Mark Harmon keeps his family life tightly under wraps and out of the limelight. It is almost impossible to find out how he, his wife Pam Dawber (of Mork and Mindy and Sister Sam fame), and their family celebrate Christmas. In the early 80s, when Mark was celebrating the advent of a successful screen career, he gifted his father with a new Mercedes Benz for Christmas. Perhaps his family Christmas cards would be purchased from The Children’s Center, a charity he supports in Bethany, Oklahoma.

Mark Harmon has starred as Leroy Jethro Gibbs on NCIS since 2003. He plays a former Marine sniper who is now a Supervisory Special Agent at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. His performance may be enhanced because his maternal Grandfather was William Franklin Knox, United States Secretary of the Navy during World War II.

Mark certainly had a lot to live up to. He followed in his father’s footsteps during high school and college by playing football and in his mother’s footsteps after graduation.  Mark’s sister Kristin was married to the late singer Ricky Nelson. His sister Kelly was married to car magnate John DeLorean.

In most of his roles he plays a heroic, low-keyed character. The role of hero came to life in front of his house in 1996 when he pulled two teenagers from a burning car after an accident. He had to break the windows with a sledgehammer. In his imitable style, he shunned the media attention that followed and said, “I was the one with the sledgehammer in my garage.”

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