David Harbour facts for kids

Quick facts for kids David Harbour
Harbour at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	David Kenneth Harbour (1975-04-10) April 10, 1975 (age 50) White Plains, New York, U.S.
Education	Dartmouth College (BA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present
Spouse(s)	Lily Allen ​ (m. 2024)​

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.

Harbour has also starred in many movies. These include playing the main character in Hellboy (2019) and Santa Claus in Violent Night (2022). He also plays Red Guardian in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films like Black Widow (2021). For his acting, he has been nominated for awards like the Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

Early Life and Education

David Kenneth Harbour was born on April 10, 1975. His hometown is White Plains, New York, in the U.S. 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. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1997. While there, he studied drama and Italian.

Acting Career Highlights

David Harbour started his acting journey in theater. He performed in plays by Shakespeare from 1994 to 1997. His first professional role on Broadway was in 1999. It was in a play called The Rainmaker.

He also started acting on TV in 1999. His first TV appearance was on the show Law & Order. In 2005, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

Early Film and TV Roles

Harbour at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival

Harbour appeared in several movies early in his career. These included Brokeback Mountain (2005) and Revolutionary Road (2008). He also had a role in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace.

On television, he had a recurring role as Roger Anderson. This was in the ABC series Pan Am. From 2012 to 2014, he also played Elliot Hirsch in The Newsroom.

Becoming a Star with Stranger Things

David Harbour and Millie Bobby Brown in 2016

In 2015, David Harbour got a very important role. He was cast as Chief Jim Hopper. This was for the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things.

This role made him famous around the world. He has received many nominations for his work on the show. These include two Primetime Emmy Awards. He also won a Critics' Choice Television Award. Along with the cast, he won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Recent Film and Voice Work

Harbour continued to take on big roles. He played the main character in the superhero film Hellboy (2019). He also joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In the MCU, he plays Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian. He first appeared as Red Guardian in Black Widow (2021). He will play this role again in the upcoming movie Thunderbolts* (2025).

In 2022, he starred as Santa Claus in the action-comedy film Violent Night. He also played a former racer in the sports film Gran Turismo (2023). This movie is based on the PlayStation video game series. Harbour also does voice acting for animated shows and video games.

Personal Life

David Harbour is married to singer Lily Allen. They got married on September 7, 2020. Their wedding took place in Las Vegas.

Harbour enjoys watching "Let's Plays" and "speedruns" of old video games. These are videos where people play games quickly or show off their gameplay.

Filmography

Film

Film or show that is yet to be released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Kinsey	Robert Kinsey
2005	Confess	FBI Agent McAllister
	Brokeback Mountain	Randall Malone
	War of the Worlds	Dock Worker	Deleted scene
2006	The Wedding Weekend	David
2007	Awake	Dracula
2008	Revolutionary Road	Shep Campbell
	Quantum of Solace	Gregg Beam
2009	State of Play	PointCorp Insider
2010	Every Day	Brian
2011	The Green Hornet	D.A. Frank Scanlon
	W.E.	Ernest Simpson
	Thin Ice	Bob Egan	originally released as The Convincer
2012	End of Watch	Van Hauser
	Between Us	Joel
	Knife Fight	Stephen Green
2013	Snitch	Jay Price
	Parkland	James Gordon Shanklin
2014	X/Y	Todd
	A Walk Among the Tombstones	Ray
	The Equalizer	Frank Masters
2015	Black Mass	John Morris
2016	Suicide Squad	Dexter Tolliver
2017	Sleepless	Doug Dennison
2018	Human Affairs	Ronnie
2019	Hellboy	Hellboy
	Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein	David Harbour III / Jr. / Frankenstein	Short film
2020	Extraction	Gaspar
2021	No Sudden Move	Matt Wertz
	Black Widow	Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian
2022	Violent Night	Nikamund the Red / Santa Claus
2023	We Have a Ghost	Ernest the Ghost
	Gran Turismo	Jack Salter
2024	Night of the Zoopocalypse	Dan (voice)
2025	A Working Man	TBA	Post-production
	Thunderbolts*	Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999, 2008	Law & Order	Mike	Episode: "Patsy"
		Jay Carlin	Episode: "Submission"
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Terry Jessup	Episode: "Dolls"
2003	Hack	Christopher Clark	Episode: "Presumed Guilty"
2004, 2009	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Wesley John Kenderson	Episode: "Silver Lining"
		Paul Devildis	Episode: "Family Values"
2007	The Unit	Gary Weber	Episode: "Five Brothers"
2009	Lie to Me	Frank Ambrose	Episode: "The Better Half"
	Royal Pains	Dan Samuels	Episode: "It's Like Jamais Vu All Over Again"
2011–2012	Pan Am	Roger Anderson	6 episodes
2012	Midnight Sun	Ethan Davies	Unsold NBC TV pilot
	Blue	Cooper	3 episodes
2012–2014	The Newsroom	Elliot Hirsch	10 episodes
2013	Elementary	Dr. Mason Baldwin	Episode: "Lesser Evils"
2014	Rake	David Potter	11 episodes
	Manhattan	Dr. Reed Akley	10 episodes
2014–2015	State of Affairs	David Patrick	Main role
2015–2016	Banshee	Robert Dalton	2 episodes
2016	Crisis in Six Scenes	Vic	Episode: "#1.2"
2016–present	Stranger Things	Jim Hopper	Main role
2018	... History	Vietnam Memorial Head	Episode: "Underdogs"
	Animals	Hawk	Voice, episode: "Roachella"
2019	El Hormiguero 3.0	Himself (guest)	Episode: "David Harbour"
	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	Episode: "David Harbour/Camila Cabello"
2020	The Simpsons	Fred Kranepool	Voice, episode: "Undercover Burns"
2021	Big City Greens	Rick	Voice, episode: "The Van"
	Q-Force	Agent Rick Buck	Voice
	Star Wars: Visions	Tajin	Voice, episode: "The Elder"; english dub
2024–present	Creature Commandos	Eric Frankenstein	Voice; main role
2024	The Rookie	Security Guard	Uncredited, episode: "Out of Pocket"
2024	What If...?	Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian	Voice; 2 episodes
2025	Marvel Zombies		Voice; post-production

Theatre

Video games

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: David Harbour para niños