He's married to Lily Allen since 2020.
Film Roles
- 2004 Kinsey as Robert Kinsey
- 2005 Brokeback Mountain as Randall Malone
- 2005 War of the Worlds as Dock Worker
- 2008 Revolutionary Road as Shep Campbell
- 2008 Quantum of Solace as Gregg Beam
- 2009 State of Play as PointCorp Insider
- 2011 The Green Hornet as D.A. Frank Scanlon
- 2012 End of Watch as Van Hauser
- 2014 A Walk Among the Tombstones as Ray
- 2014 The Equalizer as Frank Masters
- 2016 Suicide Squad as Dexter Tolliver
- 2017 Sleepless as Doug Dennison
- 2019 Hellboy as Hellboy
- 2020 Extraction as Gaspar
- 2021 No Sudden Move as Matt Wertz
- Marvel Cinematic Universe as Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian
- 2021 Black Widow
- 2025 Thunderbolts
- 2022 Violent Night as Santa Claus
- 2023 We Have a Ghost as Ernest
- 2023 Gran Turismo as Jack Salter
Television Roles
- 2011–2012 Pan Am as Roger Anderson
- 2012–2014 The Newsroom as Elliott Hirsch
- 2014 Rake as David Potter
- 2014 Manhattan as Dr. Reed Akley
- 2014–2015 State of Affairs as David Patrick
- 2016–present Stranger Things as Sheriff Jim Hopper
- 2021 Q-Force as Agent Rick Buck
- 2024 Creature Commandos as Eric Frankenstein
Video Game Roles
- 2024 Alone in the Dark as Edward Carnby
David Harbour provides examples of the following tropes:
- Acting in the Dark: He claims to have not been told whether Hopper survived Season 3 of Stranger Things and is the "American" referred to in The Stinger, though there's a lot of speculation that he's just taking the piss with the fans. The Duffer Brothers would later comment, after Season 4’s first part released, that Harbour was in the know and had initially suggested shooting Hopper’s survival during production of the previous season.
- The Big Guy: Harbour has a height of six feet three inches which led to him playing burly men who can use their size to kick ass.
- Star-Derailing Role: What he was really afraid Hellboy (2019)'s critical and box office failure would be, apparently having called up Ryan Reynolds (who's had his own experiences with superhero roles that almost ended his career) for reassurance after it bombed. Despite his worries, it didn't do too much damage to his career, and many critics who hated the film even gave their sympathies to Harbour for doing his best with the material. It certainly didn't hurt that he met with Ron Perlman before taking the job and asking for his advice.
- Typecasting: Before Stranger Things, he was recognizable as someone who usually played villains. Afterwards, he's been offered and taken up more and more heroic roles, many of them being disgruntled but otherwise well-meaning fatherly figures.
