{"id":14131,"date":"2015-01-14T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T11:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=14131"},"modified":"2015-12-23T12:18:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T12:18:53","slug":"neil-patrick-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/?p=14131","title":{"rendered":"Neil Patrick Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"formatted-entry-p\">You may know him from the CBS sitcom <a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/the-how-i-met-your-mother-finale-disappoints-fans\">How I Met Your Mother<\/a>, but Neil Patrick Harris is a child actor who achieved popularity and critical acclaim at an early age. He is yet another child star who managed to avoid the typical fate that often slips into obscurity after spinning out of control. <strong>He thrived on stage<\/strong>, in films and on television.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Doogie Howser starring Neil Patrick Harris Trailer\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zv5USnFL91k?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>First spotlight<\/h3>\n<p>He first got in the spotlight with ABC\u2019s Doogie Howser, M.D. A few years later, Neil took<strong> prominent roles in <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WN2nkK5pip0\" target=\"_blank\">Starship Troopers<\/a> in 1997 and The Next Big Thing in 2000. He <strong>gained popularity <\/strong>with the parody of himself<strong> Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle<\/strong> in 2004. Neil made a comeback to the regular series as the opinionated womanizer Barney Stinson in CBS <strong>How I Met Your Mother<\/strong> in 2005 which earned him three Emmy Award nominations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article_box related-article-right\">\n<div class=\"related-art-title\">Related<\/div>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/6toplists.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/howimeetcover.jpg);\"><a href=http:\/\/6toplists.com\/the-how-i-met-your-mother-finale-disappoints-fans\/ class=\"related_a\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_top\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_bottom\">\n<div id=\"thumbnail_box_bottom_text\"><span style=\"color: white;\">Read article: <\/span><br \/><span class=\"related_span\" >The How I Met Your Mother finale disappoints fans <\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2006 he set the record straight on his portrayed character from HIMYM and<strong> came out <\/strong>of the closet<strong> alongside his boyfriend<\/strong> stage actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-2834741\/Behind-scenes-lovebirds-Neil-Patrick-Harris-David-Burtka-Affectionate-newlyweds-kiss-cuddle-shoot-campaign-London-Fog.html\" target=\"_blank\">David Burtka<\/a>. Neil met David when he was performing in Cabaret on Broadway. With a help from a surrogate, <strong>Neil and David welcome their twins<\/strong> on October 2010.<\/p>\n<h3>First gay breakthrough star<\/h3>\n<p>He <strong>appeared on<\/strong> the <strong>cover of New York Magazine<\/strong> proclaiming him as &#8220;<em>Hollywood&#8217;s first (openly) gay breakthrough star.<\/em>&#8221; In 2010 he receives an Creative Arts Emmy Awards for hosting at the Tony Awards and another one for his guest-starring role on Glee.<\/p>\n<h3>Roles<\/h3>\n<p>In 2009, <strong>Neil hosted <\/strong>the<strong> 63rd Tony Awards<\/strong>, a gig that gave him the opportunity to host another event the <strong>Primetime Emmy Awards<\/strong> where he received critics as &#8220;<em>This is how you host the Emmys. Nice job!<\/em>&#8221; He <strong>p<\/strong>layed the lead in the indie comedy The Best and The Brightest. He also starred in The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2 and in 2014 he played alongside co-star Ben Affleck in Gone Girl. On February 22, 2015, Neil will host his very first Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/6toplists.com\/natalie-portman\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"prev\" >\n<div id=\"prev_link\" >Natalie Portman<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":14141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1602],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actors-and-actresses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14131"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35361,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14131\/revisions\/35361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6toplists.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}