David Harbour's Emmy Comeback and Nolan 'Warcraft' Pitch
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- David Harbour earned his first Emmy acting nomination since 2017 for playing Floyd in "DTF St. Louis," a role that required four months of daily American Sign Language practice with tutors in New York and Atlanta before shooting.
- The limited series earned 13 Emmy nominations, with Harbour also serving as executive producer through his production company Bravo Axolotl, which he founded in December 2022.
- Harbour shot the show's signature interpretive dance scene in a single take and pushed back on the "genre actor" label, saying he always knew he had the range thanks to years of theater work before landing "Stranger Things" at age 40.
- He's reprising Red Guardian in "Avengers: Doomsday" this December and offered a deadpan line in a Russian accent: "You... are Tony Stark."
- Harbour also stars in "Evil Genius," a dark comedy romance directed by Courteney Cox that premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- He's developing a larger production with collaborator Steve Conrad and publicly pitched Christopher Nolan on directing a "World of Warcraft" adaptation, telling Variety: "Come on, Chris Nolan — I want to see a Chris Nolan version of 'World of Warcraft.'"
Why it matters: Harbour's Emmy nomination and the show's 13 total nominations recast him as a dramatic actor beyond the 'Stranger Things' tough-guy persona, while his public pitch to Nolan signals ambitions beyond franchise work. His new producing role through Bravo Axolotl gives him leverage to chase projects he couldn't land as a hired gun.
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