---
name: "David Harbour"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-harbour"
fi1m_id: "david-harbour"
imdb_id: "nm1092086"
tmdb_id: 35029
wikidata_id: "Q391359"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 April 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 13
updated: "2026-10-19T04:30:31.748450+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Harbour

## Identity

David Harbour

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-harbour
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-harbour
- **IMDb ID:** nm1092086
- **TMDB ID:** 35029
- **Wikidata ID:** Q391359
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Harbour, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391359, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1092086/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35029

Actor. Born 10 April 1975 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 April 1975, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** David Kenneth Harbour
- **Frequently works with:** [Eric Pearson](https://film.one/person/eric-pearson.md), [Florence Pugh](https://film.one/person/florence-pugh.md), [Kevin Feige](https://film.one/person/kevin-feige.md), [Sylvester Stallone](https://film.one/person/sylvester-stallone.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 13 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (4), 2010s 59 (3), 2020s 64 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 63 across 13 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 5 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 11 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 6, Adventure 6, Drama 5, Thriller 4, Crime 3, Science Fiction 3
- **Screen time:** 22 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,270m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Harbour, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391359, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1092086/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35029

## Coming up

- *Violent Night 2* (2026-12-02), as Santa Claus — [page](https://film.one/film/violent-night-2.md)
- *Avengers: Doomsday* (2026-12-16), as Alexei Shostakov — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-doomsday.md)
- *John Rambo* (2027-06-04), as Major Trautman
- *Avengers: Secret Wars* (2027-12-15), as Alexei Shostakov

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*DTF St. Louis*](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md) (78), [*No Sudden Move*](https://film.one/film/no-sudden-move.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Black Widow*](https://film.one/film/black-widow.md) (63), [*Gran Turismo*](https://film.one/film/gran-turismo.md) (56)
- **Apple TV:** [*Quantum of Solace*](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md) (58), [*A Working Man*](https://film.one/film/a-working-man.md) (41)
- **Netflix:** [*Stranger Things*](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md) (77)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Revolutionary Road*](https://film.one/film/revolutionary-road.md) (71)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Black Mass*](https://film.one/film/black-mass.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on David Harbour

> David Harbour makes gruff men worth listening to: their weariness and need for company feel ordinary. We value that unforced warmth, though a persuasive performance cannot make a formula script less predictable.

In the garage scenes of *Gran Turismo* (2023), David Harbour delivers the familiar dressing-down as though he has spent years having to give it. His Jack Salter is grey-stubbled, unimpressed and reluctant to pretend this is a sensible enterprise. The warning to the recruits about a driver's fear sounds like something he has had to learn. Neill Blomkamp's film needs that credibility, because Zach Baylin and Jason Hall's script follows the underdog routine with dispiriting obedience. Harbour makes these scenes watchable without making the film worth recommending.

Supporting parts in *Brokeback Mountain* (2005) and *Revolutionary Road* (2008) preceded his breakthrough as Jim Hopper in *Stranger Things* (2016). Matt and Ross Duffer give him a police chief who initially searches for a missing boy largely to be seen doing his job. Harbour makes the intelligence apparent beneath the weariness, while the sadness seems too familiar to Hopper to need announcing. The first run gives him a well-built small-town horror story; later runs grow larger without reliably improving it.

After Hopper came larger genre roles: the title part in *Hellboy* (2019) and Red Guardian in *Black Widow* (2021). They are an understandable use of his size and gruffness, but we would not make physical authority a requirement of every part. In Soderbergh's *No Sudden Move* (2021), his accountant Matt Wertz sweats through his shirts. Harbour is useful here precisely because he can look like a man who has no idea what to do next.

Steven Conrad's *DTF St. Louis* (2026) gives the softer side of his acting more to do. As Floyd Smernitch, Harbour makes the wish for company feel embarrassingly reasonable, while Jason Bateman helps make the friendship convincing. We were moved by Floyd's loneliness because Harbour made it seem so ordinary, even when Conrad's dialogue was straining for oddness. Linda Cardellini brings comic force to the central triangle, so the men are not left to carry every joke. The investigation is less engaging and the pace slackens, but the friendship gives us enough reason to stay.

Start with the first run of *Stranger Things*, then try *DTF St. Louis* for a less imposing Harbour. Give the latter's investigation some patience. We would happily watch him and Bateman spend longer making a mess of middle age.

## Biography

David Harbour is an American actor. He gained recognition for his role as Jim Hopper in the Netflix series *Stranger Things* (2016–2025), receiving two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

His film roles include Jack Salter in *Gran Turismo* (2023), Matt Wertz in *No Sudden Move* (2021), Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian in *Black Widow* (2021) and *Thunderbolts** (2025), and the title character in *Hellboy* (2019). He studied at Dartmouth College and has appeared in earlier films including *Brokeback Mountain* (2005) and *Quantum of Solace* (2008).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (13)

- *DTF St. Louis* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Floyd Smernitch — [page](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md)
- *A Working Man* (2025), Fi1m 41, as Gunny Lefferty — [page](https://film.one/film/a-working-man.md)
- *Thunderbolts** (2025), Fi1m 71, as Alexei Shostakov — [page](https://film.one/film/thunderbolts.md)
- *Gran Turismo* (2023), Fi1m 56, as Jack Salter — [page](https://film.one/film/gran-turismo.md)
- *Black Widow* (2021), Fi1m 63, as Alexei — [page](https://film.one/film/black-widow.md)
- *No Sudden Move* (2021), Fi1m 76, as Matt Wertz — [page](https://film.one/film/no-sudden-move.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), Fi1m 77, as Jim Hopper — [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Suicide Squad* (2016), Fi1m 41, as Dexter Tolliver — [page](https://film.one/film/suicide-squad.md)
- *Black Mass* (2015), Fi1m 58, as John Morris — [page](https://film.one/film/black-mass.md)
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Fi1m 58, as Gregg Beam — [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *Revolutionary Road* (2008), Fi1m 71, as Shep Campbell — [page](https://film.one/film/revolutionary-road.md)
- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), Fi1m 92, as Randall Malone — [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)
- *War of the Worlds* (2005), Fi1m 70, as Dock Worker — [page](https://film.one/film/war-of-the-worlds.md)

## Complete filmography (74)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Avengers: Secret Wars* (2027), as Alexei Shostakov
- *John Rambo* (2027), as Major Trautman
- *Avengers: Doomsday* (2026), as Alexei Shostakov — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-doomsday.md)
- *Violent Night 2* (2026), as Santa Claus — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/violent-night-2.md)
- *Evil Genius* (2026), Actor
- *Stranger Things: Tales from '85* (2026), series, Thanks
- *DTF St. Louis* (2026), series, as Floyd Smernitch · Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md)
- *GOAT* (2026), as Archie Everhardt (voice)
- *Marvel Zombies* (2025), series, as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice)
- *Thunderbolts** (2025), as Alexei Shostakov — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/thunderbolts.md)
- *A Working Man* (2025), as Gunny Lefferty — Fi1m 41, [page](https://film.one/film/a-working-man.md)
- *Night of the Zoopocalypse* (2025), as Dan (voice)
- *Creature Commandos* (2024), series, as Frankenstein (voice)
- *Gran Turismo* (2023), as Jack Salter — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/gran-turismo.md)
- *We Have a Ghost* (2023), as Ernest
- *Violent Night* (2022), as Santa
- *Q-Force* (2021), series, as Buck (voice)
- *What If...?* (2021), series, as Alexei Shostakov (voice), Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *Black Widow* (2021), as Alexei — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/black-widow.md)
- *No Sudden Move* (2021), as Matt Wertz — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/no-sudden-move.md)
- *Extraction* (2020), as Gaspar
- *Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein* (2019), as David Harbour III / David Harbour Jr. / Frankenstein · Executive Producer
- *Hellboy* (2019), as Hellboy / Anung Un Rama
- *Human Affairs* (2018), as Ronnie
- *Sleepless* (2017), as Doug Dennison
- *Crisis in Six Scenes* (2016), series, as Vic
- *Suicide Squad* (2016), as Dexter Tolliver — Fi1m 41, [page](https://film.one/film/suicide-squad.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), series, as Jim Hopper — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Animals.* (2016), series, as Hawk (voice)
- *Black Mass* (2015), as John Morris — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/black-mass.md)
- *State of Affairs* (2014), series, as David Patrick
- *The Equalizer* (2014), as Masters
- *A Walk Among the Tombstones* (2014), as Ray
- *Manhattan* (2014), series, as Reed Akley
- *X/Y* (2014), as Todd
- *Rake* (2014), series, as David Potter
- *Parkland* (2013), as Gordon Shanklin
- *Snitch* (2013), as Jay Price
- *Knife Fight* (2013), as Stephen Green
- *Banshee* (2013), series, as Robert Dalton — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/banshee.md)
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Dr. Mason Baldwin
- *End of Watch* (2012), as Van Hauser
- *Between Us* (2012), as Joel
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, as Elliot Hirsch
- *Blue* (2012), series, as Cooper
- *Thin Ice* (2012), as Bob Egan
- *Isolation* (2011), as Dr. Sloan
- *W.E.* (2011), as Ernest
- *The Green Hornet* (2011), as Frank Scanlon
- *Every Day* (2010), as Brian
- *Royal Pains* (2009), series, as Dan Samuels
- *State of Play* (2009), as PointCorp Insider
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Frank Ambrose
- *Revolutionary Road* (2008), as Shep Campbell — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/revolutionary-road.md)
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), as Gregg Beam — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *Awake* (2007), as Dracula
- *Midnight Son* (2007), as Mulligan
- *The Wedding Weekend* (2006), as David
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Gary Weber
- *The Book of Daniel* (2006), series, Actor
- *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), as Randall Malone — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/brokeback-mountain.md)
- *Confess* (2005), as Agent Jim McAllister
- *War of the Worlds* (2005), as Dock Worker — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/war-of-the-worlds.md)
- *Kinsey* (2004), as Robert Kinsey
- *Hack* (2002), series, as Christopher Clark
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Paul Devildis, Wesley John Kanderson
- *The Invention of Love* (2001), as Moses John Jackson
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Terry Jessup
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Mike, Jay Carlin — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Fred Kranepool (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Little One*, Actor
- *A Head Full of Ghosts*, as John
- *Untitled Jack Thorne Spy Thriller*, series, as Matt Wolfe · Executive Producer
- *The Trashers*, as Jimmy Galante

## Gallery

- ![David Harbour as Floyd Smernitch in DTF St. Louis (2026)](https://film.one/media/title/2025/still-36d3594ed334.jpg) David Harbour as Floyd Smernitch in *DTF St. Louis* (2026) — Image via TMDB
- ![David Harbour](https://film.one/media/person/8547/gallery-2d64f112b568.jpg) David Harbour — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/David_Harbour_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/1280px-David_Harbour_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Harbour at the premiere of Black Mass, 2015 Toronto Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/8547/gallery-9dc4c83e500f.jpg) David Harbour at the premiere of Black Mass, 2015 Toronto Film Festival — GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Black_Mass_06_%2820833586024%29.jpg/1280px-Black_Mass_06_%2820833586024%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Harbour](https://film.one/media/person/8547/gallery-eb8f1a1a19e0.jpg) David Harbour — Image via TMDB
- ![David Harbour](https://film.one/media/person/8547/gallery-3b5f9e9f3de7.jpg) David Harbour — Image via TMDB
- ![David Harbour](https://film.one/media/person/8547/gallery-9e34074f55f4.jpg) David Harbour — Image via TMDB
- ![David Harbour](https://film.one/media/person/8547/gallery-7abab4f2b74d.jpg) David Harbour — Image via TMDB
- ![David Harbour](https://film.one/media/person/8547/gallery-ecb3bf08ea6d.jpg) David Harbour — Image via TMDB
- ![David Harbour](https://film.one/media/person/8547/gallery-45ae2ac39c78.jpg) David Harbour — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2026: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *DTF St. Louis*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 2005: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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