David Kenneth Harbour (born April 10, 1975) is an American actor. He has appeared in movies, television shows and Broadway plays. Since 2016, he has starred in the Netflix series "Stranger Things" as Police Chief Jim Hopper. The role gave him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He played Nick in the 2005 version of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and the title character of the movie reboot "Hellboy" (2019).