Cast & creator
David Harbour
Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Simpsons
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Harbour, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: David Kenneth Harbour
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1949–2027 · acting roles
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Filmography (101)
Showing 101 of 101 credits
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Terry Jessup
1999
The Simpsons
Fred Kranepool (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Law & Order
Mike
1990Law & Order
Jay Carlin
1990
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Paul Devildis
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Wesley John Kanderson
2001
Jeopardy!
Self - Clue Presenter
1984
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Stranger Things
Jim Hopper
2016
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
2006
Elementary
Dr. Mason Baldwin
2012
Avengers: Doomsday
Alexei Shostakov
2026
Banshee
Robert Dalton
2013
Hot Ones
Self
2015
What If...?
Alexei Shostakov (voice)
2021What If...?
Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice)
2021
Lie to Me
Frank Ambrose
2009
The Unit
Gary Weber
2006
Royal Pains
Dan Samuels
2009
GOAT
Archie Everhardt (voice)
2026
Thunderbolts*
Alexei Shostakov
2025
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
The Equalizer
Masters
2014
The Newsroom
Elliot Hirsch
2012
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self
2021
Black Widow
Alexei
2021
Drunk History
Vietnam Memorial Head
2013
A Working Man
Gunny Lefferty
2025
Stranger Things: Tales from '85
Thanks
2026
War of the Worlds
Dock Worker
2005
Avengers: Secret Wars
Alexei Shostakov
2027
Suicide Squad
Dexter Tolliver
2016
Creature Commandos
Frankenstein (voice)
2024
Brokeback Mountain
Randall Malone
2005
Gran Turismo
Jack Salter
2023
Hack
Christopher Clark
2002
Marvel Zombies
Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice)
2025
DTF St. Louis
Floyd Smernitch
2026DTF St. Louis
Executive Producer
2026
Manhattan
Reed Akley
2014
Blue
Cooper
2012
Violent Night
Santa
2022
Quantum of Solace
Gregg Beam
2008
Extraction
Gaspar
2020
Black Mass
John Morris
2015
Extra
Self - Guest
1994
Revolutionary Road
Shep Campbell
2008
No Sudden Move
Matt Wertz
2021
Animals.
Hawk (voice)
2016
State of Play
PointCorp Insider
2009
Snitch
Jay Price
2013
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Ray
2014
The Green Hornet
Frank Scanlon
2011
We Have a Ghost
Ernest
2023
End of Watch
Van Hauser
2012
Hellboy
Hellboy / Anung Un Rama
2019
Rake
David Potter
2014
Beyond Stranger Things
Self
2017
Night of the Zoopocalypse
Dan (voice)
2025
Animal
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Q-Force
Buck (voice)
2021
Crisis in Six Scenes
Vic
2016
The Book of Daniel
2006
Awake
Dracula
2007
Violent Night 2
Santa Claus
2026
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5
Self (uncredited)
2026
Sleepless
Doug Dennison
2017
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Parkland
Gordon Shanklin
2013
Kinsey
Robert Kinsey
2004
Thin Ice
Bob Egan
2012Evil Genius
2026
Little One
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow
Self - 'Stranger Things' Jim Hopper
2025
W.E.
Ernest
2011
Between Us
Joel
2012
Every Day
Brian
2010
John Rambo
Major Trautman
2027
Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein
David Harbour III / David Harbour Jr. / Frankenstein
2019Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein
Executive Producer
2019
Confess
Agent Jim McAllister
2005
X/Y
Todd
2014Untitled Lily Allen Documentary
Self
The Invention of Love
Moses John Jackson
2001
The Trashers
Jimmy Galante
Human Affairs
Ronnie
2018
State of Affairs
David Patrick
2014
Tales of the Wild Hunt: Hellboy Reborn
Self
2019Untitled Jack Thorne Spy Thriller
Matt Wolfe
Untitled Jack Thorne Spy Thriller
Executive Producer
A Head Full of Ghosts
John
Isolation
Dr. Sloan
2011
The Wedding Weekend
David
2006
Midnight Son
Mulligan
2007
Knife Fight
Stephen Green
2013