Mark Harmon Net Worth

American actor and director Thomas Mark Harmon was born on September 2, 1951. He is better known by his stage name, Mark Harmon.

Harmon is the son of actor and football player Tom Harmon and actress Elyse Knox. Harmon has two sisters, the model Kelly Harmon and the late actress Kristin Harmon, who died of a heart attack in 2018. Kelly Harmon married car magnate John DeLorean, while Kristin Harmon married the actor and rock musician Ricky Nelson.

Harmon has been a regular on the American film and television scene for many years as a steady, reliable performer in various roles in both series and feature films. That hard work has paid off, leaving him with a net worth of over $120 million and a regular fee of $525,000 per episode, most notably on the long-running CBS crime investigation series NCIS.

With credits for production and syndication, Harmon has consistently earned more than $20 million yearly since NCIS first appeared on television. His investments include real estate in a fashionable Los Angeles neighborhood valued at more than $15 million.

Who is Mark Harmon?

Mark Harmon grew up in a family of talented actors and artists. He attended the Harvard Westlake school. After graduation, he earned a two-year associate’s degree at Pierce College in Los Angeles. Harmon was an outstanding athlete recruited to play football by several major athletic programs. He ultimately decided to attend UCLA, despite that school’s mediocre football record.

Harmon was the starting quarterback for UCLA for two seasons. In his first game during the 1971 season, Harmon led the team to an upset victory over the national champion Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Harmon briefly pursued a career in marketing. He also considered studying law. Harmon decided to pursue a career in acting. Harmon’s sister Kristin Nelson, and her in-laws, the actors Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, provided an entry into acting. He landed a role in the sitcom Ozzie’s Girls. His father, Tom Harmon, spokesman for Kellogg’s cereal company, helped Harmon obtain a role in a commercial for the cereal Product 19.

What early roles did Mark Harmon play?

Harmon played minor television roles through the 1970s and early 1980s. Harmon appeared on television shows like Adam-12, Police Woman, Laverne and Shirley, and Emergency!

In 1980, Harmon had a recurring part as a regular in the prime-time soap opera Flamingo Road. His role on Flamingo Road lasted two seasons before the show was canceled.

In 1986 and 1987, Harmon appeared in the television movies Prince of Bel Air and The Deliberate Stranger. He also appeared in several feature films, including Let’s Get Harry, Summer School, and The Presidio. After disappointing reviews and box office returns for the comedy Worth Winning in 1989, Harmon focused mainly on television work in series and television movies.

In 1995, Harmon appeared as a private investigator in the television series Charlie Grace.

What roles is Mark Harmon best known for?

Mark Harmon is best known for his roles as Robert Caldwell on the television show St. Elsewhere and as agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the prime-time television series NCIS, about the leader of a team of detectives in the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. For four years, he played Dr. Jack McNeill in the series Chicago Hope.

What other work has Mark Harmon done?

Mark Harmon has worked as a television director. He directed two episodes of Chicago Hope in 1999 and 2000. He also directed two episodes of Boston Public in 2002.

In 2014, Harmon founded a production company, Wings Production, to produce the spinoff series NCIS: New Orleans. In 2018, he began production of a series based on the best-selling series by John Sandford, “Prey.”

Harmon has done some stage acting. He appeared in the Cast Theatre productions of “Wrestlers” and “The Wager.” He also appeared in the Canadian premiere of “Key Exchange.”

What Awards has Mark Harmon received?

In 1977, Harmon received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for portraying Robert Dunlap in the television film Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years.

In January 1986, People magazine named Harmon “The Sexiest Man Alive.”

In 1987 and 1988, Harmon was nominated for Golden Globe Awards as Best Actor for the television films The Deliberate Stranger and After the Promise.

In 2002, Harmon was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his appearance on West Wing as a Secret Service agent.

Harmon’s portrayal of Agent Gibbs on NCIS has earned numerous nominations. He won a People’s Choice award for Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor in 2017.

What are some details of Mark Harmon’s personal life?

In his personal life, Harmon married the actress Pam Dawber. They have two sons.Ty Christian Harmon, and Sean Thomas Harmon. Sean has appeared on NCIS as young Agent Gibbs. Harmon and Dawber lived private lives and rarely appeared with their children in public.

By marriage, Mark Harmon is a brother-in-law of the rock musician Ricky Nelson, who married Harmon’s sister Kristin Nelson, and the automobile billionaire John DeLorean, who married Harmon’s other sister Kelly.  Harmon is thus the uncle of the actress Tracy Nelson and his nephews, performers Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, who appear as the rock duo, Nelson. In 1987, Harmon filed a custody action for custody of his nephew Sam. The action claimed that Sam’s mother, Kristin, was incapable of being a good mother. The action was subsequently dismissed.

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