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David Harbour

David Harbour

Actor·b. 1975·New York City, New York, USA

7 horror credits

David Kenneth Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an American actor. He has received nominations for a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. 

David 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 (2016–2025), 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). Harbour has played Red Guardian in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise, beginning with the film Black Widow (2021).

Actor7 films

Night of the Zoopocalypse

Night of the Zoopocalypse

Dan (voice)

2025 4.0
We Have a Ghost

We Have a Ghost

Ernest

2023
Violent Night

Violent Night

Santa

2022 2.5
Hellboy

Hellboy

Hellboy / Anung Un Rama

2019 2.5
Isolation

Isolation

Dr. Sloan

2011
Awake

Awake

Dracula

2007
War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

Dock Worker

2005 2.0