David Harbour
Acting1975New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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).
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Known For
Acting History
2027
Avengers: Secret Wars
as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian
2026
Violent Night 2
as Santa
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
as Self (uncredited)
GOAT
as Archie Everhardt (voice)
Avengers: Doomsday
as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian
DTF St. Louis
TVExecutive Producer
2025
A Working Man
as Gunny Lefferty
Night of the Zoopocalypse
as Dan (voice)
Thunderbolts*
as Alexei Shostakov
Marvel Zombies
TVas Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice)• 4 eps
2024
Creature Commandos
TVas Frankenstein (voice)• 7 eps
What If...?
TVas Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice) / Alexei Shostakov (voice)• 1 eps
2023
Gran Turismo
as Jack Salter
Ernest
as Ernest
2022
Violent Night
as Santa
2021
No Sudden Move
as Matt Wertz
Black Widow
as Alexei
Marvel Studios Assembled
TVas Self• 1 eps
Q-Force
TVas Buck (voice)• 10 eps
Hot Ones
TVas Self• 1 eps
2020
Extraction
as Gaspar
The Simpsons
TVas Fred Kranepool (voice)• 1 eps
2019
Hellboy
as Hellboy / Anung Un Rama
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein
as David Harbour III / David Harbour Jr. / Frankenstein
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TVas Self• 1 eps
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein
Executive Producer
2018
Human Affairs
as Ronnie
Drunk History
TVas Vietnam Memorial Head• 1 eps
Animals.
TVas Hawk (voice)• 1 eps
2017
Sleepless
as Doug Dennison
Beyond Stranger Things
TVas Self• 2 eps
2016
2015
Black Mass
as John Morris
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TVas Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TVas Self
Banshee
TVas Robert Dalton• 2 eps
2014
The Equalizer
as Masters
State of Affairs
TVas David Patrick• 13 eps
Manhattan
TVas Reed Akley• 10 eps
Rake
TVas David Potter
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TVas Self
2012
End of Watch
as Van Hauser
Thin Ice
as Bob Egan
Elementary
TVas Dr. Mason Baldwin• 1 eps
The Newsroom
TVas Elliot Hirsch• 10 eps
Blue
TVas Cooper• 3 eps
2011
2010
Every Day
as Brian
2009
State of Play
as PointCorp Insider
Royal Pains
TVas Dan Samuels• 1 eps
Lie to Me
TVas Frank Ambrose• 1 eps
2008
Quantum of Solace
as Gregg Beam
Revolutionary Road
as Shep Campbell
Law & Order
TVas Mike / Jay Carlin• 1 eps
2007
2006
2005
2004
Kinsey
as Robert Kinsey
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TVas Wesley John Kanderson• 1 eps
2003
Hack
TVas Christopher Clark• 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TVas Self - Guest
2002
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Terry Jessup• 1 eps
1994
Extra
TVas Self - Guest
1984
Jeopardy!
TVas Self - Clue Presenter
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host
