Mark Harmon

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

100

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-09-02 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Burbank, California, USA

Mark Harmon

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.

Known For

  • NCIS

    NCIS

  • Family Guy

    Family Guy

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • JAG

    JAG

  • The West Wing

    The West Wing

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Chicago Hope

    Chicago Hope

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Freakier Friday

    Freakier Friday

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Adam-12

    Adam-12

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • NCIS: New Orleans

    NCIS: New Orleans

  • Moonlighting

    Moonlighting

  • St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Laverne & Shirley

    Laverne & Shirley

  • The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

  • NCIS: Origins

    NCIS: Origins

  • NCIS: Origins

    NCIS: Origins

  • Freaky Friday

    Freaky Friday

  • Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

    Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • The Legend of Tarzan

    The Legend of Tarzan

  • From the Earth to the Moon

    From the Earth to the Moon

  • The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

  • The Bonnie Hunt Show

    The Bonnie Hunt Show

  • The Megan Mullally Show

    The Megan Mullally Show

  • The Arsenio Hall Show

    The Arsenio Hall Show

  • Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

    Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Crossfire Trail

    Crossfire Trail

  • Wyatt Earp

    Wyatt Earp

  • Natural Born Killers

    Natural Born Killers

  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • Centennial

    Centennial

  • Chasing Liberty

    Chasing Liberty

  • Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

    Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

  • Dillinger

    Dillinger

  • Casualties

    Casualties

  • Worth Winning

    Worth Winning

  • Local Boys

    Local Boys

  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

  • The Last Supper

    The Last Supper

  • Reasonable Doubts

    Reasonable Doubts

  • Flamingo Road

    Flamingo Road

  • Charlie Grace

    Charlie Grace

  • Cold Heaven

    Cold Heaven

  • The First to Go

    The First to Go

  • Intimate Agony

    Intimate Agony

  • The American West

    The American West

  • Delvecchio

    Delvecchio

  • All's Fair

    All's Fair

  • Getting Married

    Getting Married

  • After the Promise

    After the Promise

  • Harts of the West

    Harts of the West

  • Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

    Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

  • Summer School

    Summer School

  • 240-Robert

    240-Robert

  • And Never Let Her Go

    And Never Let Her Go

  • Prince of Bel Air

    Prince of Bel Air

  • Weather Girl

    Weather Girl

  • For All Time

    For All Time

  • Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt

  • Goliath Awaits

    Goliath Awaits

  • Let's Get Harry

    Let's Get Harry

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Tuareg: Desert Warrior

    Tuareg: Desert Warrior

  • Magic in the Water

    Magic in the Water

  • The Dream Merchants

    The Dream Merchants

  • Comes a Horseman

    Comes a Horseman

  • Till There Was You

    Till There Was You

  • NCISverse: The First 1,000

    NCISverse: The First 1,000

  • I'll Remember April

    I'll Remember April

  • The Amati Girls

    The Amati Girls

  • The Deliberate Stranger

    The Deliberate Stranger

  • The Presidio

    The Presidio

  • Long Road Home

    Long Road Home

  • Sam

    Sam

  • Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure

    Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure

  • Stealing Home

    Stealing Home

  • And Never Let Her Go

    And Never Let Her Go

  • Ozzie's Girls

    Ozzie's Girls

  • Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber

    Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber

  • Sweet Bird of Youth

    Sweet Bird of Youth

  • Sonic Boom

    Sonic Boom

  • All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines

    All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines

  • The Deliberate Stranger

    The Deliberate Stranger

  • Certain Prey

    Certain Prey

  • Little Mo

    Little Mo

  • Flamingo Road

    Flamingo Road

  • Fourth Story

    Fourth Story

  • The Wild

    The Wild

  • Original Sins

    Original Sins