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Neil Patrick Harris
Birth at
15 June 1973
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Neil Patrick Harris was born in 1975. His mother and father owned a small restaurant.
The first role played as a boy by Neil Harris was the role of dog Totoshka in The Wizard of the Emerald City. Neil was then in fourth grade, and his older brother Brian brought him to the theater. The boy successfully coped with the role and since then theater, and later cinema, became his passion and profession. It is believed that talent will always make its way. As a rule, this is the case. But still, an important
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Neil Patrick Harris was born in 1975. His mother and father owned a small restaurant.
The first role played as a boy by Neil Harris was the role of dog Totoshka in The Wizard of the Emerald City. Neil was then in fourth grade, and his older brother Brian brought him to the theater. The boy successfully coped with the role and since then theater, and later cinema, became his passion and profession. It is believed that talent will always make its way.
As a rule, this is the case. But still, an important role in the fate of the actor is played by chance. Such a happy accident happened to Neil while he was at a summer theater camp in La Crucin. There came playwright Mark Medoff, noticed the boy and invited him to play a role in the film “Heart of Clara”. His partner in this film was the famous actress Whoopi Goldberg. It was a good start for Neil Patrick. He was nominated for a Golden Globe and offered the next role in the TV series "Dougie Houser", very popular at the time. Then for several years Harris played supporting roles, including in the TV series “She Wrote Murder” – based on the works of Agatha Christie.
In the early 2000s, Neil Patrick played in the theater: Tobias Regg in Swinney Todd, Emsey in Cabaret, Lee Harvey Oswald in Assassins. He was offered the role of Mark Cohen in the musical Rent. This was luck, because in the musical Neil Patrick was able to demonstrate not only acting, but also outstanding vocal data. When he played the role of Barney Stinson
How I Met Your Mother He became a favorite of the public. For this role, he was twice nominated for a very prestigious Emmy Award. On several occasions, Harris has been invited to host awards ceremonies, or to perform with pop numbers at these ceremonies.
Neil Harris is an open and friendly man. His personal life is unconventional: he is gay and married to actor David Burcty. They are raising a child born by a surrogate mother. /