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David Harbour

デイヴィッド・ハーバー　/　でいゔぃっど・はーばー

American television actor

April 10, 1975 (age 51)　・　White Plains, New York, United States

New York
television actor
film actor
stage actor

My Take

David Harbour is my favorite kind of star: the one who arrived late. Two decades of theater and small parts came before Stranger Things made Jim Hopper a household name, and you can feel every one of those years in his acting — the weariness, the gallows humor, the bruised decency. Lesser actors play tough; Harbour plays tough as a costume over something soft, which is far harder. His two Emmy nominations feel almost beside the point. What I value most is his honesty about struggle, on screen and off. He earned fame the slow way, and it shows in every frame.

Overview

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.

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1. Profile

Name (English): David Harbour
Name (Japanese): デイヴィッド・ハーバー
Reading: でいゔぃっど・はーばー
Born: April 10, 1975 (age 51)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Rabbit
Origin: White Plains, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
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Occupation: television actor / film actor / stage actor / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Byram Hills High School
University: Dartmouth College

3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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