Neil Patrick Harris American Actor Born 1973 in Albuquerque

Neil Patrick Harris, born 15 June 1973 in Albuquerque, is an American actor. His best-known titles on this site are How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Gone Girl (2014).

Early life

Neil Patrick Harris was educated at La Cueva High School.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Neil Patrick Harris is Clara's Heart (1988). During the 1990s, he worked on Starship Troopers (1997) and Joan of Arc (1999). Work from the 2000s includes Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008). The Smurfs (2011, as Patrick Winslow) and The Smurfs 2 (2013) are among his 2010s credits. In the 2020s, he appeared in The Matrix Resurrections (2021, as The Analyst) and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022, as Richard Fink).

His filmography here covers 34 films and 10 TV series from 1988 to 2026. Comedy is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (8), followed by action (4) and buddy (2). The most recent title listed is Sunny Dancer (2026). Of his six titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, The Smurfs (2011) has the highest, at $564 million.

Katy Perry appears in three of his listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Jason Segel (two titles) and Alyson Hannigan (two titles). Hayden Schlossberg directed two of his titles on record, among them American Reunion (2012). Jon Hurwitz is credited as director on two of them.

His discography lists one single, Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit (2010). Notable work listed for him includes Glee, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 8-Bit Christmas.

Recognition

In 2010, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Glee. He has also won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (2014) and the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. The records list 5 awards won by him.

Personal life

He has been married to David Burtka since 2014. He has 2 children on record.