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'''Neil Patrick Harris''' (born June 15, 1973), occasionally nicknamed NPH, got his first big break as the title character of ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'' when he was a teenager. He managed to establish himself in theater (''[[Rent]]'', Toby in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'') after that, as well as taking roles in films such as ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' and ''[[Undercover Brother]]''. He took his career to the big screen again in 2004, playing... [[As Himself|Neil Patrick Harris]], a crude [[Jerkass]] womanizer in ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' (pretty much an [[Up to Eleven]] version of the [[Former Child Star]] stereotype). He then went on to play the part of the womanizing Barney Stinson in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''. Shortly afterwards, he came out as gay, and proceeded to play a singing shoe fairy in a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' cameo.
 
Of course, in Internet circles, he's probably most famous for his leading role in ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]''. He later used his musical talent to play [[The Music Meister]] in the [[Musical Episode]] of ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' and plays [[Nightwing]] in ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood]]'', and again used his musical talent as Doctor Blowhole in ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]''. He worked alongside Mike Nelson on the [[Riff Trax]] of ''[[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory]]''. An episode of ''[[Adventure Time]]'' featured him as Prince Gumball, the [[Gender Flip|gender flipped]] version of [[Badass Princess|Princess Bubblegum]]. He's done some voice acting, lending his voice to Spider-Man in both [[Spider-Man: The New Animated Series|the 2003 series]] and Amazing Spider-Man in ''[[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]]''. An episode of ''[[Adventure Time]]'' featured him as Prince Gumball, the [[Gender Flip|gender flipped]] version of [[Badass Princess|Princess Bubblegum]].
 
On August 21, 2010 he won his first Emmy awards thanks to his stellar guest appearance on ''[[Glee]]'' and awesome hosting of lastthe previous year's Tony Awards.
 
NPH has been in a relationship with David Burtka since 2004. In January 2010 he was voted "Gay Man of the Decade" after a fierce Twitter war against [[John Barrowman]]. 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 David became [[Has Two Mommies|daddies to twins.]]
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* ''[[Adventure Time]]'': [[Spear Counterpart|Prince Gumball]]
* ''[[Assassins (theatre)|Assassins]]'': The Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald
* ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batmanand the Brave And The Bold]]'': [[The Music Meister]]
* ''[[Batman: Under the Red Hood]]'': [[Nightwing]]
* ''[[Capitol Critters]]'': Max
* ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'': Todd Andrews (You may know him better as the victim from the AIDS episode)
* ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'': Steve
* ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'': Billy/Dr. Horrible
* ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'': Doogie Howser
* ''[[Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard]]'': Wallace "Wally" Wellesley
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** Justified a bit as 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.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Career Resurrection]]: Though he was never completely off the radar, [[The Nineties|the period]] between ''Doogie'' and ''H&K'' were a pretty thin stretch for Neil.
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Directors are quick to notice his beautiful voice with impressive range.
** He's also a magician and has showed off his talents on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' and ''[[Glee]]''.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Former Child Star]]: Thankfully (and notably) averted.
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* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Although known for playing a crude, obnoxious womanizer, he is a very nice actor and a family man in real life.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: For the record, NPH is {{age|1973|06|15}}.
* [[One of Us]]: Loves ''[[Star Wars]]'' so much they worked it into his character on ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''; is a public and lifelong fan of musicals and comic books; and publicly admitted in his ''Doogie Howser'' days that he never, ''ever'', missed an episode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''. Hell, he even made a guest appearance on [[Riff Trax]]!
** During an interview in the Spike Video Game Awards (in which he was host), he noted that he was a fan of ''[[Katamari Damacy]]''.
* [[Sesame Street Cred]]: He was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDaszN9ByxM the Sesame Street Fairy Shoe Person.]
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* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]: One of the more famous modern examples of this trope. There is ''nothing'' conspicuous or camp about him.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6S5caRGpK4 Well...] (Of course, he's joking).
* [[Villain Song]]: Has [[Crowning Music of Awesome|rocked]] quite a few, notably "[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Slipping]]", "[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Brand New Day]]", "[[Batman: The Brave Andand Thethe Bold|Drives Us Bats]]" and "[[The Penguins of Madagascar|Brand New Plan]]".
 
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