David Harbour is an actor who is arguably best recognized now for his role as Jim Hopper in the massively successful Netflix series Stranger Things.

Born on April 10, 1975, Harbour is 48 years old. He was born in White Plains, New York, to real estate professionals Kenneth and Nancy, where his mother worked in residential, and his father worked in commercial.

Along with actors Sean Maher and Eyal Podell, he attended Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York. He received his bachelor’s degree in theatre and Italian from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1997, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

How tall is David Harbour?

Harbour is amongst the tallest actors in the Hollywood industry. There have been various speculations about his height.

Many claim that his height is 6’2” and IMDb has reported his height to be 6’ 2¾” or 1.90 m. Harbour revealed his actual height in a joint interview with Stranger Things co-star Winona Ryder for the magazine WIRED in 2019. 

Harbour mentioned that he is 6’3” to 6’3½” tall in the YouTube video. However, back in February 2018, he told Parade he was a 6’4”.

He said, “I’m around 6’4” and 240 pounds. So I rarely feel that intimidated by other men.”

Talking about his weight, he mentioned that he was 240 pounds back in 2018, but now, he has gained weight and is around 260 pounds.

David Harbour weight loss and workout

Harbour has one of the most iconic weight loss journeys. He did not do it for his health but instead for Stranger Things.

He had to undergo a massive weight loss because his character, Hopper, was in a Russian prison in Season 4 of the Netflix series. There, Hopper did not get to eat and had to do a lot of heavy work.

David Harbour had an impressive weight loss journey for ‘Stranger Things.’ (Source: Twitter)

As a result, he lost weight. To portray the same, Harbour had to undergo a massive weight loss transformation. He talked about his journey with GQ in July 2022 and revealed that he lost around 80 pounds.

He did not reveal if he had any workout routine but said that his weight loss was possible due to intermittent fasting and Pilates between the Stranger Things’ third and fourth seasons. 

But Harbour’s weight loss did not last for a long time since he had to regain the weight for his slasher movie, Violent Night.

He told Collider in March 2023 that he would not have to undergo weight loss again. Talking about Hopper, he said, “It was about making him a different guy and sort of shedding a layer of himself physically, mentally, and emotionally. But now he’s back in town, he’s back in America where they have cheeseburgers, so he will be well-fed.”