Neil Patrick Harris

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Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris, 2008
Born	Neil Patrick Harris (1973-06-15) June 15, 1973 (age 51) Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Years active	1979 — present
Notable credits	"Doogie Howser" in Doogie Howser, M.D. "Barney Stinson" in How I Met Your Mother Himself in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Spouse	David Burtka[1] (m. 2014)
Children	Gideon Scott Burtka-Harris and Harper Grace Burtka-Harris

Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated actor and singer. He played the title character of Doogie Howser, M.D., Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, Col. Carl Jenkins in Starship Troopers, Dr. Horrible of the web series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and as a fictionalized version of himself in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Host From Genius Junior and the sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

Harris is openly gay at first. He confirmed this in November 2006 by saying "...I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love. On September 8, 2014, Harris announced on his Twitter page that David Burtka and he were married over the weekend.^[2] Harris has twins, Gideon Scott Burtka-Harris and Harper Grace Burtka-Harris.

1. ↑ Neil Patrick Harris' crush: CNN's Anderson Cooper Archived 2008-08-31 at the Wayback Machine Chicago Tribune; 6 August 2008,
2. ↑ "Neil Patrick Harris Marries David Burtka". People. Retrieved 2014-09-09.