| Neil Patrick Harris | ||
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| Character John Tagman | ||
| Date of birth 15 June 1973 | ||
| Place of birth Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||
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| …as John Tagman | ||
| IMDb profile |
Neil Patrick Harris (born on June 15, 1973 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an actor who guest-starred on Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the episode "Want" as John Tagman.
Harris is best known for his roles as the teenage doctor Doogie Howser, M.D. (with Lawrence Pressman), the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother (with Josh Radnor and an uncredited Bob Saget), the very intelligent Colonel Carl Jenkins in Starship Troopers (featuring Clancy Brown, Seth Gilliam, and Rue McClanahan), Dr. Horrible of the web series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and as himself in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and its sequels Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (with Kal Penn, David Krumholtz, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Christopher Meloni).
He guest-starred on animated shows such as Static Shock on Kids' WB where he voiced Johnny Morrow/Replay (with CCH Pounder, Adam Baldwin, Miguel Sandoval, Roscoe Lee Browne, George Newbern, Charles Rocket, Nestor Carbonell, Hynden Walch, Richard Libertini, Rodney Saulsberry, Will Friedle, David Paymer, Wendie Malick, Ariyan A. Johnson, Dan Lauria, Lorraine Toussaint, and Sean Donnellan) and The Penguins of Madagascar on Nickelodeon (with Nicole Sullivan, Richard Kind, Gary Cole, Wayne Knight, Larry Miller, Clyde Kusatsu, Jennette McCurdy, Ariel Winter, Jerry Trainor, Michael-Leon Wooley, Kristen Schaal, Lewis Black, and Julie White) where he voiced Dr. Blowhole the Dolphin.
Harris also made a guest appearance as Alan Schack in the season five episode "Valentine's Day" from Homicide: Life on the Street.