Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris’ career spans television, film, and the stage, crossing all genres.

Best known for his roles as ‘Barney Stinson’ in How I Met Your Mother and ‘Count Olaf’ in the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events, Harris is a five-time Emmy Award winner, with notable guest appearances on American Horror Story and Glee.

A veteran of the theater, Harris originated the role of Hedwig in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. His additional theatrical credits include Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Into the Woods, Assassins, Proof, Cabaret, Company, All My Sons, The Paris Letter, Sweeney Todd, Romeo and Juliet, Rent, Luck, Pluck, and Virtue, and most recently, the revival of Yasmina Reza’s play ART.

Utilizing his theatrical expertise behind the curtain, Harris made his musical directorial debut with the Hollywood Bowl’s staging of Jonathan Larson’s Rent. His additional directing credits include Nothing to Hide, The Expert at the Card Table, and most recently, Tick, Tick… Boom!, which he also starred in at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Additionally, Harris produced In & Of Itself, an Off-Broadway magic show directed by Frank Oz at the Daryl Roth Theater in New York, and co-produced The Lost Boys: A New Musical, based on the 1987 cult-classic vampire film.

Harris is a New York Times bestselling author of The Magic Misfits series and his memoir, Choose Your Own Autobiography. His most recent book is a collaboration with his husband, David Burtka. Both Sides of the Glass was designed to offer the same experience for both drinkers and non-drinkers.

Ever expanding and redefining the scope of his work, Harris is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, husband, and father to two humans and four dogs.