# List of awards and nominations received by Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host.
He's known for his comedy roles on television and his dramatic and musical stage roles. On TV, he is known for playing the title character on the ABC series Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, as well as Barney Stinson on the CBS series How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014, for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards), and Count Olaf on the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2019).
In 2010, Harris won two awards at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, winning for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest appearance on Glee, and Outstanding Special Class Program for hosting the Tony Awards in 2009; he has won the latter award three additional times for hosting the show in 2011, 2012, and 2013. He also hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 and 2013, and hosted the 87th Academy Awards in 2015, thus making him the first openly gay man to host the Academy Awards. In 2014, he starred in the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway, for which he won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.

## Major associations
### Emmy Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2007 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2008 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2010 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Glee | Won |
| 2010 | Outstanding Special Class Program | 63rd Tony Awards | Won |
| 2012 | Outstanding Special Class Program | 65th Tony Awards | Won |
| 2013 | Outstanding Special Class Program | 66th Tony Awards | Won |
| 2014 | Outstanding Special Class Program | 67th Tony Awards | Won |
| 2015 | Outstanding Special Class Program | 87th Academy Awards | Nominated |
| 2018 | Outstanding Children's Program | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated |
| 2019 | Outstanding Children's Program | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated |
| Daytime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2014 | Outstanding Special Class Special | Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Best Actor in a Musical | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Won | |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2015 | Best Musical Theatre Album | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Nominated | |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1988 | Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | Clara's Heart | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Actor - Television Series Comedy | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Nominated |
| 2008 | Outstanding Supporting Actor - Television | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2009 | Outstanding Supporting Actor - Television | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous awards

| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
| 1989 | Young Artist Award | Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film | Clara's Heart | Nominated |
| 1990 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Won |
| 1990 | People's Choice Award | Favorite Male Performer in a New TV Series | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Won |
| 1990 | People's Choice Award | Favorite Male TV Performer | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Nominated |
| 1990 | Viewers for Quality Television Award | Best Actor in a Quality Comedy Series | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Nominated |
| 1991 | Young Artist Award | Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Won |
| 2007 | Teen Choice Award | Choice TV Actor: Comedy | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2008 | People's Choice Award | Favorite Scene Stealing Star | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2008 | Teen Choice Award | Choice TV Actor: Comedy | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2009 | TCA Award | Individual Achievement in Comedy | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2009 | Teen Choice Award | Choice TV Actor: Comedy | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2009 | Streamy Award | Best Male Actor in a Comedy Web Series | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | Won |
| 2009 | Satellite Award | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2010 | Spike Video Game Award | Best Performance by a Human Male | Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions | Won |
| 2010 | Satellite Award | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2011 | People's Choice Award | Favorite TV Comedy Actor | How I Met Your Mother | Won |
| 2011 | People's Choice Award | Favorite TV Guest Star | Glee | Nominated |
| 2011 | Critics' Choice Television Award | Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | How I Met Your Mother | Won |
| 2011 | Satellite Award | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2012 | People's Choice Award | Favorite TV Comedy Actor | How I Met Your Mother | Won |
| 2012 | TV Guide Award | Favorite Actor | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2012 | Teen Choice Award | Choice TV Actor: Comedy | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2013 | Webby Award | Best Comedy: Long Form or Series | Neil's Puppet Dreams | Nominated |
| 2013 | People's Choice Award | Favorite TV Comedy Actor | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2014 | People's Choice Award | Favorite TV Comedy Actor | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2014 | People's Choice Award | Favorite TV Bromance | How I Met Your Mother | Nominated |
| 2014 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award | Favorite Movie Actor | The Smurfs 2 | Nominated |
| 2014 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Won |
| 2014 | Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Won |
| 2014 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | Nominated |
| 2014 | Hasty Pudding Theatricals | Hasty Pudding Man of the Year | Hasty Pudding Man of the Year | Won |
| 2014 | Dorian Award | TV Musical Performance of the Year | 67th Tony Awards | Nominated |
| 2015 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award | Best Depiction of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction | Gone Girl | Nominated |
| 2015 | Saturn Award | Best Guest Performance in a Television Series | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Nominated |
| 2017 | Saturn Award | Best New Media Television Series | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated |
| 2018 | Satellite Award | Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated |
| 2018 | Peabody Award | Entertainment, Children's & Youth Programming | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Won |
| 2019 | Producers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Children's Program | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated |
| 2019 | Kid's Choice Awards | Favorite TV Drama | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated |
| 2019 | Kid's Choice Awards | Favorite Male TV Star | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated |
| 2020 | Producers Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Children's Program | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Nominated |
| 2023 | Theater Fans’ Choice Awards | Best Featured Performer In A Play | Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Won |
| 2023 | Drama League Award | Distinguished Performance | Peter Pan Goes Wrong | Nominated |
| 2024 | BroadwayWorld Washington DC Award | Best Direction of a Musical | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nominated |