David Harbour - wikipedia David Harbour David Harbour Harbour at the 2017 San Diego Comic - Con International ( 1975 - 04 - 10 ) April 10, 1975 ( age 42 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Alma mater Dartmouth College Occupation Actor Years active 1999 -- present David Harbour ( born April 10, 1975 ) is an American actor. He initially drew attention for his work in several Broadway plays, garnering a Tony Award nomination for his performance in the 2005 revival of Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?. He currently stars as the lead role in the Netflix series Stranger Things as Police Chief Jim Hopper for which he received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 2017. He is currently filming the title role in the upcoming superhero film Hellboy. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 3.3 Theatre 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External links Early life Harbour was born in New York City and went to Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York, along with other actors Sean Maher and Eyal Podell. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1997. Career Harbour at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival 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 ?. He is 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. His 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. He currently plays the lead role of Chief Jim Hopper in the Netflix drama series Stranger Things, for which he received nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series ( 2017 ) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor -- Series, Miniseries or Television Film ( 2017 ). Harbour also won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series with his co-stars. Harbour will portray the title character in the film reboot Hellboy ( 2019 ). Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Kinsey Robert Kinsey 2005 Confess FBI Agent McAllister 2005 Brokeback Mountain Randall Malone 2005 War of the Worlds Dock Worker 2006 The Wedding Weekend David 2007 Awake Count Dracula 2008 Revolutionary Road Shep Campbell 2008 Quantum of Solace Gregg Beam 2009 State of Play PointCorp Insider Every Day Brian 2011 The Green Hornet D.A. Frank Scanlon 2011 W.E. Ernest Aldrich Simpson 2012 End of Watch Van Hauser 2012 Between Us Joel 2012 Knife Fight Stephen Green 2013 Snitch Jay Price 2013 Parkland James Gordon Shanklin 2014 X / Y Todd 2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones Ray 2014 The Equalizer Frank Masters 2015 Black Mass John Morris 2016 Suicide Squad Dexter Tolliver 2017 Sleepless Doug Dennison 2019 Hellboy Hellboy Filming Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Law & Order Mike Episode : `` Patsy '' 2002 Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Terry Jessup Episode : `` Dolls '' 2003 Hack Christopher Clark Episode : `` Presumed Guilty '' Law & Order : Criminal Intent Wesley John Kenderson Episode : `` Silver Lining '' 2006 The Book of Daniel Kevin Warwick Episode : `` Acceptance '' 2008 Law & Order Jay Carlin Episode : `` Submission '' 2009 Law & Order : Criminal Intent Paul Devildis Episode : `` Family Values '' 2009 Lie to Me Frank Ambrose Episode : `` The Better Half '' 2009 Royal Pains Dan Samuels Episode : `` It 's Like Jamais Vu All Over Again '' 2011 -- 12 Pan Am Roger Anderson 6 episodes 2012 -- 14 The Newsroom Elliot Hirsch 10 episodes 2013 Elementary Dr. Mason Baldwin Episode : `` Lesser Evils '' 2014 Rake David Potter 11 episodes 2014 Manhattan Dr. Reed Akley 10 episodes 2014 -- 15 State of Affairs David Patrick 13 episodes 2015 -- 16 Banshee Robert Dalton 2 episodes 2016 -- present Stranger Things Chief Jim Hopper Lead role ; 17 episodes 2016 Crisis in Six Scenes Vic Episode : `` # 1.2 '' Theatre Year Title Role Notes 1999 The Rainmaker Noah Curry The Invention of Love Moses John Jackson 2005 Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? Nick 2006 -- 07 The Coast of Utopia : Part 1 -- Voyage Nicholas Stankevich 2006 -- 07 The Coast of Utopia : Part 2 -- Shipwreck George Herwegh 2007 The Coast of Utopia : Part 3 -- Salvage Doctor at the Seashore 2010 -- 11 The Merchant of Venice Bassanio 2012 -- 13 Glengarry Glen Ross John Williamson Awards and nominations Year Association Nominated work Result Ref. 2005 Tony Awards Best Featured Actor in a Play Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? Nominated 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Stranger Things Won 2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Award Best TV Supporting Actor Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated Gold Derby Awards Best Drama Supporting Actor Nominated Critics ' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Pending Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor -- Series, Miniseries or Television Film Pending References Jump up ^ `` All about Eyal ''. Official website. Retrieved April 18, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Biography for David Harbour ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 20, 2011. Jump up ^ Fretts, Bruce ( July 13, 2009 ). `` Cheers & Jeers ''. TV Guide. p. 8. Jump up ^ Perry, Spencer ( May 8, 2017 ). `` Neil Marshall to Direct Hellboy Reboot Starring David Harbour ! ''. Comingsoon.net. Retrieved May 8, 2017. Jump up ^ Jones, Kenneth ( June 5, 2005 ). `` Just the Facts : List of 2005 Tony Award Winners and Nominees ''. Playbill. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Relive the 23rd Annual SAG Awards ''. TNT Presents : The Screen Actor Guild Awards. Retrieved February 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Never mind Oscar, here 's the 2017 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees Ballot ! ''. Fangoria. February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017. Jump up ^ Littleton, Cynthia ( September 10, 2017 ). `` Creative Arts Emmy Winners : ' Stranger Things, ' ' Westworld, ' ' Big Little Lies ' Win Big -- Complete List ''. Variety. Retrieved September 10, 2017. Jump up ^ Kilday, Gregg ( December 6, 2017 ). `` Critics ' Choice Awards : ' The Shape of Water ' Leads With 14 Nominations ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 7, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Golden Globes : ' Shape of Water, ' ' Big Little Lies ' Top Nominations ''. The Hollywood Reporter. December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017. External links David Harbour on IMDb David Harbour at the Internet Broadway Database David Harbour at the Internet Off - Broadway Database David Harbour at TV.com Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series ( 2010 -- 2019 ) 2010 : Boardwalk Empire, season 1 Antonacci Buscemi Coleman Graham de la Huerta Laciura Macdonald Mol Palladino Piazza Pitt Shannon Sparks Stuhlbarg Weiner Whigham 2011 : Boardwalk Empire, season 2 Buscemi Chianese Clohessy Coleman Cox J. Gallina L. Gallina Graham Huston Laciura Lind Macdonald D. McTigue R. McTigue Mol B. Noon C. Noon O'Rourke Palladino Pennewill Piazza Pitt Shannon Sparks Stuhlbarg Van Wagner Whigham Williams Yusef 2012 : Downton Abbey, series 2 Bonneville Boyle Carmichael Carter Coyle Dockery Findlay Finneran Froggatt Glen Howes James - Collier Leech Logan McGovern McShera Nicol Nuttall Robb Smith Stevens Wilton 2013 : Breaking Bad, season 5, part II Bowen Brandt Cranston Crawford Fletcher Fraser Gunn Metzler Mitte Norris Odenkirk Paul Plemons Quezada Rankin Sane 2014 : Downton Abbey, series 4 Bonneville Carmichael Carter Coyle Dockery Doyle Froggatt James James - Collier Leech Logan McGovern McShera Milne Robb Smith Speleers Theobold Wilton 2015 : Downton Abbey, series 5 Bonneville Carmichael Carter Cassidy Coyle Dockery Doyle Froggatt James James - Collier Leech Logan McGovern McShera Nicol Ovenden Smith Wilton 2016 : Stranger Things, season 1 Brown Buono Chrest Dyer Harbour Heaton Keery Matarazzo McLaughlin Modine Morgan Reynolds Ryder Schnapp Steger Wolfhard Complete list ( 1994 -- 1999 ) ( 2000 -- 2009 ) ( 2010 -- present ) VIAF : 86391024 LCCN : no2009062663 ISNI : 0000 0000 5918 7093 GND : 1060392720 SUDOC : 18439287X BNF : cb16965534p ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=David_Harbour&oldid=816224144 '' Categories : 1975 births 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors American male film actors American male Shakespearean actors American male stage actors American male television actors Dartmouth College alumni Living people Male actors from New York ( state ) People from Armonk, New York Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from August 2017 Use mdy dates from September 2011 Articles with hCards Articles with IBDb links Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Català Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano Magyar Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Shqip Simple English Suomi Svenska 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 20 December 2017, at 01 : 44. 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Question: who plays the chief of police in stranger things
Answer: David Harbour