Mark Harmon

Mark Harmon
Mark Harmon
	Harmon in 2005
Born	Thomas Mark Harmon; September 2, 1951; Burbank, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Occupations	Actor; producer; director; author;
Years active	1970–present
Spouse	Pam Dawber (m. 1987)
Children	2
Parents	Tom Harmon (father); Elyse Knox (mother);
Relatives	Kelly Harmon (sister); Kristin Nelson (sister); Gunnar Nelson (nephew); Matthew Nelson (nephew); Tracy Nelson (niece);
	College football career
UCLA Bruins – No. 7
Position	Quarterback
Major	Communication
Personal information
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career history
College	Pierce College (1970–1971); UCLA (1972–1973);
High school	Harvard-Westlake
Career highlights and awards
	NJCAA All-American (1971); NFF National Scholar-Athlete Award (1973); Second-team Academic All-America (1973); Pierce College Athletic Hall of Fame (2010);

Thomas Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor, writer, producer, television director and former football player. He is best known for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS.

He has appeared in a wide variety of television roles since the early 1970s, including as Dr. Robert Caldwell on St. Elsewhere, Detective Dicky Cobb on Reasonable Doubts, and Dr. Jack McNeil on Chicago Hope. He also starred in such films as Summer School, Prince of Bel Air, Stealing Home, Wyatt Earp, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Crossfire Trail, Local Boys, Freaky Friday, and Chasing Liberty.

Harmon played Secret Service special agent Simon Donovan in a four-episode story arc in The West Wing in 2002,^[1] receiving an Emmy Award nomination for the role.^[2]^[3] Harmon's character of NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs was introduced in a guest starring role in two episodes of JAG. From 2003 to 2021, Harmon starred in the spinoff NCIS as the same character.^[4]

^ Rose, Lacey; O'Connell, Michael (May 15, 2014), "'West Wing' Uncensored: POTUS, the Fish and 10 Other Things Left Out of THR's Oral History", The Hollywood Reporter, archived from the original on November 13, 2016, retrieved November 13, 2016
^ "NCIS actor Mark Harmon joins walk of fame", BBC News, October 2, 2012, archived from the original on July 26, 2018, retrieved November 13, 2016
^ Rice, Lynette (February 28, 2006), "The long and winding career of Mark Harmon", Entertainment Weekly, archived from the original on November 24, 2016, retrieved November 13, 2016, The answer came when Bellisario saw Harmon's Emmy-nominated 2002 arc as Agent Simon Donovan on The West Wing. 'What I saw was a very controlled presence, a quiet strength,' says Bellisario. 'That's what I was looking for. Leroy is Mark's kind of guy. Mark has that jock mentality—you tough it out no matter how tough it is.'
^ Genzlinger, Neil (March 4, 2016), "'NCIS': Meat and Potatoes TV, but Still Popular", The New York Times, archived from the original on March 17, 2016, retrieved November 13, 2016

[1] Rose, Lacey; O'Connell, Michael (May 15, 2014), "'West Wing' Uncensored: POTUS, the Fish and 10 Other Things Left Out of THR's Oral History", The Hollywood Reporter, archived from the original on November 13, 2016, retrieved November 13, 2016

[2] "NCIS actor Mark Harmon joins walk of fame", BBC News, October 2, 2012, archived from the original on July 26, 2018, retrieved November 13, 2016

[longandwinding-3] Rice, Lynette (February 28, 2006), "The long and winding career of Mark Harmon", Entertainment Weekly, archived from the original on November 24, 2016, retrieved November 13, 2016, The answer came when Bellisario saw Harmon's Emmy-nominated 2002 arc as Agent Simon Donovan on The West Wing. 'What I saw was a very controlled presence, a quiet strength,' says Bellisario. 'That's what I was looking for. Leroy is Mark's kind of guy. Mark has that jock mentality—you tough it out no matter how tough it is.'

[genzlinger-4] Genzlinger, Neil (March 4, 2016), "'NCIS': Meat and Potatoes TV, but Still Popular", The New York Times, archived from the original on March 17, 2016, retrieved November 13, 2016

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