David Harbour

David Kenneth Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an acclaimed American actor who achieved global stardom as Chief Jim Hopper in Netflix's hit sci-fi series Stranger Things. A talented performer across film, television, and theatre, he graduated from Dartmouth College in 1997. Harbour's prominent film credits include starring as the title character in Hellboy (2019), playing Red Guardian in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Black Widow (2021), and portraying a mercenary Santa Claus in the action-comedy Violent Night (2022). In 2026, his career reached a new milestone when he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for his role as Floyd Smernitch in the HBO dark comedy miniseries DTF St. Louis.