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David Harbour

Acting

Born April 10, 1975 · New York City, New York, USA

Also known as David Kenneth Harbour

Biography

David Kenneth Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an American actor. He gained global recognition for his portrayal of Jim Hopper in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–2025), for which he received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His starring film roles include the title character in Hellboy (2019), Santa Claus in Violent Night (2022), and a former racer in the sports film Gran Turismo (2023). Harbour has played Red Guardian in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the films Black Widow (2021), Thunderbolts* (2025), Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027). Harbour also voiced Eric Frankenstein in the animated television series Creature Commandos (2024–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Harbour, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actor in a Play · 2005 · nominated
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Stranger Things

2016as Jim Hopper

GOAT

2026as Archie Everhardt (voice)

What If...?

2021as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice)

The Newsroom

2012as Elliot Hirsch

Animal

2021as Self - Narrator (voice)

Banshee

2013as Robert Dalton

The Simpsons

1989as Fred Kranepool (voice)

Lie to Me

2009as Frank Ambrose

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Terry Jessup

Creature Commandos

2024as Frankenstein (voice)

Brokeback Mountain

2005as Randall Malone

Stranger Things: Tales from '85

2026Thanks

Gran Turismo

2023as Jack Salter

Elementary

2012as Dr. Mason Baldwin

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as Paul Devildis

Beyond Stranger Things

2017as Self

End of Watch

2012as Van Hauser

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5

2026as Self (uncredited)

Marvel Zombies

2025as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice)

Thunderbolts*

2025as Alexei Shostakov

Extraction

2020as Gaspar

The Equalizer

2014as Masters

The Unit

2006as Gary Weber

Law & Order

1990as Mike

Violent Night

2022as Santa

Black Widow

2021as Alexei

Marvel Studios Assembled

as Self

Hot Ones

2015as Self

Manhattan

2014as Reed Akley

Revolutionary Road

2008as Shep Campbell

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

DTF St. Louis

2026as Floyd Smernitch

Drunk History

2013as Vietnam Memorial Head

State of Play

2009as PointCorp Insider

Jeopardy!

1984as Self - Clue Presenter

A Working Man

2025as Gunny Lefferty

Q-Force

2021as Buck (voice)

Royal Pains

2009as Dan Samuels

Night of the Zoopocalypse

2024as Dan (voice)

Awake

2007as Dracula

Kinsey

2004as Robert Kinsey

We Have a Ghost

2023as Ernest

Crisis in Six Scenes

2016as Vic

Black Mass

2015as John Morris

Thin Ice

2011as Bob Egan

War of the Worlds

2005as Dock Worker

No Sudden Move

2021as Matt Wertz

Animals.

2016as Hawk (voice)

A Walk Among the Tombstones

2014as Ray

Parkland

2013as Gordon Shanklin