David Harbour
Actor
New York, NY
Biography:
Tony nominated actor David Harbour has gained a reputation as one of the most versatile actors around, consistently delivering compelling performances on film, television and stage.
Harbour can currently be seen in Netflix's breakout series "Stranger Things" as Police Chief Jim Hopper. This supernatural period drama was written and directed by The Duffer Brothers, and executive produced by Shawn Levy. Also starring Winona Ryder, "Stranger Things" premiered on the streaming service on July 15, 2016, to wide critical and audience acclaim.
In film, he was most recently seen in David Ayer's DC blockbuster Suicide Squad, with Will Smith, Jared Leto, and Margot Robbie. Before that, he appeared in Scott Cooper's Black Mass opposite Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Joel Edgerton. The film follows the true story of Whitey Bulger, the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston. Harbour portrayed corrupt FBI agent John Morris, who allows Whitey to evade law enforcement.
Harbour's additional film credits include "The Equalizer," opposite Denzel Washington, "A Walk Among Tombstones," co-starring Liam Neeson, "Parkland," "End of Watch," "Revolutionary Road," "Thin Ice," "Brokeback Mountain," "The Green Hornet," "Quantum of Solace," "W.E." and "Between Us."
On the small screen, Harbour was recently seen in WGN America's 1940's series "Manhattan" as rival scientist Reed Akley. The series was created and written by Sam Shaw ("Masters of Sex") and directed by Emmy Award-winning director Thomas Schlamme ("The West Wing"). Other TV credits include Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom," NBC's "State of Affairs," "Rake," and "Pan Am."
A Tony nominee for the revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Harbour's other theatre credits include Fifth of July, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Merchant of Venice, Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love, and The Coast of Utopia at Lincoln Center Theater. He was supposed to perform the role of Achilles in the Public Theatre's Shakespeare in the Park production of Troilus and Cressida in the Summer of 2016, but had to pull out of the production during previews due to injury.
Harbour graduated from Dartmouth College with a double-major in drama and Italian. He currently resides in New York.
Sci-fi Convention Guest Appearances
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2023
- Calgary Expo 2023 - April 27-30, 2023 in Calgary, AB, Canada
- Middle East Film and Comic Con 2023 - March 3-5, 2023 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2022
- London Film & Comic Con 2022 - July 8-10, 2022 in London, UK 2019
Supanova Comic-Con & Gaming Expo - Brisbane 2019 - November 8-10, 2019 in South Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaCancelled AppearanceSupanova Comic-Con & Gaming Expo - Adelaide 2019 - November 1-3, 2019 in Wayville, South Australia, AustraliaCancelled AppearanceFanExpo Canada 2019 - August 22-25, 2019 in Toronto, ON, CanadaCancelled AppearanceFan Expo Boston 2019 - August 16-18, 2019 in Boston, MACancelled AppearanceOgden UnCon 2019 - June 7-9, 2019 in Ogden, UTCancelled AppearanceMegaCon Orlando 2019 - May 16-19, 2019 in Orlando, FLCancelled AppearanceFan Expo Dallas 2019 - May 3-5, 2019 in Dallas, TXCancelled AppearanceCalgary Expo 2019 - April 25-28, 2019 in Calgary, AB, CanadaCancelled Appearance 2017Supanova Pop Culture Expo - Perth 2017 - June 23-25, 2017 in Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaCancelled AppearanceSupanova Pop Culture Expo - Sydney 2017 - June 16-18, 2017 in Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaCancelled Appearance- Fan2Sea 2017 - January 19-23, 2017 in Departing from Tampa, FL 2016
- Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest 2016 - October 22-23, 2016 in Phoenix, AZ
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