Mark Harmon

Mark Harmon

Known for
Acting
Born
September 2, 1951 (age 75)
Birthplace
Burbank, California, USA

Biography

Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951, in Burbank, California) is an American actor, producer and director. The son of football star Tom Harmon and actress Elyse Knox, he played college football at UCLA before turning to acting in the mid-1970s. He became known for St. Elsewhere and Chicago Hope and starred as Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS from 2003 to 2021, a character introduced on JAG, also serving as a producer of the series. He received an Emmy nomination for his recurring role as Secret Service agent Simon Donovan on The West Wing, and his film work includes Summer School, The Presidio, Wyatt Earp and Freaky Friday.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Freakier Friday poster

Freakier Friday

Movie · as Ryan

2024
NCISverse: The First 1,000 poster

NCISverse: The First 1,000

Movie · as Self

2024
NCIS: Origins poster

NCIS: Origins

TV · as Older Leroy Jethro Gibbs (voice) (uncredited) · 36 eps

2022
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure poster

Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

2019
The Wild poster

The Wild

Movie · as Self

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines poster

All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 8 eps

2016
The American West poster

The American West

TV · as Self · 8 eps

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
NCIS: New Orleans poster

NCIS: New Orleans

TV · as Leroy Jethro Gibbs · 4 eps

2013
The Arsenio Hall Show poster

The Arsenio Hall Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Steve Harvey poster

Steve Harvey

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Certain Prey poster

Certain Prey

Movie · as Lucas Davenport

2010
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths poster

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

Movie · as Superman (voice)

2009
Weather Girl poster

Weather Girl

Movie · as Dale

2008
The Bonnie Hunt Show poster

The Bonnie Hunt Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Stand Up to Cancer poster

Stand Up to Cancer

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Chasing Liberty poster

Chasing Liberty

Movie · as James Foster

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Freaky Friday poster

Freaky Friday

Movie · as Ryan

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Leroy Jethro Gibbs · 435 eps

2002
Local Boys poster

Local Boys

Movie · as Jim Wesley

2002
Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber

Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber

Movie · as Self

2001
Crossfire Trail poster

Crossfire Trail

Movie · as Bruce Barkow

2001
And Never Let Her Go poster

And Never Let Her Go

Movie · as Thomas Capano

2001
The Amati Girls poster

The Amati Girls

Movie · as Lawrence

2001
The Legend of Tarzan poster

The Legend of Tarzan

TV · as Bob Markham (voice) · 1 ep

2001
And Never Let Her Go poster

And Never Let Her Go

TV · as Thomas Capano · 2 eps

2000
For All Time poster

For All Time

Movie · as Charles Lattimer

1999
I'll Remember April poster

I'll Remember April

Movie · as John Cooper

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Simon Donovan · 4 eps

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Leroy Jethro Gibbs (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas poster

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Movie · as Magazine Reporter

1998
From the Earth to the Moon poster

From the Earth to the Moon

TV · as Wally Schirra · 1 ep

1997
Casualties poster

Casualties

Movie · as Tommy Nance

1997
The First to Go poster

The First to Go

Movie · as Jeremy Hampton

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Strangers poster

Strangers

TV · as Mark · 1 ep

1995
Original Sins poster

Original Sins

Movie · as Johnathan Franye

1995
Magic in the Water poster

Magic in the Water

Movie · as Jack Black

1995
The Last Supper poster

The Last Supper

Movie · as Dominant Male

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Leroy Jethro Gibbs · 2 eps

1995
Charlie Grace poster

Charlie Grace

TV · as Charlie Grace · 9 eps

1994
Wyatt Earp poster

Wyatt Earp

Movie · as Sheriff Johnny Behan

1994
Natural Born Killers poster

Natural Born Killers

Movie · as Mickey Knox in TV

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Jack McNeil · 96 eps

1993
Harts of the West poster

Harts of the West

TV · 1 ep

1992
Cold Heaven poster

Cold Heaven

Movie · as Alex Davenport

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 1 ep

1991
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

Movie · as Charles Spencer

1991
Dillinger poster

Dillinger

Movie · as John Dillinger

1991
Long Road Home poster

Long Road Home

Movie · as Ertie Robertson

1991
Till There Was You poster

Till There Was You

Movie · as Frank Flynn

1991
Fourth Story poster

Fourth Story

Movie · as David Shepard

1991
Reasonable Doubts poster

Reasonable Doubts

TV · as Det. Dicky Cobb · 44 eps

1989
Worth Winning poster

Worth Winning

Movie · as Taylor Worth

1989
Sweet Bird of Youth poster

Sweet Bird of Youth

Movie · as Chance Wayne

1988
The Presidio poster

The Presidio

Movie · as Jay Austin

1988
Stealing Home poster

Stealing Home

Movie · as Billy Wyatt

1987
Summer School poster

Summer School

Movie · as Freddy Shoop

1987
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam poster

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Movie · as (voice)

1987
After the Promise poster

After the Promise

Movie · as Elmer Jackson

1986
The Deliberate Stranger poster

The Deliberate Stranger

Movie · as Ted Bundy

1986
Prince of Bel Air poster

Prince of Bel Air

Movie · as Robin Prince

1986
Let's Get Harry poster

Let's Get Harry

Movie · as Harry

1986
The Deliberate Stranger poster

The Deliberate Stranger

TV · as Ted Bundy · 2 eps

1985
Moonlighting poster

Moonlighting

TV · as Sam Crawford · 4 eps

1984
Tuareg: Desert Warrior poster

Tuareg: Desert Warrior

Movie · as Gacel Sayah

1983
Intimate Agony poster

Intimate Agony

Movie · as Tommy

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Robert Caldwell · 59 eps

1981
Flamingo Road poster

Flamingo Road

TV · as Field Carlyle · 37 eps

1981
Goliath Awaits poster

Goliath Awaits

TV · as Peter Cabot · 2 eps

1981
Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
Flamingo Road poster

Flamingo Road

Movie · as Fielding Carlyle

1980
The Dream Merchants poster

The Dream Merchants

TV · as Johnny Edge · 3 eps

1979
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure poster

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Movie · as Larry Simpson

1979
240-Robert poster

240-Robert

TV · as Thib Thibideaux · 13 eps

1978
Getting Married poster

Getting Married

Movie · as Howie Lesser

1978
Comes a Horseman poster

Comes a Horseman

Movie · as Billy Joe Meynert

1978
Little Mo poster

Little Mo

Movie · as Norman Brinker

1978
Centennial poster

Centennial

TV · as Captain John McIntosh · 12 eps

1978
Sam poster

Sam

TV · as Mike Breen · 6 eps

1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

Movie · as Robert Dunlap

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Doug Bradbury · 3 eps

1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries poster

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV · 1 ep

1976
Laverne & Shirley poster

Laverne & Shirley

TV · as Victor

1976
All's Fair poster

All's Fair

TV · 1 ep

1976
Delvecchio poster

Delvecchio

TV · as Ronnie Striker · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
Sonic Boom poster

Sonic Boom

Movie · as Student Controller

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · as Stanski, Paul Donin · 1 ep

1973
Ozzie's Girls

Ozzie's Girls

TV · 1 ep

1972
Emergency! poster

Emergency!

TV · as Ofcr. Dave Gordon · 1 ep

1968
Adam-12 poster

Adam-12

TV · as Officer Gus Corbin · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Charles · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 3 eps