David Harbour, the Emmy and Tony-nominated character actor best known for his portrayal of a small-town Indiana police chief on the Netflix drama series Stranger Things, is the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast.
Harbour, who received two best supporting actor in a drama series Emmy noms for Stranger Things, recently added two more Emmy noms to his name. In June, he was nominated for his work as a producer and supporting actor on the HBO limited series DTF St. Louis, a highly unusual, darkly funny and surprisingly moving show about two friends in present-day middle America — one played by Harbour and the other by Jason Bateman — simultaneously experiencing existential crises.
Over the course of a conversation at THR’s L.A. offices, the 51-year-old reflected on abruptly going from decades of barely making ends meet to starring on the most popular show on TV, and the toll that both struggle and fame took on his mental health. He spoke about what drew him to DTF St. Louis as his first major post-Stranger Things project, and what he feels it has to say about modern-day masculinity. And he teased what he has lined up to do next, including a reunion with his Stranger Things costar Millie Bobby Brown.
