Neil Patrick Harris’ favorite role is Barney. From 2005 to 2014, Neil Patrick Harris played Barney Stinson, a serial womanizer, in the CBS ensemble sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
The role earned him Emmy nominations every year from 2007 to 2010. Neil Patrick Harris was back in the role of Barney Stinson in the mid-season finale of “How I Met Your Father.”
Neil Patrick Harris is a recipient of multiple accolades including a Tony Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for a Grammy Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In 2010, Neil Patrick Harris provided voice acting for the role of the adult Dick Grayson (Nightwing) in the animated film Batman: Under the Red Hood and the beagle Lou in the film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore.
Neil Patrick Harris also appeared in films including Starship Troopers (1997), Beastly (2011), The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2 (2013), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), and Gone Girl (2014).