• Birthday: September 2, 1951
  
• Birth Place: Burbank, California, USA
  
• Birth Name: Thomas Mark Harmon
  

Notes

• Mark Harmon's acting talent has earned him multiple Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. On television, he was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for "The West Wing." Prior to that, he earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Special for the movie "Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years." He received two consecutive Golden Globe nominations for his work in "Reasonable Doubts" and received two additional Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Made for TV, one for "After the Promise" and the other for his role as serial killer Ted Bundy in "The Deliberate Stranger." Along with his costars in "Chicago Hope," on CBS, Harmon received two SAG Award nominations for ensemble work, and he also directed episodes of the series. His other television credits include the mini-series "From Earth to the Moon," the CBS mini-series "And Never Let Her Go," the movie "Sweet Bird of Youth," and the series "St. Elsewhere" and "Moonlighting." Harmon's feature-film credits include "Freaky Friday," "Comes a Horseman," "Wyatt Earp," "Stealing Home," "The Presidio," "Summer School," "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," "Natural Born Killers," "The Last Supper" and the upcoming "First Daughter." On stage, Harmon has appeared in "Key Exchange," "Wrestlers," "The Wager" and several productions of "Love Letters" with his wife, actor Pam Dawber. Harmon was born and raised in Southern California, where he attended UCLA and quarterbacked the football team to several winning seasons, for which he was awarded the National Collegiate Football Foundation Award for All-Around Excellence. He is a cum laude graduate of UCLA with a degree in communications. His father, Tom Harmon, was a Heisman Trophy winner and nationally acclaimed broadcaster. His mother is former actor Elyse Knox. Harmon lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their two sons.
  

Crew Credits

• Boston Public (2000) - Director
  
• Chicago Hope (1994) - Director
  

Starring Roles

• NCIS (2003) - Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs
  
• From the Earth to the Moon (1998) - Astronaut Walter Schirra
  
• Charlie Grace (1995) - Charlie Grace
  
• Chicago Hope (1994) - Dr. Jack McNeil (Episodes 47-141)
  
• Reasonable Doubts (1991) - Det. Dicky Cobb
  
• St. Elsewhere (1982) - Dr. Robert "Bobby" Caldwell [ season 2-4 ]
  
• Flamingo Road (1981) - Senator Fielding Carlyle
  
• 240-Robert (1979) - Deputy Dwayne Thibideaux or "Thib"
  
• Centennial (1978) - John McIntosh

Guest Starring Roles

• The View - Himself - Harmon/Cantone (2004)
  
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn - Guest - 11/20/03 (2003)
  
• The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated) - Guest - 11/10/03 (2003)
  
• JAG - Special Agt. Leroy Gibbs - Meltdown (2) (2003)
  
• JAG - Special Agt. Leroy Gibbs - Ice Queen (1) (2003)
  
• The West Wing - Simon Donovan - Posse Comitatus (2002)
  
• The West Wing - Simon Donovan - We Killed Yamamoto (2002)
  
• The West Wing - Simon Donovan - The Black Vera Wang (2002)
  
• The West Wing - Simon Donovan - Enemies Foreign and Domestic (2002)
  
• The Legend of Tarzan - Bob Markham - Tarzan and the Outbreak (2001)
  
• Saturday Night Live - Himself - Sting/Veruca Salt (1997)
  
• Harts of the West - O'Neal Compton the Rodeo Clown - The Right Stuff (1993)
  
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - Guest - Show #4488 (1992)
  
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - Guest - Show #4409 (1991)
  
• Late Night With David Letterman - Guest - Show #1019 (1988)
  
• Saturday Night Live - Himself - Mark Harmon/Suzanne Vega (1987)
  
• Moonlighting - Sam Crawford - I Am Curious... Maddie (4) (1987)
  
• Moonlighting - Sam Crawford - Maddie's Turn to Cry (3) (1987)
  
• Moonlighting - Sam Crawford - Sam & Dave (2) (1987)
  
• Moonlighting - Sam Crawford - Blonde on Blonde (1) (1987)
  
• Late Night With David Letterman - Guest (cameo) - 860113 (1986)
  
• Battle of the Network Stars - NBC Team Captain - Special #17 (1984)
  
• Battle of the Network Stars - NBC Team - Special #16 (1984)
  
• The Love Boat - - Julie and The Bachelor/Intensive Care/Set Up for Romance (1983)
  
• Battle of the Network Stars - NBC Team - Special #12 (1982)
  
• Battle of the Network Stars - NBC Team - Special #11 (1981)
  
• The Love Boat - Doug Bradbury - Alaska Wedding Cruise: Carol & Doug/Peter &
• Alicia/Julie/Buddy & Portia (1) (1979)
  
• The Love Boat - Doug Bradbury - Alaska Wedding Cruise: Carol & Doug/Peter &
• Alicia/Julie/Buddy & Portia (2) (1979)
  
• Centennial - John McIntosh - The Massacre (1978)
  
• Centennial - John McIntosh - For as Long as the Water Flows (1978)
  
• Laverne & Shirley - Victor - Dating Slump (1976)
• Emergency! - Ofcr. Dave Gordon – 905-Wild (1975)

Movie/Mini-Series/Special Roles

• The 30th Annual People's Choice Awards (2004) - Himself
  
• Chasing Liberty (2004) - President James Foster
  
• Freaky Friday (2003) - Ryan
  
• I'll Remember April (2001) - John Cooper
  
• For All Time (2000) - Charles Lattimer
  
• The Last Supper (1995) - Dominant Male
  
• The Presidio (1988) - Jay Austin
  
• The Presidio (1988) - Jay Austin
  
• Summer School (1987) - Freddy Shoop
  
• Prince of Bel Air (1986) - Robin Prince
  
• Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) - Larry Simpson
  
• Hollow Mind -

Crew Credits

• Director
  
  • Boston Public - 31 Chapter Thirty-One
    
  • Boston Public - 39 Chapter Thirty-Nine
    
  • Chicago Hope - 115 From Here to Maternity
    
  • Chicago Hope - 140 Everybody's Special at Chicago Hope