Neil Harris
Milestones
- Birthplace: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- Birthday: June 15, 1973
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2009
Will host the 63rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall (June)
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2008
Once again played a parody of himself in "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay"
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2005 to 0000
Cast as the womanizing Barney Stinson in the CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother"; earned Emmy (2007, 2008) and Golden Globe (2009) nominations for Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
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2004
Performed a dual role of the Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins"
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2004
Played a drug-crazed, lecherous parody of himself in "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle"
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2003
Joined the cast of Broadway's "Cabaret" in the role of the Emcee
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2001
Recreated role of Tobias in a San Francisco production of "Sweeney Todd" (aired on PBS)
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2000
Featured in "The Next Best Thing" opposite Madonna and Rupert Everett
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1999 to 2000
Cast in NBC's "Stark Raving Mad" as a book editor assigned to work with an eccentric mystery writer
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1999
Critically praised for his turn as Tobias Ragg in the Los Angeles production of "Sweeney Todd"
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1999
Featured opposite Leelee Sobieski's "Joan of Arc" (CBS)
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1998
Starred as Romeo in San Diego production of "Romeo and Juliet"
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1998
Starred in the CBS holiday movie "The Christmas Wish"
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1997
Featured in "Starship Troopers" as Colonel Carl Jenkins
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1997
Joined the Los Angeles production of the musical "Rent" as the narrator Mark
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1994
Starred in the fact-based TV-movie "Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story" (CBS)
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1993
Made professional stage debut starring role in "Luck, Pluck & Virtue"
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1993
Starred the NBC movie "A Family Torn Apart" as one of two adopted sons suspected of murdering their parents
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1992
Voiced a young country mouse on the short-lived politically themed animated series "Capitol Critters"
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1989 to 1993
Breakthrough role as a child prodigy doctor in the ABC series, "Doogie Howser, M.D."; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor
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1988
Feature debut starring opposite Whoopi Goldberg in "Clara's Heart"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor
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1988
Featured in the little-seen sci-fi comedy "Purple People Eater"
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1988
TV-movie debut in "Too Good to Be True" (NBC)
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1979
First stage role at age six, playing Toto in a school production of "The Wizard of Oz"
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Met playwright Mark Medoff (scripted "Clara's Heart") at a drama camp at New Mexico State University
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Raised in Ruidoso, New Mexico