Neil Patrick Harris is a performer who can do anything! And when we say anything, we literally mean anything! With a career graph so lucrative, he is quite an inspiration to the many dreamers who wish to make it big in Broadway and Hollywood. The actor, who turns 47 today, is a man with a Midas touch. Anything and everything he dips his feet in, he manages to make it his own. Ashley Judd and Neil Patrick to Star in Chad Hodge’s Next Titled Anita

NPH has been involved with a plethora of work and is quite talented. Starting off as a child actor, little did anybody expect that this young lad would end up becoming a legend-wait-for-it-dary star in Hollywood! In his career, the actor has taken up a bunch of interesting roles starting from a womanizer in How I Met Your Mother to a drag queen rock star on Broadway's Hedwig & The Angry Inch. Needless to say, he has earned himself quite a lot of opportunities to host the Tony Awards. Of course, he didn't limit himself to Broadway and TV as he ventured into films too by joining the cast of Harold & Kumar and later Gone Girl. Oscars 2019: From Seth McFarlane to Neil Patrick Harris, Who Are the Most-Searched Oscar Hosts?

With that, let's take a look at some of his best career reinventions and roles that stayed with us.

He's a legit magician! Ask Ellen

And an amazing ladies-man as Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother

NPH in Harold & Kumar

Oh he's a great singer! Check out his Glee performance

16-year-old NPH played a 16-year-old Doctor in Doogie Howser, M.D.

Apart from all these achievements, one more thing that he is great at is being a family man! He is an amazing husband and father to his two kids, Gideon and Harper. Oh, we can't wait to see how they celebrate his birthday!

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