David Harbour

Born 1975 · American actor

David Kenneth Harbour is an American actor. He gained global recognition for his portrayal of Jim Hopper in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–2025), for which he received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. 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, including the films Black Widow (2021) and Thunderbolts* (2025). Harbour also voiced Eric Frankenstein in the animated television series Creature Commandos (2024–present). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role in DTF St. Louis (2026).

David Harbour, in order

1975 Saturday Night Live (TV series): acted · directed by A. D. Miles and Adam McKay · audiences 63% · streaming on Peacock, Prime Video, fuboTV
2002 Hack (TV series): acted · directed by David Koepp
2004 Kinsey: acted · directed by Bill Condon · critics 90%, audiences 75% · streaming on Hoopla
2005 Brokeback Mountain: acted · directed by Ang Lee
2005 Confess: acted · directed by Stefan Schaefer
2005 War of the Worlds: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 76%, audiences 42% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
2007 Awake: acted · directed by Joby Harold
2008 Quantum of Solace: acted · directed by Marc Forster · critics 63%, audiences 58% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+
2008 Revolutionary Road: acted · directed by Sam Mendes · critics 66%, audiences 71% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
2009 State of Play: acted · directed by Kevin Macdonald · critics 84%, audiences 73%
2010 Every Day: acted · directed by Richard Levine
2011 Pan Am (TV series): acted · directed by John Fortenberry and Millicent Shelton
2011 The Green Hornet: acted · directed by Michel Gondry · critics 45%, audiences 43% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
2011 Thin Ice: acted · directed by Jill Sprecher
2011 W.E.: acted · directed by Madonna
2012 Between Us: acted · directed by Dan Mirvish
2012 End of Watch: acted · directed by David Ayer · critics 85%, audiences 86% · streaming on Peacock, Roku Channel, Kanopy
2012 Knife Fight: acted · directed by Bill Guttentag
2013 Elementary (TV series): acted
2013 Parkland: acted · directed by Peter Landesman
2013 Snitch: acted · directed by Ric Roman Waugh
2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones: acted · directed by Scott Frank · critics 68%, audiences 53% · streaming on Tubi
2014 Manhattan (TV series): acted
2014 The Equalizer: acted · directed by Antoine Fuqua · critics 61%, audiences 77% · streaming on Netflix
2014 X/Y: acted · directed by Morgan Matthews and Ryan Piers Williams
2015 Black Mass: acted · directed by Scott Cooper
2016–25 Stranger Things (TV series): acted · directed by Andrew Stanton and Matt Duffer · critics 90%, audiences 82% · streaming on Netflix
2016 Suicide Squad: acted · directed by David Ayer
2017 Sleepless: acted · directed by Baran bo Odar
2019 Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein: acted · directed by Daniel Gray Longino
2019 Hellboy: acted · directed by Neil Marshall
2020 Extraction: acted · directed by Sam Hargrave
2021 Black Widow: acted · directed by Cate Shortland
2021 No Sudden Move: acted · directed by Steven Soderbergh
2022 Violent Night: acted · directed by Tommy Wirkola
2023 Gran Turismo: acted · directed by Neill Blomkamp
2023 We Have a Ghost: acted · directed by Christopher Landon
2025 A Working Man: acted · directed by David Ayer
2025 Thunderbolts*: acted · directed by Jake Schreier
2026 Avengers: Doomsday: acted · directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
2026 Evil Genius: acted · directed by Courteney Cox
2026 Violent Night 2: acted · directed by Tommy Wirkola
DTF St. Louis (TV series): acted · directed by Steven Conrad
John Rambo: acted · directed by Jalmari Helander