Mark Harmon is an American television and film actor. Many people recognize him for his role ‘Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ on NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans where actors Pablo Schreiber and Aarti Mann like has appeared.
He is also a former college American football player at UCL. Moreover, the actor has received several nominations and 2 wins for his hard-working and dedicated. Some of them include the Golden Globe Awards in Best actor television series drama and People’s Choice Awards for Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor. Let us scroll below to know more information on his personal life, profession, net worth, and measurements.
Mark Harmon: Bio, Family, Education
Harmon was born on 2 September 1951, in Burbank, California, the United States. He was born as the youngest child of his parents Tom Harmon and Elyse Knox. His father was a Heisman Trophy-winning football player and broadcaster. His mother was an actress, model, and artist. He has two older sisters: late actress and painter Kristin Nelson and Kelly Harmon, actress/model.
Looking at his education, he completed his education from Harvard-Westlake School. After that, he completed a two-year associate degree at Pierce College, Los Angeles. During his sophomore season, he received an offer to join major football programs. But later he transferred to the University of California. Then he joined the college football team and received the National Football Foundation Award for All-Round Excellence in his senior year. In 1974, he graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Communications.
Mark Harmon: Career & Life Achievements
Before starting his acting career, he has considered making his career as a lawyer or law. But then he engaged in business as a merchandising director. Nevertheless, he switched his career to acting where Mark has spent time to portray the character of law enforcement and medical person. His first appeared in an episode of American sitcom ‘Ozzie’s Girls’. He has received a nomination in Emmy for an Outstanding Supporting Role in a Miniseries or a Movie for his role in the TV movie ‘Eleanor and Franklin’. Before that, he has appeared in a number of series and drama as a guest role.
During the 1970s, his career has taken a peak, as he would appear in almost series in guest appearances. In 1983, he joined the cast of the series ‘St. Elsewhere’ as a ‘Dr. Robert Caldwell’. His career reached to more high in 1986 when People magazine named him ‘Sexiest Man Alive’. After leaving the series, he moved to portray the role of ‘Robin Prince’ in the TV movie ‘Prince of Bel-Air’.
In 1987, he played the lead role of ” in the comedy film ‘Summer School’. In the same year, he appeared in the four episodes of television series ‘Moonlighting’, then went on to act in the television movie ‘After the Promise’. Later, he starred in the film ‘The Presidio’ along with Sean Connery and Meg Ryan in 1988.
In 2002, he featured in the role of secret service special agent Simon Donovan on ‘The West Wing’. He was first introduced the character of NCIS agent ‘Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ in the two episodes of ‘JAG’. Then, he started to appear in the same character in the CBS drama ‘NCIS’.
As a television director, he has directed two episodes of ‘Chicago Hope’ and ‘Boston Public’. In 2014, he started a production house ‘Wings Productions’ and produce ‘NCIS: New Orleans’. In addition, he received the 2482nd star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.
Mark Harmon: Personal Life & Wife
Harmon is not only romantic in his acting projects but also in his personal life. In his personal life, he has been in a relationship with a total of 7 beauties. Later in 1987, he married an American actress, Pam Dawber. After dating for some years, the couple exchanged vows on 21 March 1987. Together, the couple greeted two children from his married life. They are Sean Thomas Harmon and Christian Harmon.
Prior to his married life, he first dated American singer Karen Carpenter. Then he dated actress Morgan Fairchild in 1979. Following that, he dated Cristina Raines in 1980 and was his longest girlfriend for four years. After that, he dated Heather Locklear and Sheree J. Wilson didn’t last long. His last relationship was Terri Garber before his relationship started with his future wife.
Caption: Mark Harmon and his wife Pam
Source: FoxNews
Mark Harmon: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
The 68 years old actor has spent over the decades in acting. Therefore, his net worth has an estimation of $90 million. He is one of the highest-paid actors on television and reportedly earns about $525 thousand per episode of NCIS. Likewise, he may take an equal price for appearing in other series and dramas.
The actor does not seem much active over different social media platforms. He has a personal and unverified account @markharmonofficial_ with 21.8k followers. But he does not seem to have accounts on Twitter and Facebook.
Mark Harmon: Body Measurements
Talking about his body measurements, the tall and handsome actor has a height of 6 feet or 1.83 meters and weighs 78 kg. Other than this, there is no information on his body measurements. He has green eyes with silver/grey hair and fair skin.
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