Neil Patrick Harris

**Neil Patrick Harris** (born June 15, 1973) is an American Golden Globe and Emmy- actor and singer. He played 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 ed 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
*The Giggle, Dr Who as the Toymaker

### 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
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*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.