Mark Harmon
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1951-09-02 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Burbank, California, USA
- Also known as
- Thomas 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
TV Shows (52)
NCIS
2003
as Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Family Guy
1999
as Leroy Jethro Gibbs (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The West Wing
1999
as Simon Donovan
JAG
1995
as Leroy Jethro Gibbs
The Love Boat
1977
as Doug Bradbury
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
Chicago Hope
1994
as Jack McNeil
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
as Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Emergency!
1972
as Ofcr. Dave Gordon
Adam-12
1968
as Officer Gus Corbin
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Robert Caldwell
Moonlighting
1985
as Sam Crawford
Police Woman
1974
as Stanski / Paul Donin
Laverne & Shirley
1976
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008
as Self
NCIS: Origins
2024
as Older Leroy Jethro Gibbs (voice) (uncredited) / Older Leroy Jethro Gibbs (uncredited)
The Legend of Tarzan
2001
as Bob Markham (voice)
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Wally Schirra
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Centennial
1978
as Captain John McIntosh
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
Reasonable Doubts
1991
as Det. Dicky Cobb
Black Tar
2022
as Ira Monroe
Flamingo Road
1981
as Field Carlyle
Charlie Grace
1995
as Charlie Grace
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
as Self
Delvecchio
1976
as Ronnie Striker
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Charles
The American West
2016
as Self
Harts of the West
1993
240-Robert
1979
as Thib Thibideaux
All's Fair
1976
Goliath Awaits
1981
as Peter Cabot
Strangers
1996
as Mark
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
as Ted Bundy
Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
And Never Let Her Go
2001
as Thomas Capano
The Dream Merchants
1980
as Johnny Edge
Ozzie's Girls
1973
Sam
1978
as Mike Breen
All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Movies (48)
Freakier Friday
2025
as Ryan
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
as Magazine Reporter
Freaky Friday
2003
as Ryan
Natural Born Killers
1994
as Mickey Knox in TV
Little Mo
1978
as Norman Brinker
Wyatt Earp
1994
as Sheriff Johnny Behan
Cold Heaven
1992
as Alex Davenport
Chasing Liberty
2004
as James Foster
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
2010
as Superman (voice)
Summer School
1987
as Mr. Freddy Shoop
Crossfire Trail
2001
as Bruce Barkow
Local Boys
2002
as Jim Wesley
The Deliberate Stranger
1986
as Ted Bundy
The Presidio
1988
as Jay Austin
Weather Girl
2009
as Dale
After the Promise
1987
as Elmer Jackson
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
1979
as Larry Simpson
The Last Supper
1995
as Dominant Male
And Never Let Her Go
2001
as Thomas Capano
Casualties
1997
as Tommy Nance
Stealing Home
1988
as Billy Wyatt
Comes a Horseman
1978
as Billy Joe Meynert
Prince of Bel Air
1986
as Robin Prince
Magic in the Water
1995
as Jack Black
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
as (voice)
Let's Get Harry
1986
as Harry
NCISverse: The First 1,000
2024
as Self
Intimate Portrait: Pam Dawber
2002
as Self
For All Time
2000
as Charles Lattimer
The Amati Girls
2001
as Lawrence
Intimate Agony
1983
as Tommy
I'll Remember April
1999
as John Cooper
Certain Prey
2011
as Lucas Davenport
Sweet Bird of Youth
1989
as Chance Wayne
Long Road Home
1991
as Ertie Robertson
Tuareg: Desert Warrior
1984
as Gacel Sayah
The First to Go
1997
as Jeremy Hampton
Shadow of a Doubt
1991
as Charles Spencer
Fourth Story
1991
as David Shepard
Getting Married
1978
as Howie Lesser
Till There Was You
1991
as Frank Flynn
Original Sins
1995
as Johnathan Franye
Dillinger
1991
as John Dillinger
Worth Winning
1989
as Taylor Worth
Sonic Boom
1974
as Student Controller
Flamingo Road
1980
as Fielding Carlyle
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Robert Dunlap
The Wild
2019
as Self
About Mark Harmon
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, an… With 100 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Mark Harmon has appeared in 48 films and 52 TV shows.
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- Freakier Friday (2025) — as Ryan
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) — as Magazine Reporter
- Freaky Friday (2003) — as Ryan
- Natural Born Killers (1994) — as Mickey Knox in TV
- Little Mo (1978) — as Norman Brinker
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