1. Neil Patrick Harris was born on June 15,1973 and is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host.
45 Facts About Neil Patrick Harris
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Neil Patrick Harris won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on Glee.
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Neil Patrick Harris went on to win the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical playing the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a rock musical.
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Neil Patrick Harris has hosted numerous award shows including the Tony Awards in 2009,2011,2012, and 2013, the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 and 2013, and the Academy Awards in 2015.
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Neil Patrick Harris was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2010.
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Neil Patrick Harris was born on June 15,1973 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico, with his older brother and their parents, Sheila Gail and Ronald Gene Harris.
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Neil Patrick Harris attended La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, graduating with high honors in 1991, which he attributes to being privately tutored half the school year while on set.
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Neil Patrick Harris began his career as a child actor and was discovered by playwright Mark Medoff at a drama camp in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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Neil Patrick Harris played lead roles in numerous made-for-television features, including Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story, My Antonia, The Christmas Wish, Joan of Arc, The Wedding Dress, and The Christmas Blessing.
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Neil Patrick Harris portrayed Mark Cohen in the 1997 touring company of the rock musical, Rent, a role he satirized on January 10,2009, episode of Saturday Night Live he hosted, and sang the role of Charles on the Nonesuch recording of Sondheim's Evening Primrose in 2001.
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Neil Patrick Harris has worked on Broadway in both musical and dramatic roles.
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Neil Patrick Harris played Tobias Ragg in the 2001 concert performances of Sweeney Todd.
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In 2005, Neil Patrick Harris portrayed Jon in the London premiere of Tick, Tick.
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From 2005 to 2014, Neil Patrick Harris played Barney Stinson, a serial womanizer, in the CBS ensemble sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
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In 2008, Neil Patrick Harris played the title role in Joss Whedon's musical web series Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog alongside Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day.
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Neil Patrick Harris provided the voice of Steve the Monkey in the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs film franchise.
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Neil Patrick Harris has provided his voice for the Disney California Adventure Park attraction California Screamin'.
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Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20,2009.
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Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 22,2013, marking his second time hosting the event.
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Neil Patrick Harris has hosted the Tony Awards four times: the 63rd Tony Awards on June 7,2009, the 65th Tony Awards on June 12,2011, the 66th Tony Awards on June 10,2012, and the 67th Tony Awards on June 9,2013.
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In 2010, Neil Patrick Harris directed a Hollywood Bowl production of Rent; he cast his Beastly co-star Vanessa Hudgens as Mimi Marquez.
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Neil Patrick Harris played the lead in the indie comedy The Best and the Brightest.
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In December 2010, Neil Patrick Harris hosted the Spike Video Game Awards.
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In 2011, Neil Patrick Harris played the lead role of Bobby in Stephen Sondheim's Company with the New York Philharmonic in concert, opposite Patti LuPone and others.
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Neil Patrick Harris starred in the films The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2.
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Neil Patrick Harris portrayed the titular role in the first Broadway production of the rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, from March through August 2014.
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Neil Patrick Harris went on to win the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
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Later in 2014, Neil Patrick Harris played the role of Desi Collings in Gone Girl, directed by David Fincher.
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In 2014, Neil Patrick Harris turned down the chance to replace David Letterman as host of the Late Show on CBS, stating that he feared he would get bored of the repetition that hosting a nightly talk show would entail.
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Neil Patrick Harris rejected the suggestion of replacing Craig Ferguson as host of The Late Late Show on the same grounds, although he later claimed he was never actually offered either job.
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In October 2014, Harris released a memoir titled Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, which is structured like a Choose Your Own Adventure book.
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Neil Patrick Harris's autobiography spent two weeks on The New York Times Best Seller List.
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In October 2020, Neil Patrick Harris released a single-player board game named Box One, produced by luxury playing card company Theory11.
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Neil Patrick Harris has been a frequent guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional at Walt Disney World.
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Neil Patrick Harris appeared in The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth installment of the Matrix franchise, released in December 2021.
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In July 2022, Neil Patrick Harris starred in the Netflix series Uncoupled as gay Manhattanite Michael Lawson, a realtor re-navigating the dating scene after 17 years.
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In December 2023, Neil Patrick Harris guest starred as the Toymaker in the third and final special, "The Giggle", of the 60th anniversary specials of Doctor Who.
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Neil Patrick Harris has been in a relationship with actor and chef David Burtka since April 2004.
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Neil Patrick Harris is a fan of magic, which was written into his characters on How I Met Your Mother, American Horror Story: Freak Show, and Glee.
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Neil Patrick Harris won the Tannen's Magic Louis Award in 2006 and hosted the 2008 World Magic Awards on October 11,2008.
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Neil Patrick Harris previously served as the president of the board of directors of Hollywood's Magic Castle, from 2011 to 2014.
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In May 2022, it resurfaced on Twitter that Neil Patrick Harris had hosted a Halloween party in October 2011 in which he served guests a meat platter designed to resemble the corpse of Amy Winehouse.
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Neil Patrick Harris has lent his name to a French-Swedish sportswear brand called Ron Dorff.
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Neil Patrick Harris has supported and contributed to various charities, organizations, and foundations.
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In October 2014, Neil Patrick Harris attended a dinner for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and in September 2016, he and his husband were the honorary hosts of a culinary cookout to help raise money for the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.