Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris is an actor, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 15, 1973. He is probably best known for his role as Doogie Howser, M.D..
Filmography
Harris' singing voice landed him a role as Tobias Ragg in several concert performances of Sweeney Todd. He also was in the 2000 film The Next Best Thing, where he played David, the Rupert Everett character's boyfriend. He has made a guest appearance on the sitcom Will & Grace in which his character was a former homosexual trying to convert others to heterosexuality, but ended up being converted back to homosexuality by Jack (played by Sean Hayes). He also appeared in an episode of Law and Order: Criminal Intent in 2004, cast against type as a Jeffrey Dahmer-like serial killer.</p>
In 2002 he performed on Broadway beside Anne Heche in Proof. In 2003, he performed in Cabaret, alongside Deborah Gibson and Tom Bosley, where he played the role of the Emcee. In 2004 he performed a dual role of the Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald on Broadway in the controversial musical revival of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. He also played a drug-addicted version of himself in the movie Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle in 2004. His recent boyfriends have included actors Max von Essen and David Burtka.
Television
- Doogie Howser, M.D. title role
- Will & Grace guest appearance
- Celebrity Poker Showdown (31 Oct 2004)
- Numb3rs (2005)
Cinema
- Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- The Next Best Thing (2000) David
- Starship Troopers (1997)
Theater
- Assassins (2004) Balladeer; Lee Harvey Oswald
- Cabaret (2003) Emcee
- Proof (2002)
- Sweeney Todd Tobias Ragg