Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actor and singer. Notable roles in his career include the title character of Doogie Howser, M.D., Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, Col. Carl Jenkins in Starship Troopers, Dr. Horrible of the web series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and as a fictionalized version of himself in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Host From Genius Junior and the sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

Harris is openly gay at first. He confirmed this in November 2006 by saying "...I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love. On September 8, 2014, Harris announced on his Twitter page that David Burtka and he were married over the weekend. Harris has twins, Gideon Scott Burtka-Harris and Harper Grace Burtka-Harris.

Roles

Television
 Doogie Howser, M.D. as Doogie Howser
 Stark Raving Mad as Henry McNeeley
 How I Met Your Mother as Barney Stinson
A Series of Unfortunate Events as Count Olaf

Film
 Purple People Eater (1988)
 Clara's Heart (1988) as David Hart
 Stranger in the Family (1991) as Steve Thompson
 The Man in The Attic (1995) Edward
 Not Our Son (1995) as Paul Kenneth Keller
 Animal Room (1995) as Arnold Mosk
 Starship Troopers (1997) as Colonel Carl Jenkins
 The Christmas Wish (1998) as Will
 The Proposition (1998)
 The Next Best Thing (2000) as David
 Undercover Brother (2002) as Lance
 The Mesmerist (2002) as Benjamin
 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) as "Neil Patrick Harris"
 The Golden Blaze (2005) as Comic Shop Owner
 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) as "Neil Patrick Harris"
 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) as Lou (voice)
 Smurfs (2011) as "Patrick Winslow"

Theater
 Rent (1997) 2nd National Tour-LA, San Diego Mark Cohen
 Romeo and Juliet (1998) Old Globe Theatre, San Diego Romeo Montague
 Sweeney Todd (2001) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra concert version Tobias Ragg
 Proof (2002) Broadway, Hal
 Cabaret (2003) Broadway, Emcee
 Assassins (2004) Broadway Balladeer; Lee Harvey Oswald
 Tick, Tick... BOOM! Jon (2005) Menier Chocolate Factory, London
 All My Sons (2006) Chris Keller, Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles
 Amadeus, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, July 20, 2006 at the Hollywood Bowl

Animation
Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) Flash
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Capitol Critters (1992) Max
The Simpsons (1991 episode "Bart the Murderer"), as himself playing the title role in the made-for-TV movie Blood on the Blackboard: The Bart Simpson Story
Batman: Under The Red Hood (2010) Dick Greyson/Nightwing

Video games
Saints Row 2 (2008) as DJ Veteran Child
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard as Wally Wellesly

Internet
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) as Billy/Dr. Horrible
Prop 8 - The Musical (2008) as A Very Smart Fellow

Audio Books
 Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
 Henry and the Clubhouse by Beverly Cleary
 Henry and the Paper Route by Beverly Cleary
 Socks by Beverly Cleary
 Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
 A Very Marley Christmas by John Grogan
 Bad Dog, Marley! by John Grogan

Awards and nominations

References

Other websites

Neil Patrick Harris interview at AOL Television 
A question and answer session with Harris at Broadway.com
Neil Patrick Harris and Marc Kudisch  - Downstage Center audio interview at American Theatre Wing.org
Video: 9/06 Interview on myfoxla.com.

1973 births
Living people
Comedians from New Mexico
American child actors
American LGBT people
American movie actors
American stage actors
American television actors
American television directors
American television producers
American television writers
American voice actors
Emmy Award winning actors
LGBT actors
LGBT writers
Actors from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tony Award winning actors