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Neil Patrick Harris is the American actor who portrays Count Olaf on Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events. He also sings the intro song, “Look Away”, as Count Olaf.
Biography
Neil Patrick Harris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 15, 1973. His parents, Sheila Gail (Scott) and Ronald Gene Harris, were lawyers and ran a restaurant. He grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico, a small town 120 miles south of Albuquerque, where he first took up acting in the fourth grade. While tagging along with his older brother of 3 years, Harris won the part of Toto in a school production of The Wizard of Oz (1939).
His parents moved the family to Albuquerque in 1988, the same year that Harris made his film debut in two movies: Purple People Eater (1988) and Clara's Heart (1988), which starred Whoopi Goldberg. A year later, when Neil was 16, he landed the lead role in Steven Bochco's television series about a teen prodigy doctor at a local hospital, Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989), which launched Harris into teen-heartthrob status. The series lasted1989-1993 and earned him a People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Series (1990) and a Golden Globe Nomination (1990). Harris attended the same high school as Freddie Prinze Jr., La Cueva High School in Albuquerque. Neil acted on stage in a few plays while there, one of which was his senior play, Fiddler on the Roof (1971), in which he portrayed Lazar Wolf the butcher (1991).
When "Doogie Howser, M.D." stopped production in 1993, Harris took up stage acting, which he had always wanted to do. After a string of made-for-television movies, Harris acted in his first big screen roles in nine years, Starship Troopers (1997) with Casper Van Dien and then The Proposition (1998). In July 1997, Harris accepted the role of Mark Cohen for the Los Angeles production of the beloved musical, Rent (2005). His performance in "Rent" garnered him a Drama-League Award in 1997. He continued in the musical, to rave reviews, until January 1998. He later reprised the role for six nights in his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in December 1998.
In 1999, Harris returned to television in the short-lived sitcom Stark Raving Mad (1999), with Tony Shalhoub. He was also in the big-screen projects The Next Best Thing (2000) and Undercover Brother (2002), and he can be heard as the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the newest animated Spider-Man (2003) series. Harris has continued his stage work, making his Broadway debut in 2001 in "Proof." He has also appeared on stage in "Romeo and Juliet," "Cabaret," Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001), and, most recently, "Assassins." In 2005, Harris returned to the small screen in a guest-starring role on Numb3rs (2005) and a starring role in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005). Neil played the title role in the web-exclusive musical comedy Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), widely downloaded via iTunes to become the #1 TV series for five straight weeks, despite not actually being on television.[1]
His husband is David Burtka and he has two children, Gideon Burtka-Harris and Harper Burtka-Harris, via a surrogate mother. All three of them also appeared in The Carnivorous Carnival: Part Two as Mr. Willums, Skip Willums, and Trixie Willums.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Clara's Heart | David Hart | |
| 1988 | Too Good to Be True | Danny Harland | |
| 1988 | Purple People Eater | Billy Johnson | |
| 1989 | Home Fires Burning | Lonnie Tibbetts | |
| 1989 | Cold Sassy Tree | Will Tweedy | |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Doogie Howser M.D. | |
| 1991 | Stranger in the Family | Steve Thompson | |
| 1993 | A Family Torn Apart | Brian Hannigan | |
| 1994 | Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story | Jim Stolpa | |
| 1995 | Not Our Son | Paul Kenneth Keller | |
| 1995 | My Antonia | Jimmy Burden | |
| 1995 | Legacy of Sin: The William Colt Story | William Colt | |
| 1995 | The Man in the Attic | Edward / Krista's lover | |
| 1995 | Animal Room | Arnold Mosk | |
| 1997 | Starship Troopers | Carl Jenkins | |
| 1998 | The Proposition | Roger Martin | |
| 1998 | The Christmas Wish | Will Martin | |
| 2000 | The Next Best Thing | David | |
| 2001 | The Wedding Dress | Travis Cleveland | |
| 2001 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert | Tobias Ragg | |
| 2002 | The Mesmerist | Benjamin | |
| 2002 | Undercover Brother | Lance | |
| 2004 | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | Neil Patrick Harris | |
| 2005 | The Golden Blaze | The Comic Shop Owner | Voice |
| 2005 | The Christmas Blessing | Nathan Andrews | |
| 2008 | Justice League: The New Frontier | Barry Allen / The Flash | Voice |
| 2008 | Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | Neil Patrick Harris | |
| 2008 | Prop 8: The Musical | A Very Smart Fellow | Short |
| 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Steve | Voice |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | 1st Lt. David Hettema / Sgt. William Manchester | Short |
| 2009 | Yes, Virginia | Dr. Philip O'Hanlon | Short
Voice |
| 2010 | Dracula's Daughters vs. the Space Brains | Dan | Short |
| 2010 | Batman: Under the Red Hood | Dick Grayson / Nightwing | Voice |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Lou | Voice |
| 2010 | The Best and the Brightest | Jeff | |
| 2011 | Beastly | Will | |
| 2011 | Company | Robert | |
| 2011 | The Smurfs | Patrick Winslow | |
| 2011 | The Muppets | Neil Patrick Harris | |
| 2011 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | Neil Patrick Harris | |
| 2012 | American Reunion | Celebrity Dance-Off Host | |
| 2012 | Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special | Two-Face / Black manta | Voice |
| 2013 | Rien ne bat un astronaute | Man | Short |
| 2013 | The Smurfs 2 | Patrick | |
| 2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | Steve | Voice |
| 2014 | Attack of the 50 Ft. Gummi Bear! | Steve | Voice
Short |
| 2014 | A Million Ways to Die in the West | Foy | |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Desi Collings | |
| 2017 | Downsizing | Jeff Lonowski | |
| Spinning Gold | Bill Aucoin | ||
| 2020 | Anita | Chad | |
| 2022 | The Matrix 4 |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | B.L. Stryker | Buder | One Episode |
| 1991 | Carol & Company | Hoogie Dowser | One Episode |
| 1991 | The Simpsons | Neil Patrick Harris | One Episode |
| 1991 | Blossom | The "Charming" Derek Slade | One Episode |
| 1992 | Roseanne | Dr. Doogie Howser | One Episode |
| 1992 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Todd Andrews | One Episode |
| 1993 | Quantum Leap | Mike Hammond | One Episode |
| 1989-1993 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Dr. Doogie Howser | |
| 1993 | Murder, She Wrote | Tommy Remsen | One Episode |
| 1992-1995 | Capitol Critters | Max | |
| 1996 | The Outer Limits | Howie Morrison | |
| 1997 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Alan Schack | |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc | King Charles VIII of France / The Dauphin | |
| 2000 | Will & Grace | Bill | One Episode |
| 1999-2000 | Stark Raving Mad | Henry McNeeley | |
| 2001 | Static Shock | Johnny Morrow / Replay | One Episode
Voice |
| 2001 | Son of the Beach | Loverboy | One Episode |
| 2001 | As Told By Ginger | Ned | One Episode |
| 2001 | The Legend of Tarzan | Moyo | One Episode
Voice |
| 2001 | Ed | Joe Baxter | One Episode |
| 2002 | Touched by an Angel | Jonas | One Episode |
| 2002 | Justice League | Ray Thompson | |
| 2003 | Boomtown | Peter Corman | One Episode |
| 2003 | Spider-Man | Peter Parker / Spider-Man | |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | John Tagman | One Episode |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Ethan Burdick | One Episode |
| 2005 | Jack & Bobby | Prof. Preston Phelps | One Episode |
| 2006 | Me, Eloise | Voice | |
| 2008 | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | Billy (Dr. Horribile) | |
| 2008 | Sesame Street | The Fairy Shoeperson | One Episode |
| 2007-2009 | Family Guy | Barney Stinson | |
| 2009 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Music Meister | Voice |
| 2009 | Robot Chicken | Two-Face / Various | Voice |
| 2010 | Glee | Bryan Ryan | One Episode |
| 2012-2013 | Neil's Puppet Dreams | Neil Patrick Harris | |
| 2011-2013 | Adventure Time | Prince Gumball / Additional Voices | Voice |
| 2005-2014 | How I Met Your Mother | Barney Stinson | |
| 2015 | American Horror Story | Chester Creb | |
| 2010-2015 | The Penguins of Madagascar | Dr. Blowhole | |
| 2017 | Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return | Neville LaRoy | One Episode |
| 2017 | At Home with Amy Sedaris | Neil Patrick Harris | One Episode |
| 2017-2019 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Count Olaf | |
| 2020 | Boys |
Trivia
- His role as Count Olaf is especially hard because when doing the disguises, he has to portray Count Olaf who is portraying someone else.
Gallery
Behind the Scenes
Videos
