Mark Harmon: Biography in Details
Who is Mark Harmon?
Mark Harmon is an Emmy award-winning American television and film actor.
He is known for his role as a doctor on St. Elsewhere and his role in Chicago Hope and NCIS.
His guest-starred role in two episodes of JAG was also highly praised.
How old is Mark Harmon?
Mark Harmon was born on September 2, 1951, in Burbank, California, the USA as Thomas Mark Harmon.
His father was a football player and broadcaster, Tom Harmon, and her mother was an actress and artist Elyse Knox.
He is the youngest of three children with two sisters. Both of his sisters are an actress, Kristin Nelson, and Kelly Harmon.
Mark Harmon claims to have renounced his Austrian and to have adopted the American life from a very early age.
In which school did Mark Harmon attend?
Mark has completed his junior college at Los Angeles Pierce College and has graduated with B.A. in Communication from the University of California, Los Angeles.
He started playing for the UCLA Bruins football team as a quarterback while studying in college.
After his degree, Mark Harmon planned for advertising or law as his further study but stopped to pursue his career in acting.
Mark Harmon: Career, Profession
Mark started his career initially as a merchandising director but fate was something else.
Mark Harmon did his first commercial for Kellogg’s Cereal.
Mark Harmon got his first role from his sister’s in-laws in the television series Ozzie’s Girl. Soon he got another role as a guest in “Emergency!”, “Police Woman” and “Adam-12’.
Later he got a chance to work on the movie “Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years” and received critical acclaim for it.
He was cast for the acclaimed mini-series, “Centennial” as Captain John in 1978.
His other role was in a feature film, “Comes a Horseman” and next year he did “Beyond the Poseidon Adventure”. Mark also played the role of Fielding Carlisle in the primetime soap opera “Flamingo Road”. Dr. Robert Cardwell was is another breakthrough role in St. Elsewhere and won Emmy Award for it.
Mark Harmon played in films like “Let’s Get Harry” and “Summer School”. Harmon also became the spokesperson for Coors Regular beer and performed in a television commercial.
Mark got a lead role in the television movie Prince of Bel-Air as Ted Bundy. He was also cast for a lead role in the comedy movie Summer School.
In 1988, he played the movie The Presidio as Jay Austin and Stealing Homes as Billy Wyatt. The next year he portrayed the character of Taylor Worth in the movie Worth Winning.
Mark Harmon also played in 45 episodes of the television series Reasonable doubts as Detective Dicky Cobb.
After giving various popular roles in many movies and television series his major leap came with the role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs for the show, “JAG” and “NCIS”.
In 2003 Mark Harmon had a supporting role in the remake of the comedy film Freaky Friday.
In 2009, he was seen in the movie Weather Girls as Dale.
Mark Harmon has been appeared in many films and Tv series. He reprise the cast of SSA Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the famous American action crime drama series, NCIS: New Orleans.
Voice Actor
Mark Harmon gave his voice in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.
He also gave his voice in the television Movie Family Guy and worked for the role of SSA Leroy Jethro Gibbs in NCIS: New Orleans.
Mark Harmon: Awards
Mark Harmon has a big list of awards that he secured by giving an outstanding performance in his career.
Awards include Screen Actors Guild Awards for Chicago Hopes, Primetime Emmy Awards for The West Wing, People Choice Awards, and Prism Awards for NCIS.
What is Mark Harmon’s net worth?
As of 2023, Mark Harmon was successful to be on the list of millionaires securing $100 million as his total net worth with a salary of $525 thousand for each episode he performs.
Body Measurements
Mark Harmon is 6 feet (1.83m) tall and weighs is 78kg. He has green eyes and light hair. He has a good body shape of 40-15-34, waist, biceps, and hips respectively.
Facebook, Instagram
One of the popular American film actors, Mark Harmon is active on Facebook and Instagram.
Mark Harmon has more than 102k followers on Instagram and around 362.9k people like his Facebook profile.
Mark Harmon’s Anniversary Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | March | Thursday |
| 2025 | March | Friday |
| 2026 | March | Saturday |
| 2027 | March | Sunday |
| 2028 | March | Tuesday |
Mark Harmon’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | September | Monday |
| 2025 | September | Tuesday |
| 2026 | September | Wednesday |
| 2027 | September | Thursday |
| 2028 | September | Saturday |