Biography
A child actor who achieved popularity and critical acclaim at an early age, Neil Patrick Harris managed to avoid the typical fate of child stars who often slipped into obscurity after spinning out of control; instead he thrived on stage, as well as in film and on television. Harris first emerged into the national spotlight as the titular character on "Doogie Howser, M.D." (ABC, 1989-1992), playing a child prodigy who works as a surgeon while …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Announced as the host and producer of the 66th Annual Tony Awards; also produced alongside Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss | |
2011 | Returned for "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" | |
2011 | Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (September) | |
2011 | Co-starred in the 3D film "The Smurfs," based on the 1980s animated TV series | |
2011 | Featured in the film "Beastly," a retelling of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast | |
2010 | Guest starred as Bryan Ryan, a former high school show choir member on "Glee" (Fox) | |
2010 | Appeared in "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore," the sequel to the 2001 family film "Cats & Dogs" | |
2009 | Hosted the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on CBS | |
2009 | Hosted the 63rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall | |
2008 | Once again played a parody of himself in "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" | |
2005 | Cast as the womanizing Barney Stinson on the CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother" | |
2004 | Performed a dual role of the Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins" | |
2004 | Played a drug-crazed, lecherous parody of himself in "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" | |
2003 | Joined the cast of Broadway's "Cabaret" in the role of the Emcee | |
2001 | Recreated role of Tobias in a San Francisco production of "Sweeney Todd" (aired on PBS) | |
2000 | Featured in "The Next Best Thing" opposite Madonna and Rupert Everett | |
1999 | Cast in NBC's "Stark Raving Mad" as a book editor assigned to work with an eccentric mystery writer | |
1999 | Critically praised for his turn as Tobias Ragg in the Los Angeles production of "Sweeney Todd" | |
1999 | Featured opposite Leelee Sobieski's "Joan of Arc" (CBS) | |
1998 | Starred in the CBS holiday movie "The Christmas Wish" | |
1998 | Starred as Romeo in San Diego production of "Romeo and Juliet" | |
1997 | Joined the Los Angeles production of the musical "Rent" as the narrator Mark | |
1997 | Featured in "Starship Troopers" as Colonel Carl Jenkins | |
1994 | Starred in the fact-based TV-movie "Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story" (CBS) | |
1993 | Made professional stage debut starring role in "Luck, Pluck & Virtue" | |
1993 | Starred the NBC movie "A Family Torn Apart" as one of two adopted sons suspected of murdering their parents | |
1992 | Voiced a young country mouse on the short-lived politically themed animated series "Capitol Critters" | |
1989 | Breakthrough role as a child prodigy doctor on the ABC series "Doogie Howser, M.D."; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor | |
1988 | TV-movie debut in "Too Good to Be True" (NBC) | |
1988 | Featured in the little-seen sci-fi comedy "Purple People Eater" | |
1988 | Feature debut starring opposite Whoopi Goldberg in "Clara's Heart"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor | |
| Met playwright Mark Medoff (scripted "Clara's Heart") at a drama camp at New Mexico State University | ||
1979 | First stage role at age six, playing Toto in a school production of "The Wizard of Oz" | |
| Raised in Ruidoso, NM | ||
Awards
2011 | Critics' Choice TV Award for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES in How I Met Your Mother |
2010 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor In a Comedy Series in Glee |
2010 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in How I Met Your Mother |
2010 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program in The 63rd Annual Tony Awards |
2009 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in How I Met Your Mother |
2009 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in How I Met Your Mother |
2008 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in How I Met Your Mother |
2008 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in How I Met Your Mother |
2007 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in How I Met Your Mother |
1991 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy Or Musical in Doogie Howser, M.D. |
1988 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in Clara's Heart |