Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris is a American Acteur born on June 15th 1973 in Albuquerque (New Mexico). It is especially known for its role of young exceptionally gifted doctor in Doctor Doogie and of womanizer in How I Puts Your Mother .

Biography

Harris is the son of Ron and Sheila H. Harris, both lawyers (but reconverted into the restoration in 2004). It grew in Ruidoso (New Mexico). It is by accompanying his/her older brother with a hearing that it is located, which leads it to play in a part, at the school, the magician by OZ . It follows its schooling to the college and the college Cueva of Albuquerque (where Freddie Prinze Jr. also studied), where he is good pupil and plays in musical comedies.

November 2nd, 2006, following a report lending to him an love affair with the actor David Burtka, his agent contradicts this information, informant that Harris “is not this edge”. However, the following day, it makes its coming out and assumes its homosexuality at the great day in its personal life and professional.

Career

Harris began its career of actor whereas he was still child. He plays its first significant part in 1988 in the film the secrecy of Clara , a drama with Whoopi Goldberg which is worth to him a nomination with the Golden Globes, then Purple People Eater .

The following year, it takes down the first role in the series Doctor Doogie , for which it is again named with the Golden Globes. After the fourth and last season of the series, Harris incarnates supporting roles in several television series, before incarnating in 1995 its first main role as an adult, in science fiction film Animal room . Thereafter, it incarnates of many supporting roles, as in Starship Troopers , an almost perfect couple , Undercover brother and Harold & KUMAR go to white castle in which it plays a drug addict, a lustful parody of itself.

From 1999 to 2000, it is the high-speed motorboat, with Tony Shalhoub, of the series Stark Raving Mad during 22 episodes. It also incarnates first roles in many telefilms with the the United States and a few series.

Harris also played Broadway in several musical comedies: in 2001, he plays the part of Tobias Todd in the musical comedy Sweeney Todd . In 2002, he plays in the play the proof at the side of Anne Heche in Broadway. In 2003, he plays the part of Emcee in Cabaret with Deborah Gibson and Tom Bosley. In 2004, he plays the double part of Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald in the musical comedy Assassins of Stephen Sondheim. He also sang the role of Charles on the disc the primula of the evening ( The evening primrose ), of Sondheim.

Since 2005, Harris incarnates Barney in the televised series How I Puts Your Mother .

Catalog of films (nonexhaustive)

Films

1988 : Purple people eater , of Linda Shayne: Billy Johnson
1998: Starship Troopers , of Paul Verhoeven: Carl Jenkins
2000: an almost perfect couple , of John Schlesinger: David
2001: Undercover brother, a very secret agent , of Malcom D. Lee: Lance
2004: Harold & KUMAR Go to White Castle , of Danny Leiner: he even

Televised series

Doctor Doogie (1989-1993): Doctor Doogie
How I Puts Your Mother (since 2005): Barney Stinson

Theater

1998 : Romeo and Juliette : Romeo
1997: Rent : Mark Cohen
2004: Assassins : Lee Harvey Oswald
2003 : Cabaret : Emcee
2002 : the proof : Hall
2005: Sweeney Todd : Tobias Ragg
2005 : Tick, Tick… BOOM! : Jon
2006 : All My Sons
2006: Amadeus, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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