David Harbour

David Harbour

Known for
Acting
Born
April 10, 1975 (age 51)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Trashers poster

The Trashers

Movie · as Jimmy Galante

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A Head Full of Ghosts poster

A Head Full of Ghosts

Movie · as John

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Little One poster

Little One

Movie

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Untitled Lily Allen Documentary

Untitled Lily Allen Documentary

Movie · as Self

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The Family Disappears

The Family Disappears

Movie

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Untitled Jack Thorne Spy Thriller

Untitled Jack Thorne Spy Thriller

TV · as Matt Wolfe · 1 ep

2027
Avengers: Secret Wars poster

Avengers: Secret Wars

Movie · as Alexei Shostakov

2027
John Rambo poster

John Rambo

Movie · as Major Trautman

2026
Violent Night 2 poster

Violent Night 2

Movie · as Santa Claus

2026
Avengers: Doomsday poster

Avengers: Doomsday

Movie · as Alexei Shostakov

2026
GOAT poster

GOAT

Movie · as Archie Everhardt (voice)

2026
Evil Genius

Evil Genius

Movie

2026
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 poster

One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2026
DTF St. Louis poster

DTF St. Louis

TV · as Floyd Smernitch · 7 eps

2025
Night of the Zoopocalypse poster

Night of the Zoopocalypse

Movie · as Dan (voice)

2025
Thunderbolts* poster

Thunderbolts*

Movie · as Alexei Shostakov

2025
A Working Man poster

A Working Man

Movie · as Gunny Lefferty

2025
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow poster

Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Movie · as Self - 'Stranger Things' Jim Hopper

2025
Marvel Zombies poster

Marvel Zombies

TV · as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice) · 4 eps

2024
Creature Commandos poster

Creature Commandos

TV · as Frankenstein (voice) · 7 eps

2023
Gran Turismo poster

Gran Turismo

Movie · as Jack Salter

2023
We Have a Ghost poster

We Have a Ghost

Movie · as Ernest

2022
Violent Night poster

Violent Night

Movie · as Santa

2021
Black Widow poster

Black Widow

Movie · as Alexei

2021
No Sudden Move poster

No Sudden Move

Movie · as Matt Wertz

2021
Q-Force poster

Q-Force

TV · as Buck (voice) · 10 eps

2021
Marvel Studios Assembled poster

Marvel Studios Assembled

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Animal poster

Animal

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2021
What If...? poster

What If...?

TV · as Alexei Shostakov (voice), Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Extraction poster

Extraction

Movie · as Gaspar

2020
Turtle Journey

Turtle Journey

Movie · as Father Turtle (voice)

2019
Hellboy poster

Hellboy

Movie · as Hellboy / Anung Un Rama

2019
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn poster

Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn

Movie · as Self

2019
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein poster

Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein

Movie · as David Harbour III / David Harbour Jr. / Frankenstein

2018
Human Affairs poster

Human Affairs

Movie · as Ronnie

2017
Sleepless poster

Sleepless

Movie · as Doug Dennison

2017
Beyond Stranger Things poster

Beyond Stranger Things

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
Suicide Squad poster

Suicide Squad

Movie · as Dexter Tolliver

2016
Stranger Things poster

Stranger Things

TV · as Jim Hopper · 42 eps

2016
Animals. poster

Animals.

TV · as Hawk (voice) · 1 ep

2016
Crisis in Six Scenes poster

Crisis in Six Scenes

TV · as Vic · 6 eps

2015
Black Mass poster

Black Mass

Movie · as John Morris

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
A Walk Among the Tombstones poster

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Movie · as Ray

2014
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

Movie · as Masters

2014
X/Y poster

X/Y

Movie · as Todd

2014
Rake poster

Rake

TV · as David Potter · 13 eps

2014
State of Affairs poster

State of Affairs

TV · as David Patrick · 13 eps

2014
Manhattan poster

Manhattan

TV · as Reed Akley · 10 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Parkland poster

Parkland

Movie · as Gordon Shanklin

2013
Knife Fight poster

Knife Fight

Movie · as Stephen Green

2013
Snitch poster

Snitch

Movie · as Jay Price

2013
Banshee poster

Banshee

TV · as Robert Dalton · 2 eps

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Vietnam Memorial Head · 1 ep

2012
End of Watch poster

End of Watch

Movie · as Van Hauser

2012
Thin Ice poster

Thin Ice

Movie · as Bob Egan

2012
Between Us poster

Between Us

Movie · as Joel

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Dr. Mason Baldwin · 1 ep

2012
Blue poster

Blue

TV · as Cooper · 3 eps

2012
The Newsroom poster

The Newsroom

TV · as Elliot Hirsch · 10 eps

2011
W.E. poster

W.E.

Movie · as Ernest

2011
The Green Hornet poster

The Green Hornet

Movie · as Frank Scanlon

2011
Isolation poster

Isolation

Movie · as Dr. Sloan

2010
Every Day poster

Every Day

Movie · as Brian

2009
State of Play poster

State of Play

Movie · as PointCorp Insider

2009
Lie to Me poster

Lie to Me

TV · as Frank Ambrose · 1 ep

2009
Royal Pains poster

Royal Pains

TV · as Dan Samuels · 1 ep

2008
Revolutionary Road poster

Revolutionary Road

Movie · as Shep Campbell

2008
Quantum of Solace poster

Quantum of Solace

Movie · as Gregg Beam

2007
Awake poster

Awake

Movie · as Dracula

2007
Midnight Son poster

Midnight Son

Movie · as Mulligan

2006
The Wedding Weekend poster

The Wedding Weekend

Movie · as David

2006
The Unit poster

The Unit

TV · as Gary Weber · 1 ep

2006
The Book of Daniel poster

The Book of Daniel

TV · 1 ep

2006
El hormiguero poster

El hormiguero

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
Brokeback Mountain poster

Brokeback Mountain

Movie · as Randall Malone

2005
Confess poster

Confess

Movie · as Agent Jim McAllister

2005
War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

Movie · as Dock Worker

2004
Kinsey poster

Kinsey

Movie · as Robert Kinsey

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2002
Hack poster

Hack

TV · as Christopher Clark · 1 ep

2001
The Invention of Love poster

The Invention of Love

Movie · as Moses John Jackson

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Paul Devildis, Wesley John Kanderson · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Terry Jessup · 1 ep

1994
Extra poster

Extra

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Mike, Jay Carlin · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Fred Kranepool (voice) · 1 ep

1984
Jeopardy! poster

Jeopardy!

TV · as Self - Clue Presenter · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep