David Harbour

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Biography

David Kenneth Harbour (born April 10, 1975) 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), Thunderbolts* (2025), Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027). Harbour also voiced Eric Frankenstein in the animated television series Creature Commandos (2024–present).

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Known For

Suicide Squad

Dexter Tolliver

Stranger Things

Jim Hopper

Black Widow

Alexei

The Simpsons

Fred Kranepool (voice)

The Equalizer

Masters

War of the Worlds

Dock Worker

Quantum of Solace

Gregg Beam

Brokeback Mountain

Randall Malone

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2027	Avengers: Secret Wars MOVIE	Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian
2026	Avengers: Doomsday MOVIE	Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian
2026	Violent Night 2 MOVIE	Santa Claus
2026	DTF St. Louis TV	Floyd Smernitch
2026	GOAT MOVIE	Archie Everhardt (voice)
2026	One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 MOVIE	Self (uncredited)
2025	Stranger things x Gravity falls MOVIE	Stan Pines
2025	Marvel Zombies TV	Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice)
2025	Thunderbolts* MOVIE	Alexei Shostakov
2025	A Working Man MOVIE	Gunny Lefferty
2025	Night of the Zoopocalypse MOVIE	Dan (voice)
2024	Creature Commandos TV	Frankenstein (voice)
2023	Gran Turismo MOVIE	Jack Salter
2023	We Have a Ghost MOVIE	Ernest
2022	Violent Night MOVIE	Santa
2021	Animal TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2021	Q-Force TV	Buck (voice)
2021	What If...? TV	Alexei Shostakov (voice)
2021	What If...? TV	Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice)
2021	Black Widow MOVIE	Alexei
2021	No Sudden Move MOVIE	Matt Wertz
2021	Marvel Studios Assembled TV	Self
2020	Extraction MOVIE	Gaspar
2019	Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn MOVIE	Self
2019	Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein MOVIE	David Harbour III / David Harbour Jr. / Frankenstein
2019	Hellboy MOVIE	Hellboy / Anung Un Rama
2018	Human Affairs MOVIE	Ronnie
2017	Beyond Stranger Things TV	Self
2017	Sleepless MOVIE	Doug Dennison
2016	Crisis in Six Scenes TV	Vic
2016	Suicide Squad MOVIE	Dexter Tolliver
2016	Stranger Things TV	Jim Hopper
2016	Animals. TV	Hawk (voice)
2015	Black Mass MOVIE	John Morris
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self
2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden TV	Self - Guest
2015	Hot Ones TV	Self
2014	State of Affairs TV	David Patrick
2014	The Equalizer MOVIE	Masters
2014	A Walk Among the Tombstones MOVIE	Ray
2014	Manhattan TV	Reed Akley
2014	X/Y MOVIE	Todd
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers TV	Self - Guest
2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones TV	Self
2014	Rake TV	David Potter
2013	Parkland MOVIE	Gordon Shanklin
2013	Drunk History TV	Vietnam Memorial Head
2013	Snitch MOVIE	Jay Price
2013	Knife Fight MOVIE	Stephen Green
2013	Banshee TV	Robert Dalton
2012	Elementary TV	Dr. Mason Baldwin
2012	End of Watch MOVIE	Van Hauser
2012	Between Us MOVIE	Joel
2012	The Newsroom TV	Elliot Hirsch
2012	Blue TV	Cooper
2012	Thin Ice MOVIE	Bob Egan
2011	Isolation MOVIE	Dr. Sloan
2011	W.E. MOVIE	Ernest
2011	The Green Hornet MOVIE	Frank Scanlon
2010	Every Day MOVIE	Brian
2009	Royal Pains TV	Dan Samuels
2009	State of Play MOVIE	PointCorp Insider
2009	Lie to Me TV	Frank Ambrose
2008	Revolutionary Road MOVIE	Shep Campbell
2008	Quantum of Solace MOVIE	Gregg Beam
2007	Awake MOVIE	Dracula
2007	Midnight Son MOVIE	Mulligan
2006	The Wedding Weekend MOVIE	David
2006	El hormiguero TV	Self - Guest
2006	The Unit TV	Gary Weber
2006	The Book of Daniel TV	Self
2005	Brokeback Mountain MOVIE	Randall Malone
2005	Confess MOVIE	Agent Jim McAllister
2005	War of the Worlds MOVIE	Dock Worker
2004	Kinsey MOVIE	Robert Kinsey
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self - Guest
2002	Hack TV	Christopher Clark
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV	Paul Devildis
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV	Wesley John Kanderson
2001	The Invention of Love MOVIE	Moses John Jackson
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Terry Jessup
1994	Extra TV	Self - Guest
1990	Law & Order TV	Mike
1990	Law & Order TV	Jay Carlin
1989	The Simpsons TV	Fred Kranepool (voice)
1984	Jeopardy! TV	Self - Clue Presenter
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
	The Trashers MOVIE	Jimmy Galante
	Evil Genius MOVIE	Self
	A Head Full of Ghosts MOVIE	John
	John Rambo MOVIE	Major Trautman

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