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Actor

Mark Harmon

Acting

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Acting credits

96

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.0

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Movies: 46Series: 51Crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 19728

IMDb ID: nm0001319

Known for: Acting

Born: September 2, 1951

Age: 74

Place of birth: Burbank, California, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1944 - 2025

Years active: 82

Average TMDB rating: 6.57

Wikidata: Q296774

Also known as

Thomas Mark Harmon

Other jobs

Executive Producer (4)Director (2)Producer (1)

Biography

Thomas Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor, producer and director. He is known for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS (2003-2021), a role which has earned him six nominations at the People's Choice Awards including a win for Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor in 2017. Since 2008, he has also been a producer and executive producer of the show as well as its' spinoff series NCIS: New Orleans. His character of NCIS special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs was introduced in a guest starring role in two episodes of JAG, and continued on the spinoff show NCIS. He had a recurring role as Secret Service special agent Simon Donovan in a four-episode story arc in The West Wing in 2002, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. One of his first national TV appearances (other than as an athlete) was in a commercial for Kellogg's Product 19 cereal with his father, Tom Harmon, its longstanding TV spokesman. Thanks to his sister Kristin's in-laws, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, he landed his first job as an actor in an episode of Ozzie's Girls. He has been starring in television and film since the mid-1970s, after a career as a collegiate football player with the UCLA Bruins. He's been married to actress Pam Dawber since 1987 and they have 2 sons. His son, actor Sean Harmon, had a recurring role as a young Leeroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS.

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Series

Series

Series credits linked with Mark Harmon.

Series poster for NCIS: Origins (2024)

as Older Leroy Jethro Gibbs (voice) (uncredited) • 16 eps

NCIS: Origins

2024 Series
Series poster for Black Tar (2022)

as Ira Monroe • 65 eps

Black Tar

2022 Series
Series poster for Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure (2022)

as Self - Narrator (voice) • 6 eps

Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure

2022 Series
Series poster for The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)

as Self • 1 eps

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 Series
Series poster for All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines (2018)

as Narrator (voice) • 8 eps

All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines

2018 Series
Series poster for The American West (2016)

as Self • 8 eps

The American West

2016 Series
Series poster for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)

as Self - Guest • 1 eps

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 Series
Series poster for The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)

as Self • 1 eps

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015 Series
Series poster for NCIS: New Orleans (2014)

as Leroy Jethro Gibbs • 4 eps

NCIS: New Orleans

2014 Series
Series poster for The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)

as Self • 1 eps

The Arsenio Hall Show

2013 Series
Series poster for The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008)

as Self • 1 eps

The Bonnie Hunt Show

2008 Series
Series poster for The Megan Mullally Show (2006)

as Self - Guest • 1 eps

The Megan Mullally Show

2006 Series
Series poster for NCIS (2003)

as Leroy Jethro Gibbs • 435 eps

NCIS

2003 Series
Series poster for Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)

as Self • 1 eps

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 Series
Series poster for The Legend of Tarzan (2001)

as Bob Markham (voice) • 1 eps

The Legend of Tarzan

2001 Series
Series poster for And Never Let Her Go (2001)

as Thomas Capano • 2 eps

And Never Let Her Go

2001 Series
Series poster for Boston Public (2000)

Director • 2 eps

Boston Public

2000 Series
Series poster for The West Wing (1999)

as Simon Donovan • 4 eps

The West Wing

1999 Series
Series poster for Family Guy (1999)

as Leroy Jethro Gibbs (voice) • 1 eps

Family Guy

1999 Series
Series poster for From the Earth to the Moon (1998)

as Wally Schirra • 1 eps

From the Earth to the Moon

1998 Series
Series poster for The View (1997)

as Self • 1 eps

The View

1997 Series
Series poster for The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)

as Self • 1 eps

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

1996 Series
Series poster for Strangers (1996)

as Mark • 1 eps

Strangers

1996 Series
Series poster for JAG (1995)

as Leroy Jethro Gibbs • 2 eps

JAG

1995 Series