Mark Harmon
Born September 02, 1951 (Age: 74)
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Burbank, California, USA
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.
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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Filmography
Freakier Friday
2025
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as Ryan
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Age: 73
Weather Girl
2009
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as Dale
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Age: 57
Chasing Liberty
2004
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as James Foster
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Age: 52
Freaky Friday
2003
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as Ryan
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Age: 51
Local Boys
2002
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as Jim Wesley
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Age: 50
No Image
Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber
2002
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as Self
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Age: 50
For All Time
2000
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as Charles Lattimer
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Age: 49
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
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as Magazine Reporter
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Age: 46
Casualties
1997
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as Tommy Nance
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Age: 45
The First to Go
1997
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as Jeremy Hampton
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Age: 45
The Last Supper
1995
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as Dominant Male
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Age: 44
Natural Born Killers
1994
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as Mickey Knox in TV
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Age: 42
Wyatt Earp
1994
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as Sheriff Johnny Behan
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Age: 42
Cold Heaven
1992
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as Alex Davenport
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Age: 40
Till There Was You
1991
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as Frank Flynn
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Age: 39
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
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as Charles Spencer
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Age: 39
Long Road Home
1991
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as Ertie Robertson
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Age: 39
Fourth Story
1991
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as David Shepard
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Age: 39
Dillinger
1991
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as John Dillinger
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Age: 39
Worth Winning
1989
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as Taylor Worth
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Age: 38
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
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as Chance Wayne
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Age: 38
Stealing Home
1988
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as Billy Wyatt
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Age: 36
The Presidio
1988
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as Jay Austin
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Age: 36
After the Promise
1987
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as Elmer Jackson
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Age: 36
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
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as (voice)
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Age: 36
Summer School
1987
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as Mr. Freddy Shoop
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Age: 35
Flamingo Road
1980
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as Fielding Carlyle
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Age: 28
Comes a Horseman
1978
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as Billy Joe Meynert
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Age: 27
Little Mo
1978
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as Norman Brinker
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Age: 27
Getting Married
1978
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as Howie Lesser
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Age: 26
Sonic Boom
1974
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as Student Controller
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Age: 22