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Harris currently plays Barney on the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', which debuted in the fall of [[2005 in television|2005]] and has been renewed for a second season to debut Fall [[2006 in television|2006]]. |
Harris currently plays Barney on the [[CBS]] sitcom ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', which debuted in the fall of [[2005 in television|2005]] and has been renewed for a second season to debut Fall [[2006 in television|2006]]. |
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The existence of another actor named Neil Harris at the outset of his acting career led Harris to include his middle name in his working name. |
The existence of another actor named Neil Harris at the outset of his acting career led Harris to include his middle name in his working name. |
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There has been speculation regarding his sexual orientation, although he has not openly discussed this. |
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==Selected filmography== |
==Selected filmography== |
Revision as of 22:11, 30 August 2006
Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is probably best known for his role as Doogie Howser, M.D., although his current (and very contrasting) role in How I Met Your Mother is gaining increasing attention.
Harris' singing voice landed him a role as Tobias Ragg in several concert performances of Sweeney Todd. He also was in the 2000 film The Next Best Thing, and made a guest appearance in the episode "Girls, Interrupted" of the NBC sitcom Will & Grace.
Harris also guest starred as a murder suspect in a 1997 episode of Homicide: Life on the Street, and he also appeared in an episode of Law and Order: Criminal Intent in 2004, cast against type as a Jeffrey Dahmer-like serial killer. He also appears in a cameo as himself in a 1991 episode of the Simpsons ("Bart the Murderer").
In 2002, he performed on Broadway beside Anne Heche in Proof. In 2003, he performed in Cabaret, alongside Deborah Gibson and Tom Bosley, where he played the role of the Emcee. In 2004, he performed a dual role of the Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald on Broadway in the controversial musical revival of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. He also sang the role of Charles (first played by Anthony Perkins) on the Nonesuch recording of Sondheim's Evening Primrose.
He also played a parody of himself in the movie Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle in 2004.
Neil Patrick Harris was also the secret Santa for a Christmas in August episode of Big Brother 7 - All Stars.
Harris currently plays Barney on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which debuted in the fall of 2005 and has been renewed for a second season to debut Fall 2006.
The existence of another actor named Neil Harris at the outset of his acting career led Harris to include his middle name in his working name.
There has been speculation regarding his sexual orientation, although he has not openly discussed this.
Selected filmography
Television
- Doogie Howser, M.D. (title role)
- Roseanne (guest appearance)
- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Stark Raving Mad Henry
- Will & Grace (guest appearance)
- Celebrity Poker Showdown (31 Oct 2004)
- Ed (guest appearance - season 2, episode 6)
- NUMB3RS (guest appearance - season 1, episode 5)
- Jack & Bobby (guest appearance - season 1, episode 17)
- How I Met Your Mother Barney (debuted fall 2005)
- Mad TV (guest appearance)
- The Daily Show (guest appearance)
- The Simpsons (guest voice - season 3, episode 4: "Bart the Murderer")
- Big Brother 7: All Stars (episode 22, appearance as Santa)
Cinema
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Undercover Brother (2002) Lance
- The Next Best Thing (2000) David
- Starship Troopers (1997) Colonel Carl Jenkins
- My Antonia (1995) Jimmy
Theater
- Romeo and Juliet (1998) ,Romeo, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego
- Rent National Tour-LA, San Diego Mark Cohen
- Assassins (2004) Balladeer; Lee Harvey Oswald
- Cabaret (2003) Emcee
- Proof (2002)Hal
- Sweeney Todd Tobias Ragg
- Tick, Tick... BOOM! Jon 2005 at Menier Chocolate Factory, London
- All My Sons (2006) ,Chris Keller, Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles
- Amadeus as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, July 20, 2006 at the Hollywood Bowl
External links
- Neil Patrick Harris at NNDB
- Neil Patrick Harris at IMDb
- Neil Patrick Harris at the Internet Broadway Database
- 2004 Chicago Sun Times Interview
- 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 interview at American Theatre Wing
- 1973 births
- People from Albuquerque, New Mexico
- American child actors
- American film actors
- American voice actors
- American musical theatre actors
- American television actors
- Quantum Leap actors
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent actors
- Living people
- Actors who portrayed Spider-Man
- Will & Grace actors
- The Outer Limits actors
- Homicide: Life on the Street cast
- Film actors
- Celebrity Poker Showdown players