David Harbour
David Kenneth Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an American actor. He has received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
He began his career acting in Shakespearean theatre productions. After his professional debut on Broadway in the 1999 revival of The Rainmaker, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He made his television debut on Law & Order in 1999 and had supporting roles in films such as Brokeback Mountain (2005), Revolutionary Road (2008) and Black Mass(2015).
Harbour gained global recognition for his portrayal of Jim Hopper in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–present), for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. 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). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harbour has played Red Guardian since the film Black Widow (2021).
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Credits
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Violent Night 2 FutureSanta★ NR
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The Trashers FutureJimmy Galante★ NR
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DTF St. Louis Future★ NR
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Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian★ NR
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Avengers: Doomsday 2026Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian★ NR
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Marvel Zombies 2025Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice)★ NR
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Thunderbolts* 2025Alexei Shostakov★ 7.6
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A Working Man 2025Gunny Lefferty★ 6.4
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Dan (voice)★ 6.1
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Creature Commandos 2024Frankenstein (voice)★ 8
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Gran Turismo 2023Jack Salter★ 7.8
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We Have a Ghost 2023Ernest★ 6.5
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Violent Night 2022Santa★ 7.3
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Animal 2021Self - Narrator (voice)★ 8
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Q-Force 2021Buck (voice)★ 6.7
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What If...? 2021Alexei Shostakov (voice)★ 8.1
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Black Widow 2021Alexei★ 7.2
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No Sudden Move 2021Matt Wertz★ 6.4
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Self★ 7.2
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Extraction 2020Gaspar★ 7.3
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Narrator★ 7.4
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Self★ 5.8
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David Harbour III / David Harbour Jr. / Frankenstein★ 5.9
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Hellboy 2019Hellboy / Anung Un Rama★ 5.6
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Human Affairs 2018Ronnie★ 9
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Sleepless 2017Doug Dennison★ 5.9
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Crisis in Six Scenes 2016Vic★ 6.5
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Suicide Squad 2016Dexter Tolliver★ 5.9
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Stranger Things 2016Jim Hopper★ 8.6
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Animals. 2016Hawk (voice)★ 6.3
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Black Mass 2015John Morris★ 6.5
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State of Affairs 2014David Patrick★ 5.4
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The Equalizer 2014Masters★ 7.3
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Ray★ 6.3
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Manhattan 2014Reed Akley★ 7.1
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X/Y 2014Todd★ 4.8
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Rake 2014David Potter★ 5.2
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Parkland 2013Gordon Shanklin★ 6.2
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Snitch 2013Jay Price★ 6.1
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Knife Fight 2013Stephen Green★ 5.2
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Banshee 2013Robert Dalton★ 8
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Elementary 2012Dr. Mason Baldwin★ 7.6
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End of Watch 2012Van Hauser★ 7.4
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Between Us 2012Joel★ 5.4
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The Newsroom 2012Elliot Hirsch★ 8.1
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Blue 2012Cooper★ 7.2
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Thin Ice 2012Bob Egan★ 6.6
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Isolation 2011Dr. Sloan★ 4.9
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Pan Am 2011Roger Anderson★ 6.4
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W.E. 2011Ernest★ 6.4
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The Green Hornet 2011Frank Scanlon★ 5.6
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Every Day 2010Brian★ 5.1
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Royal Pains 2009Dan Samuels★ 6.7
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State of Play 2009PointCorp Insider★ 6.8
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Lie to Me 2009Frank Ambrose★ 7.9
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Revolutionary Road 2008Shep Campbell★ 7
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Quantum of Solace 2008Gregg Beam★ 6.3
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Awake 2007Dracula★ 6.5
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Midnight Son 2007Mulligan★ 1
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The Wedding Weekend 2006David★ 4
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The Unit 2006Gary Weber★ 7.3
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The Book of Daniel 2006★ 7.1
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Brokeback Mountain 2005Randall Malone★ 7.8
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War of the Worlds 2005Dock Worker★ 6.5
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Confess 2005Agent Jim McAllister★ 4.4
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Kinsey 2004Robert Kinsey★ 6.6
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Hack 2002Christopher Clark★ 7.9
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Paul Devildis★ 7.6
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Moses John Jackson★ NR
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Terry Jessup★ 7.9
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Law & Order 1990Mike★ 7.4
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The Simpsons 1989Fred Kranepool (voice)★ 8