Know About David Harbour's Height, Weight, And Smoking Habit

Posted by Arica Deslauriers on Saturday, May 18, 2024

David Harbour is an actor who is arguably best recognized now for his role as Jim Hopper in the massively successful Netflix series Stranger Things.

Born on April 10, 1975, Harbour is 48 years old. He was born in White Plains, New York, to real estate professionals Kenneth and Nancy, where his mother worked in residential, and his father worked in commercial.

Along with actors Sean Maher and Eyal Podell, he attended Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York. He received his bachelor’s degree in theatre and Italian from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1997, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

How tall is David Harbour?

Harbour is amongst the tallest actors in the Hollywood industry. There have been various speculations about his height.

Many claim that his height is 6’2” and IMDb has reported his height to be 6’ 2¾” or 1.90 m. Harbour revealed his actual height in a joint interview with Stranger Things co-star Winona Ryder for the magazine WIRED in 2019. 

Harbour mentioned that he is 6’3” to 6’3½” tall in the YouTube video. However, back in February 2018, he told Parade he was a 6’4”.

He said, “I’m around 6’4” and 240 pounds. So I rarely feel that intimidated by other men.”

Talking about his weight, he mentioned that he was 240 pounds back in 2018, but now, he has gained weight and is around 260 pounds.

David Harbour weight loss and workout

Harbour has one of the most iconic weight loss journeys. He did not do it for his health but instead for Stranger Things.

He had to undergo a massive weight loss because his character, Hopper, was in a Russian prison in Season 4 of the Netflix series. There, Hopper did not get to eat and had to do a lot of heavy work.

David Harbour had an impressive weight loss journey for ‘Stranger Things.’ (Source: Twitter)

As a result, he lost weight. To portray the same, Harbour had to undergo a massive weight loss transformation. He talked about his journey with GQ in July 2022 and revealed that he lost around 80 pounds.

He did not reveal if he had any workout routine but said that his weight loss was possible due to intermittent fasting and Pilates between the Stranger Things’ third and fourth seasons. 

But Harbour’s weight loss did not last for a long time since he had to regain the weight for his slasher movie, Violent Night.

He told Collider in March 2023 that he would not have to undergo weight loss again. Talking about Hopper, he said, “It was about making him a different guy and sort of shedding a layer of himself physically, mentally, and emotionally. But now he’s back in town, he’s back in America where they have cheeseburgers, so he will be well-fed.”

Does David Harbour smoke?

Yes, Harbour smokes. He told Cigar Aficionado that acting led him to smoking, and he got into cigars in the late 2000s while filming Quantum of Solace.

He got a “bunch of boxes” of cigars from the movie, which eventually made him smoke them. He said, “It’s kind of hard when you fall in love with cigars on a $200 million James Bond movie and you go back to your studio apartment in New York.” 

Smoking sometimes made his co-stars uncomfortable. Harbour talked about how his co-star hated him smoking while doing a play in Los Angeles.

He used to smoke during intermissions while practicing the play. Talking about kissing scenes, he said, “My costar hated me for this. I would do mints, I would brush my teeth—she was so mad at me, but God I loved that.” 

His go-to’s are often robustos, such as Partagás Serie D No. 4s or Romeo y Julieta Short Churchills. He also enjoys Padróns, with a preference for the Family Series 50 Years Maduros. 

Talking about smoking, Harbour smoked real cigarettes in Stranger Things. However, he smoked herbal cigarettes when he was with the children.

He said, “I do like to be a smoker when I play a smoker because it’s one of those things. When you see someone fake-smoking in a scene, and you can tell they don’t smoke in real life, that annoys me a lot.”

David Harbour ‘Drunk History’

Drunk History is one of the most innovative shows in television history. Derek Waters, the show’s creator, stays around in the private home of a comedian, actor, or celebrity each week and then gets that person severely intoxicated on their preferred drink.

The cameras then follow this drunken, compromised individual as he or she tells a remarkable and little-known narrative from American or global history. The more they drink, the more passionate their narration becomes.

Harbour also appeared in one of the episodes of Drunk History. He renacted the building of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the February 27, 2018, episode of the Comedy Central show.

The episode’s narrator was comedian/actor Jennie Pierson, and she was wasted halfway through reciting the story of Maya Lin, the memorial’s designer.

David Harbour’s tattoo

Harbour does not have any tattoos.

However, he has sported some in different movies and TV shows. For instance, he had tattoos for his role in Black Widow.

He played the role of Red Guardian aka Alexei Shostakov in the movie. Red Guardian has some interesting tattoos and is in the middle of getting one on his back when Black Widow picks him up. 

Harbour talked about the tattoos with Variety and revealed that his favorite tattoo was ‘Karl Marx’ written on his knuckles. 

He revealed some of the body arts Red Guardian had inked like a picture of Lenin’s head on his abdomen, a Russian gang tattoo, and a special custom tattoo of Rachel Weisz’s face in a bob haircut with ‘Melina’ inked underneath.

Harbour also sported tattoos in Violent Night.

David Harbour’s career and net worth

Harbour is an actor with a net worth of $6 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth

David Harbour made his theatrical debut in 1999 with a role in the drama The Rainmaker. He has since worked on dozens of films and television series. 

It wasn’t until 2015 that Harbour landed what may be his career-defining role. He had been cast as Chief Jim Hopper in the Netflix series Stranger Things. 

The show itself was highly well-received, with Harbour receiving critical acclaim. In acknowledgment of this character, he was nominated for two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe.

He also won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2017 alongside the rest of the Stranger Things ensemble for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

After Stranger Things, he played the title character in the 2019 movie Hellboy. He also played the superhero Red Guardian in the 2021 film Black Widow.

Aside from Stranger Things, he has appeared in films such as Brokeback Mountain, Quantum of Solace, The Green Hornet, and Suicide Squad. According to IMDb, Harbour has acting credits for over 70 movies and TV shows.

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