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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-09-02 (73 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

Acting

2025

2024

NCIS: Origins as Older Leroy Jethro Gibbs (uncredited)
NCIS: Origins as Older Leroy Jethro Gibbs (voice) (uncredited)

2022

Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure as Self - Narrator (voice)

2019

2018

2016

2015

2014

NCIS: New Orleans as Leroy Jethro Gibbs

2013

2011

Certain Prey as Lucas Davenport

2010

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths as Clark Kent / Superman (voice)

2009

Weather Girl as Dale

2008

2006

The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest

2004

Chasing Liberty as James Foster

2003

NCIS as Leroy Jethro Gibbs

2002

2001

Crossfire Trail as Bruce Barkow
And Never Let Her Go as Thomas Capano
The Amati Girls as Lawrence
The Legend of Tarzan as Bob Markham (voice)
And Never Let Her Go as Thomas Capano

2000

For All Time as Charles Lattimer

1999

I'll Remember April as John Cooper
The West Wing as Simon Donovan
Family Guy as Leroy Jethro Gibbs (voice)

1998

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Magazine Reporter

1997

Casualties as Tommy Nance
The First to Go as Jeremy Hampton
The View as Self

1996

1995

Original Sins as Johnathan Franye
Magic in the Water as Jack Black
The Last Supper as Dominant Male
JAG as Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Charlie Grace as Charlie Grace

1994

Wyatt Earp as Sheriff Johnny Behan
Natural Born Killers as Mickey Knox in TV
Chicago Hope as Jack McNeil

1993

1992

1991

Shadow of a Doubt as Charles Spencer
Dillinger as John Dillinger
Long Road Home as Ertie Robertson
Till There Was You as Frank Flynn
Fourth Story as David Shepard
Reasonable Doubts as Det. Dicky Cobb

1989

Worth Winning as Taylor Worth
Sweet Bird of Youth as Chance Wayne

1988

The Presidio as Jay Austin
Stealing Home as Billy Wyatt

1987

Summer School as Mr. Freddy Shoop
After the Promise as Elmer Jackson

1986

Prince of Bel Air as Robin Prince

1985

Moonlighting as Sam Crawford

1984

Tuareg: Desert Warrior as Gacel Sayah

1983

1982

St. Elsewhere as Robert Caldwell

1981

1980

Flamingo Road as Fielding Carlyle
The Dream Merchants as Johnny Edge

1979

240-Robert as Thib Thibideaux

1978

Getting Married as Howie Lesser
Comes a Horseman as Billy Joe Meynert
Little Mo as Norman Brinker
Centennial as Captain John McIntosh
Sam as Mike Breen

1977

1976

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1974

Sonic Boom as Student Controller
Police Woman as Stanski
Police Woman as Paul Donin

1973

1972

Emergency! as Ofcr. Dave Gordon

1968

Adam-12 as Officer Gus Corbin

1962

1951

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

Production

2024

NCIS: Origins as Executive Producer

2014

NCIS: New Orleans as Executive Producer

2011

Certain Prey as Executive Producer

2003

NCIS as Executive Producer

1995

Charlie Grace as Producer

Directing

2000

Boston Public as Director

1994

Chicago Hope as Director