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David Harbour

David Harbour

9 films · 953 frames · top-billed in 3 · 20052025

Born 10 April 1975 · New York City, New York, USA

David Kenneth Harbour is an American actor. He gained global recognition for his portrayal of Jim Hopper in the Netflix science fiction series Stranger Things (2016–2025), for which he received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. His starring film roles include the title character in Hellboy (2019), Santa Claus in Violent Night (2022), and a former racer in the sports film Gran Turismo (2023). Harbour has played Red Guardian in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the films Black Widow (2021), Thunderbolts* (2025), Avengers: Doomsday (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027).

How their films are shot

Measured across 953 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work David takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 9 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 49% low key — the look of the work David takes.

Time of day

Night48%
Day43%
Interior4%

Lighting

Low key49%
Natural43%
High key5%

Shot size

Medium50%
Closeup21%
Wide20%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level83%
High angle9%
Low angle7%

Mood

Neutral52%
Tense24%
Lonely11%
Ominous6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 953 frames from David Harbour's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.