Gunton will join the hit FOX-TV series 24 next season. He will play Ethan Kanin, chief of staff to the President of the United States, Allison Taylor, who will be playedby two-time Tony Award winner Cherry Jones.

24, which begins its seventh season in January 2008, consists of one-hour episodes that take place in real time. The series stars Emmy Award winner Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, a Federal agent whose job includes preventing the President from being assassinated.

This year’s cast will also include theater veterans Colm Feore as Jones’ husband, Harry; Janeane Garafolo as FBI Agent Janis Gold, and Jeffrey Nordling as FBI Agent Larry Moss.

Gunton received Tony nominations for playing Juan Peron in the original production of Evita and the title role in the 1989 revival of Sweeney Todd. His other Broadway credits include Roza, Big River, Working, Passion, and Happy End.