Mark Harmon
Encyclopedia : M : MA : MAR : Mark Harmon
Mark Thomas Harmon (born September 2, 1951 in Burbank, California), is an American actor. Harmon is currently the star of the CBS series NCIS.
He is the son of College Football All-American University of Michigan football legend and Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon, and of well-known actress, Elyse Knox. He has two older sisters: Kristin Nelson, a primitive artist, and former actress Kelly Harmon.
Harmon attended UCLA and, following in his father's athletic footsteps, was the starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in 1972 and 1973. He was also awarded the National Football Foundation Award for All-Round Excellence in 1973.
Harmon is married to actress Pam Dawber, with whom he has two sons: Sean Thomas Harmon (born April 26, 1988) and Tyrone Christian Harmon (born June 25, 1992). Harmon was involved in a custody battle with his sister Kristin about her son Sam Nelson after she went into treatment for alcoholism. The suit was later dropped and Sam went to live with his mother.
He portrayed doctors in two previous series, Dr. Jack McNeil on Chicago Hope and Dr. Bobby Caldwell on St. Elsewhere. In a limited engagement on Moonlighting, Harmon, along with Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis, helped create one of the hottest television triangles in recent memory. He also played Morgan Fairchild's unfaithful husband on Flamingo Road.
One of his more famous movie roles was as Mr. Freddy Shoop in Summer School. He has also portrayed serial killer Ted Bundy in the telemovie The Deliberate Stranger (1986).
Trivia
- He was named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 1986
- On the set of NCIS he uses a 1972 Airstream he restored himself.
Television series
- NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003) - Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs
- The West Wing (2002) - Agent Simon Donovan
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) (mini) - Astronaut Walter Schirra
- Chicago Hope (1994) - Dr. Jack McNeil (1996 – 2000)
- Charlie Grace (1995) - Charlie Grace
- Reasonable Doubts (1991) - Det. Dicky Cobb
- St. Elsewhere (1982) - Dr. Robert Caldwell (1983-1986)
- Flamingo Road (1981) - Fielding Carlyle
- 240-Robert (1979) - Deputy Dwayne "Thib" Thibideaux
- Centennial (1978) (mini) - Captain John McIntosh
- Sam (1978) - Officer Mike Breen
Selected films & TV movies
- Chasing Liberty (2004)
- Freaky Friday (2003)
- Wyatt Earp (1994)
- Dillinger (1991) (TV)
- Till There Was You (1990)
- Worth Winning (1989)
- Stealing Home (1988)
- The Presidio (1988)
- Summer School (1987)
- Prince of Bel Air (1986) (TV)
- Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
External links
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.