Bust Out Your Hawaiian Shirts: David Harbour Is Coming to Australia for Melbourne's New Metro Comic Con

Playing Hawkins, Indiana's chief of police Jim Hopper, David Harbour has faced everything from monsters, grief and missing kids to frozen waffles, mall battles and a Russian prison camp. Across the rest of his non-Stranger Things resume, he's gone red in Hellboy, joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Black Widow and played a not-so-jolly Santa in Violent Night, as well as showing up in three different versions of Law & Order — some more than once — and the American remake of Rake. Next on his agenda: a trip to Australia to revel in his fandom. For famous faces, that's what joining the bill at a big pop-culture convention is all about.

A new excuse to show your love for your movie, TV, comic book and game favourites is popping up in Melbourne, with Metro Comic Con making its debut in July. That's news worth busting out your cosplay best for, but Harbour's involvement might have you donning Hawaiian shirts from Saturday, July 8–Sunday, July 9 at Melbourne Showgrounds.

The convention's biggest name will make an appearance ahead of his next flick Gran Turismo, which reaches cinemas in August. And, he isn't the only Stranger Things cast member on the lineup. Also swapping the Upside Down for a stint Down Under is Jamie Campbell Bower, aka Vecna, in news that'll make you go running up that hill — any hill.

Netflix's huge hit sci-fi series isn't the only title in the spotlight at the two-day event, of course. More than four decades since E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial became a classic, Henry Thomas and Dee Wallace want to get you phoning home about the beloved film.

Sons of Anarchy aficionados can look forward to Kim Coates and Tommy Flanagan, while Lucifer's Tom Ellis, The Walking Dead's Khary Payton, and Shadow and Bone's Danielle Galligan and Dean Lennox Kelly will also be in attendance — plus Our Flag Means Death's Vico Ortiz, Roswell's Brendan Fehr and The Mandalorian's Katy O'Brian.

The full list of guests also spans voice talents, writers, illustrators and comic artists, with Metro Comic Con's talents appearing across panels, and photo and autograph opportunities — and alongside stalls filled with merchandise, plus oh-so-many ticketholders in costume.

Metro Comic Con hits Melbourne Showgrounds, Epsom Road, Ascot Vale across Saturday, July 8–Sunday, July 9 — head to the event's website for further details and tickets.

Stranger Things images: Netflix.