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Award-winning actor and mental health advocate to deliver BSC’s Stirling Lecture Feb. 11
Award-winning actor and mental health advocate to deliver BSC’s Stirling Lecture Feb. 11
For Immediate Release
Jan. 28, 2019
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor and mental health advocate David Harbour will speak at this year’s Stirling Lecture on Monday, Feb. 11, at Birmingham-Southern College.
The lecture, titled “An Evening with David Harbour,” will take place at 7 p.m. in Bruno Great Hall; doors open at 6 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
Harbour has gained a reputation as one of the most versatile actors around, 
consistently delivering compelling performances on film, television and stage. He has been nominated for an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and Critics’ Choice Award for his role as Chief Jim Hopper in Netflix’s smash hit Stranger Things, and recently won the 2018 Critics’ Choice Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
On the big screen, Harbour stars in a reboot of the popular Hellboy franchise, set for release in early 2019. He was also recently seen in the action thriller Sleepless, and David Ayer’s DC blockbuster Suicide Squad with Will Smith, Jared Leto, and Margot Robbie. Harbour’s additional film credits include The Equalizer, opposite Denzel Washington, and A Walk Among Tombstones, co-starring Liam Neeson.
Outside of his acting, Harbour has taken on a role as an advocate for mental health treatment, speaking publicly about his own diagnosis of bipolar disorder, institutionalization, and medication. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a double-major in drama and Italian. He currently resides in New York.
The Stirling Lecture Series is sponsored by the BSC Student Government Association in memory of Alex Stirling, a Birmingham-Southern student who died of cancer in 1995.