David Harbour has a net worth of $6 million, driven primarily by his role as Chief Jim Hopper in Netflix’s Stranger Things and a growing presence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Red Guardian. Harbour spent over two decades working in theater and supporting film and television roles before becoming one of the most recognizable faces on streaming television.
Updated March 2026: According to Deadline and Variety, David Harbour reprised his role as Red Guardian in the MCU’s Thunderbolts*, released in 2025, and is slated to appear in Avengers: Doomsday. The final season of Stranger Things (Season 5) also aired in 2025, with Harbour confirmed to have earned approximately $9.5 million for his role in that season.
David Kenneth Harbour was born on April 10, 1975, in White Plains, New York, and raised in Byram, Connecticut. He attended The Taft School, a private boarding school in Watertown, Connecticut, before enrolling at Dartmouth College, where he studied theater. After graduating, he trained at the Actors Studio in New York City and worked extensively in Off-Broadway and Broadway productions throughout the early 2000s, including a Tony Award-nominated performance in the 2006 revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Harbour spent more than a decade in supporting television and film roles — appearing in The Newsroom, Brokeback Mountain, and Quantum of Solace — before his career transformed with his casting as Chief Jim Hopper in Netflix’s Stranger Things in 2016. His performance earned him two Emmy Award nominations and a Critics’ Choice Television Award win. By Season 4, his per-episode salary was reported as part of a deal that resulted in total Stranger Things earnings of more than $14 million across all seasons combined, with approximately $9.5 million from the final Season 5 alone.
Harbour expanded into the MCU with the role of Alexei Shostakov / Red Guardian in Black Widow (2021), a role he reprised in Thunderbolts* (2025) and is set to continue in Avengers: Doomsday. He starred in Sony’s Hellboy reboot in 2019 and the holiday action film Violent Night (2022), which became a surprise box office hit and led to a sequel in development. Season 5 of Stranger Things concluded in 2025 as one of the most-watched Netflix series finales in the platform’s history.
David Harbour and British singer Lily Allen married in September 2020. Harbour served as stepfather to Allen’s two daughters from her previous marriage to Sam Cooper: Ethel Mary and Marnie Rose. The couple announced their separation in 2024 and proceeded with divorce proceedings in 2025; the split was accompanied by significant media coverage, partly driven by Allen’s public references to the relationship in interviews and her music. Harbour has no biological children. He sold a Brooklyn brownstone in 2026 and is based in a West Village apartment in New York City. He has spoken publicly about managing bipolar disorder and has been an outspoken advocate for mental health awareness.
David Harbour’s net worth is estimated at approximately $6 million. His earnings from Stranger Things alone exceeded $14 million across all five seasons, with approximately $9.5 million coming from Season 5 in 2025. His MCU work and film career provide additional income streams.
David Harbour and singer Lily Allen married in September 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The couple separated in 2024 and their divorce was finalized in 2025. Prior to their relationship, Harbour had no publicly known long-term partnerships.
David Harbour was born on April 10, 1975, making him 50 years old as of March 2026. He was born in White Plains, New York, and raised in Byram, Connecticut.
David Harbour stands 6’3″ (190 cm) tall. His physical stature was a key factor in his casting as the imposing Chief Jim Hopper in Stranger Things and as the hulking Red Guardian in the MCU.
David Harbour has no biological children. During his marriage to Lily Allen (2020–2025), he served as stepfather to her two daughters: Ethel Mary Cooper and Marnie Rose Cooper, from Allen’s previous marriage to musician Sam Cooper.
David Harbour lives in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. He sold a Brooklyn brownstone in 2026. He has maintained a primary New York City base throughout his career, consistent with his theater background and Dartmouth/Actors Studio training.
David Harbour’s total earnings from all five seasons of Stranger Things are estimated at more than $14 million, with approximately $9.5 million earned from Season 5 alone in 2025 — one of the largest single-season paydays for a Netflix cast member.