10 THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT
BEST known by TV fans for playing Chief Jim Hopper in the Netflix hit Stranger Things, David Harbour is ready to embrace his inner demon as the title character in Hellboy, arriving in theaters April 12. Here are ten things you don’t know about the 44-year-old actor.
1 Both of his parents worked in real estate — his mother in residential and his father in commercial.
2 David cops to being a “geeky theater kid” during his childhood.
3 He attended Byram Hills High School in Armonk, N.Y., along with future Firefly actor Sean Maher and soap star Eyal Podell.
4 Harbour graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
5 When David was 25, his parents brought him to a mental hospital, where he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and he admits, “I have a capacity to see ‘the elves’ in the corners of the room if I really allow myself to go there.”
6 He calls 2008’s Revolutionary Road — in which he co-starred with Kate Winslet — his big break.
7 The actor confesses his Stranger Things castmate Winona Ryder was his “high school crush.”
8 He calls Al Pacino -who he's shared the Broadwa stage with twice in Glengarry
Glen Ross and The Merchant of Venice — a close friend and mentor.
9 He describes his perfect breakfast as: “Coffee and a nice, hot everything bagel with cream cheese, tomato, a little onion and a healthy dose of salt and pepper.”
10 Merriam-Webster used a clip of him dancing as Hopper to illustrate an explanation of “dad bod” on social media — which doughy David calls “an honor.”