David Harbour facts for kids
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David Harbour
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Harbour at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
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David Kenneth Harbour
April 10, 1975 White Plains, New York, U.S.
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| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
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David Kenneth Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an American actor. He is well-known for playing Jim Hopper in the popular Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things. He has won a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for his acting. He has also been nominated for other big awards like the Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
David Harbour started his acting journey in theatre, performing in plays by William Shakespeare. He made his first professional appearance on Broadway in 1999. He also started acting on TV in 1999 with the show Law & Order. Over the years, he appeared in many films, including Brokeback Mountain (2005), Revolutionary Road (2008), and Black Mass (2015).
His role as Jim Hopper in Stranger Things (which started in 2016) brought him worldwide fame. Besides Stranger Things, David Harbour has starred in movies like Hellboy (2019), where he played the main character. He also played Santa Claus in the movie Violent Night (2022) and a former racer in Gran Turismo (2023). He is also part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing Red Guardian in films like Black Widow (2021) and the upcoming Thunderbolts* (2025) and Avengers: Doomsday (2026). David Harbour has also joined the DC Universe as Eric Frankenstein in the TV series Creature Commandos.
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Early Life and Education
David Harbour was born in White Plains, New York. His parents, Kenneth and Nancy Harbour, both worked in real estate. He went to Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York. After high school, he studied at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and graduated in 1997. He focused on drama and Italian during his college years.
Acting Career Highlights
Starting in Theatre and TV (1990s to 2013)
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From 1994 to 1997, David Harbour performed in many Shakespearian plays like The Tempest and Hamlet at The Theater in Monmouth, Maine. He made his professional Broadway debut in 1999 in the play The Rainmaker. That same year, he appeared on TV in Law & Order. In 2005, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his role as Nick in the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
He also played a CIA agent named Gregg Beam in the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace. Other films he appeared in during this time include Brokeback Mountain, The Green Hornet, and End of Watch. From 2012 to 2014, he had a recurring role as Elliot Hirsch in the TV show The Newsroom.
Becoming a Star with Stranger Things (2014 to Present)
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In 2015, David Harbour was cast as Chief Jim Hopper in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things. This role made him very famous around the world. For his work on Stranger Things, he received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2017 and 2018. He also won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2017 with the rest of the cast.
After Stranger Things, David Harbour took on more big roles. He played the main character in the superhero movie Hellboy in 2019. He also joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian in the film Black Widow. He will play this role again in the upcoming movie Thunderbolts* and Avengers: Doomsday. In 2022, he starred as Santa Claus in the action-comedy film Violent Night. In 2023, he appeared in the sports film Gran Turismo, which is based on the popular PlayStation video game series.
Personal Life
David Harbour is married to singer Lily Allen. They started their relationship in 2019 and got married on September 7, 2020, in Las Vegas. He is a fan of the NHL team, the New York Rangers. David Harbour also enjoys watching videos of people playing and speedrunning old video games.
Awards and Recognition
David Harbour has received several awards and nominations for his acting.
- In 2005, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
- In 2017, he won a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the cast of Stranger Things. He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his role in the show.
- In 2018, he won a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Stranger Things. He also received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and more Screen Actors Guild Awards that year.
- He was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for his role in Hellboy in 2020.
- He is nominated for a Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actor in a Superhero Movie for Thunderbolts* in 2025.
See also
In Spanish: David Harbour para niños
