Neil Patrick Harris is a gay man his mid-40s who sudnly fds himself sgle after 17 years Netflix seri 'Unupled.'
Contents:
- NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: 'I REALISED I WAS GAY AFTER KISS OM BURT REYNOLDS'
- IN 'UNUPLED,' NEIL PATRICK HARRIS REIMAG LIFE AS A SGLE GAY MAN N.Y.C.
- NEIL PATRICK HARRIS STUDIED GAY DICK PICS FOR HIS UNUPLED ROLE
- IS NEIL PATRICK HARRIS GAY?
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THE NEXT YEAR, HE BEGAN FOUR SEASONS PLAYG THE TLE ROLE THE TV S DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. HARRIS THEN APPEARED FILMS AND TV MOVI, AS WELL AS ON STAGE, RENT AND CABARET. IN 2005, HE LAND THE ROLE OF BARNEY STSON ON HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. HARRIS IS OPENLY GAY AND THE FATHER OF TWS.EARLY LIFEBORN ON JUNE 15, 1973 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXI, HARRIS IS THE SON OF ATTORNEYS. HARRIS GREW UP RUIDOSO, NEW MEXI, WHERE HE GOT HIS START ACTG AS TOTO A GRA SCHOOL PRODUCTN OF THE WIZARD OF OZ. HE APPEARED SEVERAL PLAYS AND MILS WHILE ATTENDG LA CUEVA HIGH SCHOOL.ACTG CAREERIN 1988, AT THE AGE OF 15, HARRIS WON A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN FOR HIS PERFORMANCE OPPOSE WHOOPI GOLDBERG THE DRAMA CLARA'S HEART. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE LAND THE LEADG ROLE AS A TEENAGE SURGEON ON ABC'S DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. THE SHOW WAS A H, AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS HARRIS WAS SYNONYMO WH HIS SMALL-SCREEN PERSONA. HE WAS NOMATED AGA FOR A GOLN GLOBE FOR HIS WORK ON THE SHOW, WHICH RAN FOR FOUR SEASONS. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, HARRIS NTUED TO STAY BY, THOUGH HIS PROJECTS FAILED TO REACH THE SAME SUCCS AS DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. HE APPEARED SUPPORTG ROL ON THE BIG SCREEN SUCH FILMS AS STARSHIP TROOPERS, THE NEXT BT THG AND HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHE CASTLE. HE ALSO STARRED AS A NROTIC EDOR OPPOSE TONY SHALHOUB THE NBC S STARK RAVG MAD. HARRIS ALSO APPEARED ON BROADWAY PROOF, ASSASSS AND RENT, AS WELL AS A CRILLY ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCE AS THE HOST CABARET. THROUGHOUT THE 1990S AND 2000S, HARRIS EARNED ACCLAIM FOR SEVERAL MA-FOR-TV MOVI, CLUDG MY ANTONIA, JOAN OF ARC AND THE CHRISTMAS BLSG. HE LAND ANOTHER S SUCCS 2005 WH HIS ROLE AS THE WOMANIZG BARNEY STSON CBS'S HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. HARRIS HAS ENJOYED GREAT SUCCS AS THE HOST OF BROADWAY'S BIGGT AWARD SHOW, THE TONYS. HE HAS SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONI FOUR TIM— 2009, 2011, 2012, AND 2013, WNG THREE EMMYS AS WELL FOR HIS HOSTG DUTI. THEN 2014, HARRIS WON HIS FIRST TONY AWARD THE TEGORY OF BT LEADG ACTOR A MIL, PORTRAYG THE TLE CHARACTER THE EDGY ROCK PRODUCTN HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. THE SHOW WON FOR BT FEATURED ACTRS (LENA HALL) AND BT REVIVAL AS WELL. THE FOLLOWG YEAR SAW HARRIS HOSTG THE 87TH ANNUAL AMY AWARDS CEREMONY, DOG EVERYTHG OM AN OPENG MIL HOMAGE TO APPEARG HIS SKIVVI A SK SPIRED BY THE FILM BIRDMAN. PERSONAL LIFEHARRIS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN 2006, MAKG A STATEMENT PEOPLE MAGAZE: "I AM QUE PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM A VERY NTENT GAY MAN, LIVG MY LIFE TO THE FULLT." HE MARRIED HIS LONGTIME LOVE, ACTOR DAVID BURTKA, ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2014 PEGIA, ITALY. ELTON JOHN SANG AT THE TIMATE WEDDG RECEPTN. THE UPLE ANNOUNCED AUGT 2010 THAT THEY WERE EXPECTG TWS VIA A SURROGATE MOTHER. HARRIS AND BURTKA BEME PARENTS ON OCTOBER 12, 2010, WH THE ARRIVAL OF SON GION STT AND DGHTER HARPER {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: 'I REALISED I WAS GAY AFTER KISS OM BURT REYNOLDS'
He n most recently be seen alongsi Ben Affleck new release Gone Girl (2014) his brand new memoir, Choose Your Own Autobgraphy, Harris, who is now a married father-of-two wh David Burtka, scrib the journey of acceptance for both him and his loved reported by the Daily Mail, the book grappl wh the years Harris spent g to terms wh his sexualy, durg which he told people he was bisexual before revealg his is gay. “After a long ternal journey, you now embrace beg gay, regnisg as a wonrful and tegrally important ponent part of the totaly that is you, ” he wr.
IN 'UNUPLED,' NEIL PATRICK HARRIS REIMAG LIFE AS A SGLE GAY MAN N.Y.C.
Unfortable and, will ultimately turn out, gay.
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS STUDIED GAY DICK PICS FOR HIS UNUPLED ROLE
Burt Reynolds' kiss mak you gay. ”Harris me out 2006, nfirmg a statement: “I am happy to dispel any mours or misnceptns and am que proud to say that I am a very ntent gay man livg my life to the fullt and feel most fortunate to be workg wh wonrful people the bs I love. The two beme parents to tws Gion and Harper September, he was one of a number of people featured an article entled 'gay list of shame' by Arabic webse Middle Eastern Broadstg Center (MBC), for which me unr fire and was forced to apologise.
More than eight years after pletg his n as the legendary straight d Barney Stson on CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother, ” Emmy-wng actor Neil Patrick Harris has returned to the s format Netflix’s “Unupled, ” playg a gay man who is unwillgly thst back to the New York Cy datg scene after beg unceremonly dumped by his partner of 17 years.
Overnight, Michael has to ntend wh two nightmar: losg the man he thought was his soulmate and beg forced to navigate the digal and generatnal gap of datg as a newly sgle gay man his — who rose to fame as a wunrkd doctor on “Doogie Howser, M.
IS NEIL PATRICK HARRIS GAY?
’ story, ” he he grappl wh the grief and nial of beg “unupled, ” Harris’ character, Michael, stggl wh the polics of gay datg today’s society — the transactnal nature of hookups, the unwrten l of etiquette on var jarrg experience of beg thrown to “a whole other world” and forced to learn on one’s feet was somethg that the creative team really wanted to nvey, acrdg to Harris, who likened Michael’s stggl wh adaptg to the ever-changg datg world to his own stggl wh the evolutn of textg.
NEIL PATRICK {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ACTOR NEIL PATRICK HARRIS HAS STARRED TV SS 'DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D.' AND 'HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER.' 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THE NEXT YEAR, HE BEGAN FOUR SEASONS PLAYG THE TLE ROLE THE TV S DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. HARRIS THEN APPEARED FILMS AND TV MOVI, AS WELL AS ON STAGE, RENT AND CABARET. IN 2005, HE LAND THE ROLE OF BARNEY STSON ON HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. HARRIS IS OPENLY GAY AND THE FATHER OF TWS.EARLY LIFEBORN ON JUNE 15, 1973 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXI, HARRIS IS THE SON OF ATTORNEYS. HARRIS GREW UP RUIDOSO, NEW MEXI, WHERE HE GOT HIS START ACTG AS TOTO A GRA SCHOOL PRODUCTN OF THE WIZARD OF OZ. HE APPEARED SEVERAL PLAYS AND MILS WHILE ATTENDG LA CUEVA HIGH SCHOOL.ACTG CAREERIN 1988, AT THE AGE OF 15, HARRIS WON A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN FOR HIS PERFORMANCE OPPOSE WHOOPI GOLDBERG THE DRAMA CLARA'S HEART. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE LAND THE LEADG ROLE AS A TEENAGE SURGEON ON ABC'S DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. THE SHOW WAS A H, AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS HARRIS WAS SYNONYMO WH HIS SMALL-SCREEN PERSONA. HE WAS NOMATED AGA FOR A GOLN GLOBE FOR HIS WORK ON THE SHOW, WHICH RAN FOR FOUR SEASONS. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, HARRIS NTUED TO STAY BY, THOUGH HIS PROJECTS FAILED TO REACH THE SAME SUCCS AS DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. HE APPEARED SUPPORTG ROL ON THE BIG SCREEN SUCH FILMS AS STARSHIP TROOPERS, THE NEXT BT THG AND HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHE CASTLE. HE ALSO STARRED AS A NROTIC EDOR OPPOSE TONY SHALHOUB THE NBC S STARK RAVG MAD. HARRIS ALSO APPEARED ON BROADWAY PROOF, ASSASSS AND RENT, AS WELL AS A CRILLY ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCE AS THE HOST CABARET. THROUGHOUT THE 1990S AND 2000S, HARRIS EARNED ACCLAIM FOR SEVERAL MA-FOR-TV MOVI, CLUDG MY ANTONIA, JOAN OF ARC AND THE CHRISTMAS BLSG. HE LAND ANOTHER S SUCCS 2005 WH HIS ROLE AS THE WOMANIZG BARNEY STSON CBS'S HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. HARRIS HAS ENJOYED GREAT SUCCS AS THE HOST OF BROADWAY'S BIGGT AWARD SHOW, THE TONYS. HE HAS SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONI FOUR TIM— 2009, 2011, 2012, AND 2013, WNG THREE EMMYS AS WELL FOR HIS HOSTG DUTI. THEN 2014, HARRIS WON HIS FIRST TONY AWARD THE TEGORY OF BT LEADG ACTOR A MIL, PORTRAYG THE TLE CHARACTER THE EDGY ROCK PRODUCTN HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. THE SHOW WON FOR BT FEATURED ACTRS (LENA HALL) AND BT REVIVAL AS WELL. THE FOLLOWG YEAR SAW HARRIS HOSTG THE 87TH ANNUAL AMY AWARDS CEREMONY, DOG EVERYTHG OM AN OPENG MIL HOMAGE TO APPEARG HIS SKIVVI A SK SPIRED BY THE FILM BIRDMAN. PERSONAL LIFEHARRIS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN 2006, MAKG A STATEMENT PEOPLE MAGAZE: "I AM QUE PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM A VERY NTENT GAY MAN, LIVG MY LIFE TO THE FULLT." HE MARRIED HIS LONGTIME LOVE, ACTOR DAVID BURTKA, ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2014 PEGIA, ITALY. ELTON JOHN SANG AT THE TIMATE WEDDG RECEPTN. THE UPLE ANNOUNCED AUGT 2010 THAT THEY WERE EXPECTG TWS VIA A SURROGATE MOTHER. HARRIS AND BURTKA BEME PARENTS ON OCTOBER 12, 2010, WH THE ARRIVAL OF SON GION STT AND DGHTER HARPER {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
”While Michael ets over the viabily of a middle-aged gay man a datg market maly prised of younger men, Harris said he has grown to embrace agg over time, spe livg a culture and workg an dtry that ntu to value youthful appearanc.
“My slong stggle was to jt feel fortable my own body, bee I would be my mid-20s, my late 20s, and I jt still would go to the gym and feel like I was a sophomore high school and everyone was better than me at , and I felt awkward and gawky and didn’t know my posture, ” he said. More than 15 years later, the actor thks “we’re enterg this new world” where the stris onscreen LGBTQ reprentatn mean “there’s ls fear of negative repercsns for beg proud and open and hont about who you want to make out wh” — to the pot that he is now able to lead his own Netflix show as, and about, an openly gay man.
”But Harris utned that, at the end of the day, actors are supposed to act, explag that he choos to look beyond the labels of gay or straight when breakg down his own characters.