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How I Met Your Mother

2005
as Barney Stinson

Gone Girl

2014
as Desi Collins

The Smurfs

2011
as Patrick Winslow

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

2009
as Steve the Monkey (voice)

Uncoupled

2022
as Michael Lawson

American Reunion

2012
as Celebrity Dance-Off Host

The Smurfs 2

2013
as Patrick Winslow

Beastly

2011
as Will Fratalli

Downsizing

2017
as Jeff Lonowski

Batman: Under the Red Hood

2010
as Dick Grayson / Nightwing (voice)

Starship Troopers

1997
as Colonel Carl Jenkins

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

2003
as Peter Parker / Spider-Man

8-Bit Christmas

2021
as Adult Jake Doyle

Justice League: The New Frontier

2008
as Barry Allen / The Flash (voice)

The Muppets

2011
as Himself

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

2004
as Neil Patrick Harris

Sudden Fury

1993
as Brian Hannigan

Doogie Howser, M.D.

1989
as Dr. Douglas "Doogie" Howser

Jim Henson

2015
as Neil Patrick Harris

Too Good to Be True

1988
as Danny Harland

Joan of Arc

1999
as King Charles VII of France/The Dauphin

The Christmas Wish

1998
as Wil Martin

The Mesmerist

2002
as Benjamin

On Your Marc

2017
as Neil Patrick Harris

Attack of the 50-foot Gummi Bear

2014
as Steve the Monkey (voice)

The Man in the Attic

1995
as Edward Broder

Commentary! The Musical

2008
as Neil Patrick Harris

The Golden Blaze

2005
as The Comic Shop Owner

Animal Room

1995
as Arnold Mosk

Cold Sassy Tree

1989
as Will Tweedy

Company

2011
as Robert

The Out List

2013
as Himself

Prop 8: The Musical

2008
as A Very Smart Fellow

The Wedding Dress

2001
as Travis Cleveland

Stranger in the Family

1991
as Steve Thompson

My Antonia

1995
as Jimmy Burden

Steve's First Bath

2014
as Steve (voice)

The Christmas Blessing

2005
as Nathan Andrews

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

2012
as Two-Face / Black Manta (voice)

The Proposition

1998
as Roger Martin

Not Our Son

1995
as Paul Kenneth Keller

Home Fires Burning

1989
as Lonnie Tibbetts

Beyond All Boundaries

2009
as 1st Lt. David Hettema / Sgt. William Manchester

Purple People Eater

1988
as Billy Johnson

Mat Franco's Got Magic

2015
as Neil Patrick Harris

Stark Raving Mad

1999
as Henry McNeeley

Clara's Heart

1988
as David Hart

Yes, Virginia

2009
as Dr. Philip O'Hanlon

Director

Episode How I Met Your Mother
Jenkins
2010
Episode The Goodwin Games
The Box
2013
Movie Aaron & Sara

Host

Series Brain Games 2011
Series Drag Me to Dinner 2023

Producer

Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
Carnivorous Carnival: Part One
2018
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Ersatz Elevator: Part One
2018
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Ersatz Elevator: Part Two
2018
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
Carnivorous Carnival: Part Two
2018
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Vile Village: Part One
2018
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Vile Village: Part Two
2018
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Bad Beginning: Part One
2017
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Bad Beginning: Part Two
2017
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Hostile Hospital: Part One
2018
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Reptile Room: Part One
2017
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Wide Window: Part Two
2017
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Miserable Mill: Part One
2017
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Miserable Mill: Part Two
2017
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Austere Academy: Part One
2018
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
Slippery Slope: Part One
2019
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Hostile Hospital: Part Two
2018
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
Slippery Slope: Part Two
2019
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
Grim Grotto: Part One
2019
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
Grim Grotto: Part Two
2019
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
Penultimate Peril: Part One
2019
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
Penultimate Peril: Part Two
2019
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The End
2019
Episode A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Austere Academy: Part Two
2018

Guest Star

Episode Today
September 22, 2015
2015
Episode Homicide: Life on the Street
Valentine's Day
1997
Episode Son of the Beach
Queefer Madness
2001
Episode Only Murders in the Building
Framed
2022
Episode Today
September 14, 2015
2015
Episode Jeopardy!
Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational Quarterfinal Game 8
2010
Episode B.L. Stryker
Blues for Buder
1989
Episode Conan (2010)
Neil Patrick Harris, Damian Lillard, Kiesza
2014
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Neil Patrick Harris, Gillian Jacobs, Rascal Flatts
2015
Episode Family Guy
No Chris Left Behind
2007
Episode Celebrity Family Feud
Neil Patrick Harris vs. David Burtka & The Cast of Drag Me To Dinner and Nikki Glaser vs. Bebe Rexha
2023
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
After The Oscars Special: John Travolta
2015
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Neil Patrick Harris, Colin Firth, Bill O'Reilly, Jacob Whitesides
2016
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Neil Patrick Harris
2009
Episode The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Neil Patrick Harris, Paul Teutul Sr., Creed
2009
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Lily Tomlin, Neil Patrick Harris
1991
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Neil Patrick Harris
2013
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
George Segal, Neil Patrick Harris
1990
Episode Ghostwriter (2019)
Ghost in Wonderland, Part 2
2019
Episode Ghostwriter (2019)
Ghost in Wonderland, Part 1
2019
Episode Video Game Awards
2010
2010
Episode The Daily Show
Neil Patrick Harris
2011
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Neil Patrick Harris; Gerry Dee
2012
Episode Rachael Ray
Rachael chats with Neil Patrick Harris
2019
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Neil Patrick Harris, Megan Mullally
2016
Episode MADtv
Episode #1311
2008
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Neil Patrick Harris/Parminder Nagra/Bellrays
2006
Episode Off Camera with Sam Jones
Neil Patrick Harris
2017
Episode Justice League
Legends (1)
2002
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Neil Patrick Harris, Mike Birbiglia, Neil Peart
2011
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Neil Patrick Harris, Sienna Miller, Tom Ford
2017
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Neil Patrick Harris, Daniella Sarahyba, Yeasayer
2008
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Vanessa Kirby, Jules Sylvester, guest host Neil Patrick Harris
2017
Episode Blossom
Blossom: A Rockumentary
1991
Episode The Outer Limits (1995)
From Within
1996
Episode RuPaul's Drag Race
Drag My Wedding
2014
Episode Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Neil Patrick Harris, Jim Gaffigan, The-Dream feat. Gary Clark Jr., Bob James & David Sanborn
2013
Episode Sesame Street
Telly's New Shoes
2008
Episode Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Home Fires Burning
1989
Episode Dinner Impossible
Magicians Meal
2007
Episode Adventure Time
Bad Little Boy
2013
Episode Justice League
Legends (2)
2002
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Neil Patrick Harris, David Gray
2009
Episode Static Shock
Replay
2001
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Neil Patrick Harris, Taylor Kitsch, Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Lupe Fiasco & Bilal
2012
Episode Today
October 13, 2014
2014
Episode Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Freeza Burn
2012
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Leah Remini/Neil Patrick Harris
2006
Episode Robot Chicken
President Hu Forbids It
2009
Episode RiffTrax
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
2007
Episode Saturday Night Live
Neil Patrick Harris/Taylor Swift
2009
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Neil Patrick Harris, Renée Zellweger, Jaime Alexander, Vern Yip
2016
Episode LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Neil Patrick Harris, Alan Cumming, Paige VanZant, David Burtka
2016
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Neil Patrick Harris; Tony Kanaan; Frank Turner
2013
Episode Conan (2010)
Early to Bed and Early to Rise Makes a Man Want a Better Shift at Denny's
2012
Episode The Daily Show
Neil Patrick Harris
2021
Episode The Simpsons
Bart the Murderer
1991
Episode Robot Chicken
The Ramblings of Maurice
2009
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Harry Hamlin, Neil Patrick Harris, Ritch Shydner, Michael Bolton
1990
Episode Today
November 3, 2015
2015
Episode The Kelly Clarkson Show
Usher, Neil Patrick Harris, Ava Max
2020
Episode Jeopardy!
2006 Celebrity Jeopardy! Game 4
2006
Episode Jeopardy!
Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational Semifinal Game 3
2010
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Neil Patrick Harris, Ken Jeong, Josh Johnson
2017
Episode Adventure Time
Fionna and Cake
2011
Episode Doctor Who: Unleashed
The Giggle
2023
Episode Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
Neil Patrick Harris
2011
Episode The ONE Show
Olivia Newton-John, Neil Patrick Harris
2017
Episode Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Want
2004
Episode Today
October 1, 2014
2014
Episode The Colbert Report
Neil Patrick Harris
2012
Episode Conan (2010)
Quoth The Hipster, “Whatevermore.”
2011
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Alfred Molina, Lance Burton
2009
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0087
1994
Episode The Emmy Awards
The 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2009
Episode Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
Party Down in Fraggle Rock!
2020
Episode WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Neil Patrick Harris Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions
2022
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Neil Patrick Harris, Spencer Day
2009
Episode Jack & Bobby
Querida Grace
2005
Episode Sesame Street
Big Bird's Nest Sale
2008
Episode Tony Awards
The 65th Annual Tony Awards
2011
Episode Ed
Replacements
2001
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Neil Patrick Harris, Imelda May
2011
Episode Mystery Science Theater 3000
Avalanche
2017
Episode The Daily Show
Josh Lucas
2006
Episode Tony Awards
The 66th Annual Tony Awards
2012
Episode Numb3rs
Prime Suspect
2005
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Neil Patrick Harris; Clayton Kershaw; Pepper
2013
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Neil Patrick Harris, Arie Luyendyk Jr., Jon Pardi
2018
Episode The Emmy Awards
The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2013
Episode Tony Awards
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards
2009
Episode Tony Awards
The 67th Annual Tony Awards
2013
Episode Family Guy
Peter's Progress
2009
Episode Quantum Leap
Return of the Evil Leaper
1993
Episode Oprah's Next Chapter
At Home with Neil Patrick Harris, His Fiancé, David Burtka, and Their Twins
2012
Episode Will & Grace
Girls, Interrupted
2000
Episode The Academy Awards
The 87th Academy Awards 2015
2015
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Neil Patrick Harris, Chelsea Peretti, Adam Newman
2019
Episode My Houzz
Neil Patrick Harris’ Surprise Renovation
2019
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Neil Patrick Harris, Tomorrows Bad Seeds
2011
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Neil Patrick Harris, Dave Franco
2018
Episode Hot Ones
Neil Patrick Harris Needs Magic to Escape Spicy Wings
2022
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Lone Witness
1993
Episode Howard TV
Neil Patrick Harris
2008
Episode Rachael Ray
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka Try Donut Grilled Cheese + The Scoop on New Season of
2018
Episode Roseanne
Less is More
1992
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Neil Patrick Harris
2021
Episode Boomtown
Monster's Brawl
2003
Episode Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Mayhem of the Music Meister!
2009
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Hilary Duff, Neil Patrick Harris, Bonnie Raitt
2006
Episode Glee
Dream On
2010
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Neil Patrick Harris, Craig Robinson
2015
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Neil Patrick Harris, Noomi Rapace, Alan Jackson
2012
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Neil Patrick Harris, Nellie McKay
2010
Episode Hamish and Andy's Gap Year
Episode 1
2011
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Super Bowl Special 2013
2013
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Bono, Julia Roberts, Channing Tatum, Kristen Bell, DJ Khaled, Neil Patrick Harris, Halsey, the Killers
2016
Episode Today
September 29, 2015
2015
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Neil Patrick Harris, Ziggy Marley, Ben Harper
2020
Episode American Idol
Dallas Auditions
2010
Episode How I Met Your Father
Cool and Chill
2023
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Neil Patrick Harris, Dr. Sanjay Gupta
2010
Episode Doctor Who (2005)
The Giggle
2023
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Constance Wu, Neil Patrick Harris, Sheryl Crow
2019
Episode Conan (2010)
One If by Land, Two If by Jetski
2013