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| {{Infobox actor | |||
| | name = Neil Patrick Harris | |||
| | image = Neil_Patrick_Harris.png | |||
| | imagesize = 200px | |||
| | caption = Neil Patrick Harris in ''How I Met Your Mother'' | |||
| | birthdate = ], ] | |||
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| | location = ], ] | |||
| | notable role = Doogie Howser in '']'',<br>Barney Stinson in '']'' | |||
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| '''Neil Patrick Harris''' (born ], ]) is an ] actor, born in ], ]. He is probably best known for his role as '']'', although his current (and very contrasting) role in '']'' is gaining increasing attention. | |||
| Harris' singing voice landed him a role as Tobias Ragg in several concert performances of '']''. He also was in the ] film ''The Next Best Thing'', and made a guest appearance in the episode "]" of the ] ] '']''. | |||
| Harris also guest starred as a murder suspect in a ] episode of '']'', and he also appeared in an episode of '']'' in ], cast against type as a ]-like ]. He also appears in a ] as himself in a ] episode of '']'' ("]"). | |||
| In ], he performed on ] beside ] in ''].'' In ], he performed in ''],'' alongside ] and ], where he played the role of the Emcee. In 2004, he performed a dual role of the Balladeer and ] on Broadway in the controversial musical revival of ]'s ''].'' He also sang the role of Charles (first played by ]) on the Nonesuch recording of Sondheim's '']''. | |||
| He also played a version of himself in the movie '']'' in ]. | |||
| Neil Patrick Harris was also the secret Santa for a Christmas in August episode of '']''. | |||
| Harris currently plays Barney on the ] sitcom '']'', which debuted in the fall of ] and has been renewed for a second season which debuted Fall ]. | |||
| 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. | |||
| On 2 November 2006, after an unsubstantiated report about Harris's sexuality and his friendship with actor ] surfaced on , the actor's publicist, Craig Snyder, issued a denial, stating that Harris "is not of that persuasion." | |||
| ==Selected filmography== | |||
| ===Television=== | |||
| ]''.]] | |||
| * '']'' (title role) | |||
| * '']'' (guest appearance) | |||
| * '']'' as ] | |||
| * '']'' Henry | |||
| * '']'' (guest appearance) | |||
| * '']'' (31 Oct 2004) | |||
| * '']'' (guest appearance - season 2, episode 6) | |||
| * '']'' (guest appearance - season 1, episode 5) | |||
| * '']'' (guest appearance - season 1, episode 17) | |||
| * '']'' Barney (debuted fall 2005) | |||
| * ''] '' (guest appearance) | |||
| * ''] '' (guest appearance) | |||
| * '']'' (guest voice - season 3, episode 4: "Bart the Murderer") | |||
| * '']'' (guest appearance - episode 22, as the houseguests' secret Santa) | |||
| * '']'' (guest appearance) | |||
| * ''] as Peter Corman'' (guest appearance - season 1, episode "Monster's Brawl") | |||
| * '']'' (guest appearance 13 Oct 2006) | |||
| ===Cinema=== | |||
| * '']'' (2004) | |||
| * '']'' (2002) ''Lance'' | |||
| * '']'' (2000) ''David'' | |||
| * '']'' (1997) ''Colonel Carl Jenkins'' | |||
| * '']'' (1995) ''Jimmy'' | |||
| ===Theater=== | |||
| * '']'' (1998) ,Romeo, ], San Diego | |||
| * '']'' National Tour-LA, San Diego ''Mark Cohen'' | |||
| * '']'' (2004) ''Balladeer; Lee Harvey Oswald'' | |||
| * '']'' (2003) ''Emcee'' | |||
| * '']'' (2002)Hal | |||
| * '']'' ''Tobias Ragg'' | |||
| * '']'' ''Jon'' 2005 at Menier Chocolate Factory, London | |||
| * '']'' (2006) ,Chris Keller, Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles | |||
| * '']'' as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, July 20, 2006 at the Hollywood Bowl | |||
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