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Neil Patrick Harris

Stage, screen and a regular host of New York benefits

Actor, host and producer

Neil Patrick Harris is an actor, producer, author and entrepreneur whose television career runs from Doogie Howser, M.D. to Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, and more recently to Uncoupled and Drag Me to Dinner, both of which he also executive produced. Guild Hall’s biography counts five Emmy Awards, for hosting the Tony Awards and for a guest role on Glee, and lists film work including Gone Girl, The Matrix Resurrections and the Harold & Kumar series.

On stage

Harris won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. He has also directed and produced theater, including In & Of Itself, and recently completed an Off-Broadway run in Sh*t. Meet. Fan.

Books, games and a newsletter

He is the author of Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography and of the Magic Misfits series for young readers. His voice work includes Adventure Time and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. He created the board games BoxOne and BoxTwo and in 2021 introduced Wondercade, a weekly newsletter of lifestyle ideas.

In The Circuit Report

Harris appears throughout our New York benefit reporting, often alongside David Burtka, a member of the God’s Love We Deliver Culinary Council. Together they hosted the 25th Midsummer Night Drinks in East Hampton, which the organization says raised more than $500,000, and gave the welcoming remarks at the 20th Golden Heart Awards on October 19, 2026, an evening that raised nearly $4 million for medically tailored meals. Humane World for Animals announced him as host of its November 6 To the Rescue! New York gala, with Vanessa Carlton as featured performer; “animals bring so much joy, comfort and unconditional love into our lives,” he said in the announcement. He was also named to the host committee of City Harvest’s BID 2026, and our South Beach Wine & Food Festival guide records the Coffee Culture event he and Burtka hosted in 2026.

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