History Creator / NeilPatrickHarris

* PlayingAgainstType: He's played some unsavory types before, as well as the requisite LargeHam, but never a cartoonishly evil child-abuser like [[Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017 Count Olaf]].

Played Count Olaf in ''A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)'' and the Celestial Toymaker in ''Doctor Who'' and was '''''utterly fucking terrifying.'''''

Played Count Olaf in ''A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)'' and was '''''utterly fucking terrifying.'''''

NPH has been in a relationship with David Burtka since 2004. In January 2010 he was voted "Gay Man of the Decade" after [[MundaneMadeAwesome a fierce Twitter war]] against Creator/JohnBarrowman. It was once said of NPH that "Neil Patrick Harris is so manly, only another man could possibly satisfy him." And in the fall of 2010, Neil and [[Creator/DavidBurtka David]] became daddies to twins.

** Spoofed in the ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'', where he's credited "Neil Patrick Harris as Neil Patrick Harris". He had himself credited like this so people wouldn't think the way he acts in the film is how he acts in real life.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (2023): The Toymaker

* VillainSong: Has [[invoked]][[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic rocked]] quite a few, notably "[[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Slipping]]", "[[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Brand New Day]]", "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Drives Us Bats]]", [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold I'm The Music Meister]] "[[Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017 It’s The Count]]" and "[[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Brand New Plan]]".

* VillainSong: Has [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic rocked]] quite a few, notably "[[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Slipping]]", "[[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Brand New Day]]", "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Drives Us Bats]]", [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold I'm The Music Meister]] "[[Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2017 It’s The Count]]" and "[[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Brand New Plan]]".

Of course, in Internet circles, he's probably most famous for his leading role in ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''. He later used his musical talent to play TheMusicMeister in the MusicalEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' and plays ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnderTheRedHood'', and again used his musical talent as Doctor Blowhole in ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''. He worked alongside Mike Nelson on the Podcast/RiffTrax of ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''. An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' featured him as Prince Gumball, the {{gender flip}}ped version of Princess Bubblegum. He's done some voice acting, lending his voice to Franchise/SpiderMan in both [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries the 2003 series]] and Amazing Spider-Man in ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions''. He is currently president of the Academy of Magical Arts (the famous "Magic Castle" in Hollywood, California). He is also the star of new ''Series/{{Nerdist}}'' web show, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl4T6p7km9dbx0o8J35KjWAwaiEo5tV7G Neil's Puppet Dreams.]]'' For the 2015 TV season, he's hosting an American adaptation of [[Creator/AntAndDec Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]], called ''Best Time Ever'' on Creator/{{NBC}}.

* ''[[ComicBook/DCTheNewFrontier Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' (2008): [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]]

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions'' (2010): Amazing Franchise/SpiderMan

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (2023): The Celestial Toymaker

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' (2023): TBA

NPH has been in a relationship with David Burtka since 2004. In January 2010 he was voted "Gay Man of the Decade" after [[MundaneMadeAwesome a fierce Twitter war]] against Creator/JohnBarrowman. It was once said of NPH that "Neil Patrick Harris is so manly, only another man could possibly satisfy him." And in the fall of 2010, Neil and [[Creator/DavidBurtka David]] became [[HasTwoMommies daddies to twins.]]

* IronyAsSheIsCast: He is an openly gay actor most well-known for playing [[Series/HowIMetYourMother an impulsive]] [[Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle womanizer]], though notably he wasn't openly out until after he was cast.

* ''Film/TheUnbearableWeightOfMassiveTalent'': Nicolas Cage's Agent

!Some roles Neil has played includes:

Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973 in UsefulNotes/{{Albuquerque}}, UsefulNotes/NewMexico), occasionally nicknamed [=NPH=], got his first big break as the title character of ''Series/DoogieHowserMD'' when he was a teenager. He managed to establish himself in theater (''Theatre/{{Rent}}'', Toby in ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'') after that, as well as taking roles in films such as ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' and ''Film/UndercoverBrother''. He took his career to the big screen again in 2004, playing... [[AsHimself Neil Patrick Harris]], a crude {{Jerkass}} womanizer in ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'' (pretty much an UpToEleven version of the FormerChildStar stereotype). He then went on to play the part of the womanizing Barney Stinson in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Shortly afterwards, he came out as gay, and proceeded to play a singing shoe fairy in a ''Series/SesameStreet'' cameo.

On August 21, 2010 he won his first Emmy awards thanks to his stellar guest appearance on ''Series/{{Glee}}'' and awesome hosting of last year's Tony Awards. After four years hosting the Tony's, on June 8, 2014 Neil [[UpToEleven took it up to eleven]] by [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome winning the Best Actor in a Musical Tony]] for his performance in the title role of a genderqueer glam-rock goddess in ''Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch''. He hosted the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]] in 2015 and promptly declared, afterwards, that it would be his only time.

* ChewingTheScenery: He regularly plays LargeHam characters, and tends to do them UpToEleven.

* ''Anime/StarWarsVisions - The Twins'' (2021): Karre

* ''California Screamin' at Paradise Pier in [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disney California Adventure]]'' (2010-present): PA/Safety announcer