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Harbour began acting professionally on Broadway in 1999, in the revival of The Rainmaker. He then made his television debut that same year in an episode of Law & Order, playing a waiter. He appeared again in 2002 in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing a child murderer. Harbour portrayed the recurring role of MI6 Agent Roger Anderson in the ABC series Pan Am. In 2005, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. His theatre credits include Glengarry Glen Ross (Gerald Schoenfeld); The Merchant of Venice (Broadhurst); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Longacre); Fifth of July (Signature); The Coast of Utopia (Lincoln Center); The Invention of Love (Lyceum).

He recently appeared on the London Stage in Theresa Rebeck's MAD HOUSE opposite Bill Pullman.

Harbour is also known for his role as CIA Agent Gregg Beam in Quantum of Solace, as Shep Campbell in Revolutionary Road, and as Russell Crowe's source in State of Play. He also received praise for his role as spree killer Paul Devildis in a 2009 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Harbour's other film credits include Brokeback Mountain, The Green Hornet, End of Watch, and Between Us. In 2013, he played a small role of a head doctor in the television series Elementary. From 2012 to 2014, he also played the recurring role of Elliot Hirsch in The Newsroom.
In 2014, Harbour played the recurring character of Dr. Reed Akley in the first season of the historical drama series Manhattan. In 2015, Harbour was cast as Chief Jim Hopper in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things. For his role in the series, Harbour has received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2017 and 2018) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2018). Harbour has won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2017) along with the rest of the cast.
Harbour portrayed the title character in the film reboot Hellboy (2019). He will also co-star as Red Guardian in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Widow (2020).

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David Harbour STAGE CREDITS

[West End]
London Production, 2022
Michael

[Off-Broadway]
Shakespeare in the Park Production, 2016
Achilles [Replacement]

Achilles

[Broadway]
2012
John Williamson

[Broadway]
Broadway Transfer, 2010
Bassanio

[Off-Broadway]
2008
Laertes

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2007
Doctor at the Seashore

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2006
George Herwegh

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2006
Nicholas Stankevich

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2005
Nick

[Off-Broadway]
2004
Joel

[Off-Broadway]
2003
Arcite

[Off-Broadway]
2003
Fallon

[Off-Broadway]
2003
John Landis

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2001
Moses John Jackson

[Off-Broadway]
2000
Performer

[Off-Broadway]
2000
Eddie Yaeger/Vito (Understudy)

[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 1999
Farmhand

Noah Curry (Understudy)

Theater The Rainmaker The Invention of Love Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Coast of Utopia: Part 1 – Voyage The Coast of Utopia: Part 2 – Shipwreck The Coast of Utopia: Part 3 – Salvage The Merchant of Venice Glengarry Glen Ross Film and Tv Dhaka Black Widow El Hormiguero: Vacaciones en el Titanic Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein Stranger Things Hellboy Animals. Drunk History Human Affairs Sleepless Crisis in Six Scenes Suicide Squad Banshee Black Mass The Newsroom Manhattan A Walk Among the Tombstones The Equalizer Rake X/Y Parkland Snitch Midnight Sun Elementary Between Us End of Watch Blue Knife Fight Pan Am Tilda Isolation W.E. Thin Ice The Green Hornet Every Day Royal Pains Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law & Order: Criminal Intent Lie to Me State of Play Revolutionary Road Quantum of Solace Law & Order Awake The Unit Midnight Son The Wedding Weekend The Book of Daniel Confess Brokeback Mountain War of the Worlds Kinsey Hack Law & Order: Special Victims Unit



David Harbour Movies

Kinsey
[ 2004 ] Robert Kinsey
Brokeback Mountain
[ 2005 ] Randall Malone
War of the Worlds
[ 2005 ] Dock Worker
Confess
[ 2005 ] FBI Agent McAllister
The Wedding Weekend
[ 2006 ] David
Awake
[ 2007 ] Dracula
Revolutionary Road
[ 2008 ] Shep Campbell
Quantum of Solace
[ 2008 ] Gregg Beam
State of Play
[ 2009 ] PointCorp Insider
Every Day
[ 2010 ] Brian
W.E.
[ 2011 ] Ernest
The Green Hornet
[ 2011 ] Scanlon
Isolation
[ 2011 ] Dr. Sloan
Thin Ice
[ 2011 ] Bob Egan
Knife Fight
[ 2012 ] Stephen Green
Between Us
[ 2012 ] Joel
End of Watch
[ 2012 ] Van Hauser
Parkland
[ 2013 ] Gordon Shanklin
Snitch
[ 2013 ] Jay Price
X/Y
[ 2014 ] Todd
A Walk Among the Tombstones
[ 2014 ] Ray
The Equalizer
[ 2014 ] Mters
Black Mass
[ 2015 ] John Morris
Suicide Squad
[ 2016 ] Dexter Tolliver
Sleepless
[ 2017 ] Dennison
Human Affairs
[ 2018 ] Ronnie
Hellboy
[ 2019 ] Hellboy
Extraction
[ 2020 ] Gpar
No Sudden Move
[ 2021 ] Matt Wertz
Black Widow
[ 2021 ] Alexei
Violent Night
[ 2022 ] Santa Claus
Gran Turismo
[ 2023 ] Jack Salter
Thunderbolts
[ 2024 ] Alexei Shostakov, Red Guardian

David Harbour TV Shows

As the World Turns
Officer Shanks, Shanks
Banshee
Robert Dalton
Law & Order
Jay Carlin, Mike
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Paul Devildis, Wesley John Kenderson
Pan Am
Roger Anderson
State of Affairs
David Patrick
Stranger Things
Jim Hopper
The Newsroom
Elliot Hirsch

David Harbour Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2005 - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play

David Harbour, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

David Harbour, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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David Harbour News


THIS IS NOT A DREAM Reading Set For Next Month From Vineyard Theatre


Vineyard Theatre will present This Is Not A Dream, the first New York reading of seven ten-minute plays from Young Playwrights Ukraine, written during a mentorship project on Zoom.

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld April 10, 2024


Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 10, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Garden Of Dreams Talent Show Returns To Radio City Music Hall Next Month


On the heels of a record-setting Garden of Laughs fundraiser, the annual Garden of Dreams Talent Show will return to Radio City Music Hall on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 7:00PM.

HOT WHITE HEIST Podcast Starring Bowen Yang, Cynthia Nixon, Jane Lynch & More to Return for Season 2


Audible, Inc.'s hit queer action-comedy Hot White Heist will return for season two on March 7 with six half-hour episodes available exclusively on Audible.

Theresa Rebeck Will Talk DIG and I NEED THAT at the Drama Book Shop Today


Theresa Rebeck will discuss her new book Two Plays, which includes her plays Dig and I Need That, at the Drama Book Shop today. The talk will take place Tuesday, December 19 from 7:30 - 8:30pm.

David Harbour, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ann Dowd, and Denis O'Hare to Perform in Signature Theatre Reading of Sam Shepard's TRUE WEST


Signature Theatre today will present an all-star benefit reading of Sam Shepard’s contemporary classic True West, led by acclaimed actors Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear, Girls) as Austin, David Harbour (Stranger Things, Black Widow) as Lee, Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale, Compliance) as Mom, and Denis O’Hare (American Horror Story, True Blood) as Saul.

Video: Recap the Works of Theresa Rebeck


Just last night, Broadway welcomed the latest work from one of the industry's most prolific and widely produced playwrights, Theresa Rebeck. I Need That, starring Danny and Lucy DeVito, marks her fifth Broadway play, though the scope of her work is much wider. 

Photos: Inside Opening Night of Theresa Rebeck's DIG


PRIMARY STAGES and 59E59 Theaters just celebrated opening night of Dig, a new play written and directed by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck. Check out photos from opening night!

David Harbour to Join Theater at Monmouth for a One-Night Fundraising Event


Join actor David Harbour at Theater at Monmouth for an exclusive on-stage interview and Q&A session conducted by radio personality Lori Voornas. Don't miss this one-night-only fundraising event on August 12, 2023, at Cumston Hall. Get your tickets now!

Sam Richardson, Langston Kerman & More to Star in YES WE CANNABIS Series From Audible


Audible in collaboration with global entertainment and media company Broadway Video will present a new scripted comedy, 'Yes We Cannabis,' set to debut exclusively on Audible on Thursday, August 24, 2023.

Playing On Air Reveals Summer 2023 Season Of Audio Plays Featuring John Patrick Shanley, Debra Messing & More


Playing on Air has revealed its Summer 2023 podcast season, featuring an exciting lineup of nine audio plays curated and produced by Founder and Consulting Director Claudia Catania.

THE BARON AND THE JUNK DEALER Makes World Premiere At Edinburgh Fringe Festival


From the creators of long-running cult underground comedy hit, 'The George Lucas Talk Show', comes an original play about two fugitives - a mysterious aristocrat and a paranoid junk merchant - stranded on a desolate planet, waiting to be rescued or killed. Uncertain whether their distress signal will be received by friend or foe, the mismatched pair reluctantly team up for the sake of their own survival, powerless to do anything but wait.

THE GEORGE LUCAS TALK SHOW to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut in August


The George Lucas Talk Show - boasting previous guests such as Seth Meyers, Weird Al, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Hamm, Kevin Smith, Peter Serafinowicz, David Harbour, Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Tony Hale and Aimee Mann will make its Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut after selling out London and New York City.

Photos: Casamigos Celebrates the Premiere of DOWNTOWN OWL Directed by Lily Rabe


Last night at the Tribeca Film Festival, Casamigos helped celebrate the premiere of Lily Rabe’s directorial debut, Downtown Owl. Check out photos from the event here!

Solea Pfeiffer & More Join Ato Blankson-Wood Led HAMLET at Free Shakespeare in the Park


The Public Theater announced additional casting for the Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Shakespeare’s HAMLET, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. See who is starring, performance dates & more!

Danny DeVito Will Return to Broadway in Theresa Rebeck's I NEED THAT; Roundabout Announces 2023-2024 Season


Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced the Broadway and Off-Broadway line-up for the 2023-2024 season. Check out all the details on who, what, when, and where!

Ambassador Theatre Group Announces Exclusive Partnership With J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Live


Ambassador Theatre Group has announced an exclusive three-year partnership with the newly formed Bad Robot Live, the theatre division of J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot Productions.

Playwright Theresa Rebeck Will Direct Reading of MAURITUS at Westport Country Playhouse


Westport Country Playhouse will present a Script in Hand playreading of Theresa Rebeck's thriller, “Mauritius,” on Monday, March 13, at 7 p.m., directed by the playwright herself. The play's title refers to the island of Mauritius, the origin of two extremely valuable, rare stamps that incite a conflict to gain their possession.

Photos: Vineyard Theater Honors Tony-Winner Billy Crudup At 40th Anniversary Gala!


See photos from inside the Vineyard Theatre's 40th Anniversary gala honoring Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Billy Crudup!

Vineyard Theatre To Honor Actor Billy Crudup At 40th Anniversary Gala, Hosted By Bill Irwin


Bill Irwin will host the Vineyard Theatre's 40th Anniversary gala honoring Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Billy Crudup, Monday, February 13, 2023 at 6:00pm at Edison Ballroom (240 West 47th Street). 

David Harbour FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What is David Harbour next theatre project?

David Harbour's next show will be Mad House which opens on 6/26/2022 on West End.

How many Broadway shows has David Harbour been in?

David Harbour has appeared on Broadway in 8 shows.

How many West End shows has David Harbour been in?

David Harbour has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.

What was David Harbour's first West End show?

David Harbour's first West End show was Mad House which opened in 2022

What awards has David Harbour been nominated for?

David Harbour has been nominated for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He has also been nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.

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