<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1999--present </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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