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| name = Neil Patrick Harris
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| image = Neil Patrick Harris 2008.jpg
| birthname = Robert Lee Zemeckis
| caption = Neil Patrick Harris, 2008
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1952|5|14}}
| birthname = Neil Patrick Harris
| birthplace = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| birthdate = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1973|6|15}}
| othername = Bob
| birthplace = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], U.S.A.
| yearsactive = 1972-present
| yearsactive = 1979 — present
| occupation = [[Film director]], [[film producer|producer]] & [[screenwriter|writer]]
| occupation = Actor
| academyawards = '''[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]''' <br> 1994 ''[[Forrest Gump (film)|Forrest Gump]]''
| domesticpartner = [[David Burtka]]<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-neil-patrick-harris-anderson-cooper,0,1743600.story ''Neil Patrick Harris' crush: CNN's Anderson Cooper''] Chicago Tribune; 6 August 2008,</ref>
| goldenglobeawards = '''[[Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture|Best Director - Motion Picture]]''' <br> 1994 ''[[Forrest Gump (film)|Forrest Gump]]''
| spouse = {{nowrap|[[Mary Ellen Trainor]] (1980-2000)}} <br> {{nowrap|[[Leslie Harter Zemeckis]] (2001-)}}
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'''Neil Patrick Harris''' (born June 15, 1973) is an American [[Golden Globe]]- and [[Emmy]]-nominated actor. Prominent roles in his career include the title character of ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'', the womanizing [[Barney Stinson]] in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', Col. Carl Jenkins in ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'', ''[[Dr. Horrible]]'' of the web series ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]'', and as a fictionalized version of himself in ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' and its sequel ''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]''.


==Biography==
'''Robert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis''' (born [[May 14]], [[1952]]) is an [[Academy Award]]- and [[Golden Globe]]-winning American [[film director]], [[Film producer|producer]] and [[screenwriter]]. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel ''[[Back to the Future trilogy|Back to the Future]]'' films as well as the live-action/animated film ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988), though in the 1990s he diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's ''[[Forrest Gump (film)|Forrest Gump]]'',<ref>{{cite news |last=Gleiberman|first=Owen |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,302943,00.html |title=Movie Review: Forrest Gump |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=1994-07-15 |accessdate=2007-01-26}}</ref> for which he won an [[Academy Award for Best Director]].
===Early life===
Harris was born in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], U.S., and grew up in [[Ruidoso, New Mexico]]. His parents, Sheila H. and Ron Harris, were [[lawyers]]. He has an older brother, and it was by following his brother to an audition in fourth grade that he first began acting&mdash;as Toto in a school production of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. He attended [[La Cueva High School]] in [[Albuquerque]] and was active in school plays and musicals there. Harris was an [[honors student]] and graduated with honors in 1991. He was three years ahead of fellow La Cueva student [[Freddie Prinze, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web | author=Ramone Johnson | title=Neil Patrick Harris | url=http://gaylife.about.com/od/gaycelebrityprofiles/p/neilpatrickharr.htm | work=Gay Life | publisher=About.com | date= | accessdate=2007-09-05}}</ref>


===Career===
His films are characterized by an interest in state-of-the-art [[special effects]], including the early use of [[match moving]] in ''[[Back to the Future Part II]]'' (1989) and the pioneering [[performance capture]] techniques seen in ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'' (2004). Though Zemeckis has often been [[wikt:pigeonhole#Verb|pigeonholed]] as a director only interested in effects,<ref name= "castaway">{{cite news |last=Kehr |first=Dave |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807EED6133FF934A25751C1A9669C8B63 |title=FILM: 'Cast Away' Director Defies Categorizing |publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=2000-12-17 |accessdate=2008-03-31 }}</ref> his work has been defended by several critics, including [[David Thomson (film critic)|David Thomson]], who wrote that "No other contemporary director has used special effects to more dramatic and narrative purpose."<ref name= "thomson">Thomson, David. “Robert Zemeckis,” ''The New Biographical Dictionary of Film''. 2002 ed. ISBN 0-3757-0940-1 p. 958-959.</ref>
[[Image:Neil Patrick Harris by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|Harris at the 2008 [[Comic-Con International|Comic Con]] in [[San Diego]], [[California]].]]


Harris began his career as a [[child actor]]. His first significant roles came in 1988, when he starred in two movies: the film ''[[Clara's Heart]]'', a drama with [[Whoopi Goldberg]] that won him a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]] nomination; and ''[[Purple People Eater (film)|Purple People Eater]]'', a children's fantasy. The following year, he won the lead in ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'', for which he was again nominated for a [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]]. After ''Doogie Howser'''s four-season run ended in 1993, Harris played a number of [[guest role]]s on [[television series]], before taking his first film role as an adult in 1995 in the little-seen shocker ''[[Animal Room]]''. Since then, his film work has included supporting roles in ''[[The Next Best Thing]]'', ''[[Undercover Brother]]'', ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'', as well as ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' and ''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]'', both in which he played a drug-crazed, lecherous parody of himself.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Zemeckis was born in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Illinois]] to a [[Lithuania]]n father and [[Italian American]]<ref name="italian">{{cite news|last=Kunk|first=Deborah J.|coauthors=|title=THE MAN WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT|pages=|publisher=St. Paul Pioneer Press|date=[[1988-06-26]]|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5D76FD2F5639C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=2007-12-10}}</ref> mother and was raised in a working-class [[Catholic]] family. Zemeckis has said that "the truth was that in my family there was no art. I mean, there was no music, there were no books, there was no theater....The only thing I had that was inspirational, was [[television]]&mdash;and it actually was."<ref name= "achieve">{{cite web | url = http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/zem0int-1 | title = Robert Zemeckis Interview | publisher = Academy of Achievement: A Museum of Living History, 1996-06-29 | accessdate = 2007-01-22}}</ref> As a child, Zemeckis loved television and was fascinated by his parents' [[8 mm film]] home movie camera. Starting off by filming family events like birthdays and holidays, Zemeckis gradually began producing narrative films with his friends that incorporated [[stop-motion]] work and other special effects.


From 1999 to 2000, Harris starred with [[Tony Shalhoub]] in the sitcom ''[[Stark Raving Mad (TV series)|Stark Raving Mad]]'', which lasted twenty-two episodes. He has taken lead roles in a number of made-for-television features, including ''[[Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story]]'' in 1994, ''[[My Antonia|My Ántonia]]'' in 1995, ''A Christmas Wish'' in 1998, ''[[Joan of Arc]]'' in 1999, ''The Wedding Dress'' in 2001, and ''The Christmas Blessing'' in 2005, as well as series guest roles.
Along with enjoying movies, Zemeckis remained an avid TV watcher. "You hear so much about the problems with television," he said, "but I think that it saved my life."<ref name= "achieve"/> Television gave Zemeckis his first glimpse of a world outside of his blue-collar upbringing;<ref name= "achieve"/> specifically, he learned of the existence of [[film school]]s on an episode of ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''. After seeing ''[[Bonnie and Clyde (film)|Bonnie and Clyde]]'' with his father and being heavily influenced by it,<ref name= "castaway"/> Zemeckis decided that he wanted to go to film school.


Harris has worked on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in both [[musical theatre|musical]] and dramatic roles. He played Tobias Ragg in 2001 concert performances of ''[[Sweeney Todd (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]''. In 2002, he performed on Broadway beside [[Anne Heche]] in ''[[Proof (play)|Proof]]''. In 2003, he took the role of the Emcee in ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]],'' alongside [[Debbie Gibson|Deborah Gibson]] and [[Tom Bosley]]. As a result of his critically acclaimed performance in ''Cabaret'', Harris was named the top-drawing headliner in the role of the Emcee by GuestStarCasting.com, topping fellow celeb stars [[John Stamos]] and [[Alan Cumming]].<ref>{{cite web | author=Preston Scott Reed | title=Neil Patrick Harris and John Stamos Lead Emcee Rankings | url=http://www.dime-co.com/entertainment/p_harris_and_stamos.shtml | publisher=Dime-Co | date=September 2, 2005 | accessdate=2007-09-05}}</ref>
His parents disapproved of the idea, Zemeckis later said, "But only in the sense that they were concerned....for my family and my friends and the world that I grew up in, this was the kind of dream that really was impossible. My parents would sit there and say, 'Don't you see where you come from? You can't be a movie director.' I guess maybe some of it I felt I had to do in spite of them, too."<ref name= "achieve"/>


In 2004, he performed a dual role of the Balladeer and [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] on Broadway in the controversial musical revival of [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s ''[[Assassins (musical)|Assassins]].'' He also sang the role of Charles (first played by [[Anthony Perkins]]) on the [[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]] recording of Sondheim's ''[[Evening Primrose]]''. He has also portrayed [[Mark Cohen]] in the musical [[RENT]]. Harris' current role is in the [[CBS]] ensemble sitcom ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', playing a serial womanizer in a performance that earned him a 2007 and a 2008 [[Emmy]] nomination. The show debuted in the fall of 2005 and wrapped up its third season on May 19, 2008. In 2004 and 2008 respectively, Harris portrayed a comic fictionalized version of himself in the films ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' and ''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]''.
===USC education and early films===
Zemeckis applied only to [[University of Southern California]]'s [[USC School of Cinematic Arts|School of Cinematic Arts]], and got into the Film School on the strength of an essay and a music video based on a [[Beatles]] song. Not having heard from the University itself, Zemeckis called and was told he had been rejected, because of his average grades. The director gave an "impassioned plea" to the official on the other line, promising to go to summer school and improve his studies, and eventually convinced the school to accept him.<ref name= "achieve"/> Arriving at USC that Fall, Zemeckis encountered a program that was, in his words, made up of "a bunch of hippies [and] considered an embarrassment by the university."<ref name= "achieve"/> The classes were difficult, with professors constantly stressing how hard the movie business was. Zemeckis remembered not being much fazed by this, citing the "healthy cynicism" that had been bred into him from his Chicago upbringing.<ref name= "achieve"/>


In 2007, Harris worked with [[Mike Nelson]] on an audio commentary for [[RiffTrax]]. The two riffed on the film, ''[[Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory]]''. Harris is a big fan of the cult TV series Nelson worked on, ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', and was interviewed for a 1992 Comedy Central special hosted by [[Penn Jillette]], who did voiceovers for [[Comedy Central]]'s programming at that time, about the series and its fans, ''[[This Is MST3K]]''.<ref name=rifftrax>{{cite web |url=http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/willy-wonka-and-chocolate-factory |title=Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory |work=[[RiffTrax]] |accessdate=2008-07-30}}</ref> In 2008, Harris starred alongside [[Nathan Fillion]] and [[Felicia Day]] in [[Joss Whedon]]'s musical web series, ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''. The first episode of the series debuted July 14, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.tubefilter.tv/2008/07/14/joss-whedon-interview-the-web-has-been-wonderful-for-horrible/|title=Joss Whedon Interview: The Web Has Been Wonderful For “Horrible” |date=2008-07-15|publisher=Tubefilter|accessdate=2008-07-15}}</ref> Neil has also appeared on Sesame Street as the Sesame Street Shoe Fairy.<ref>[http://www.sesameworkshop.org/aboutus/pressroom/presskits/season39/video_popup.php?file=neil_patrick_harris_is_the_shoe_fairy.mov Neil Patrick Harris is the Shoe Fairy]{{Dead link|date=August 2008}} [[Sesame Street]] press kit clip - Season 39 (Retrieved 2008-07-17); [http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:oAT4F0etG6cJ:www.sesameworkshop.org/aboutus/pressroom/presskits/season39/press_releases.php+%22neil+patrick+harris%22+site:sesameworkshop.org&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us]; [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Sesame+Street%22+%22Neil+Patrick+Harris%22&search_type= Youtube videos of NPH as the "Shoe Fairy" and also backstage w/Elmo]</ref><ref>{{cite web
While at USC, Zemeckis developed a close friendship with the writer [[Bob Gale]], who was also a student there. Gale later recalled, "The graduate students at USC had this veneer of intellectualism....So Bob and I gravitated toward one another because we wanted to make Hollywood movies. We weren't interested in the [[French New Wave]]. We were interested in [[Clint Eastwood]] and [[James Bond]] and [[Walt Disney]], because that's how we grew up."<ref name= "block">Shone, Tom. ''Blockbuster: How Hollywood Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Summer''. New York: Free Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7432-3568-1 p. 123-125.</ref> He graduated from USC in 1973.<ref>[http://cinema.usc.edu/alumni/alumni-history/ Notable Alumni, USC School of Cinematic Arts].</ref>
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===Personal life===
As a result of winning a [[Student Academy Awards|Student Academy Award]] at USC for his film, ''A Field of Honor'', Zemeckis came to the attention of [[Steven Spielberg]]. Spielberg said, "He barged right past my secretary, and sat me down and showed me this student film....and I thought it was spectacular, with police cars and a riot, all dubbed to [[Elmer Bernstein]]'s score for ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]''."<ref name= "block"/> Spielberg became Zemeckis' mentor and executive produced his first two films, both of which Zemeckis co-wrote with Bob Gale.
In November 2006, after a report about Harris' romantic relationship with actor [[David Burtka]] surfaced on www.Canada.com, Harris [[coming out|came out]] publicly in ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''.<ref name="canada.com">{{citation |url=http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=63015eaa-b830-4902-b9ab-67560ef60df5 |title=O.C. stars hit T.O. |periodical=Canada.com |date=October 23, 2006 |accessdate=2008-03-24 }}</ref><ref name="peopleex">{{citation |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1554852,00.html |periodical=[[People (magazine)|People]] |title=EXCLUSIVE: Neil Patrick Harris Tells PEOPLE He Is Gay |date=November 3, 2006 |accessdate=2008-03-24 }}</ref> He had been [[closeted|openly gay]] in his personal life and in the theater community, but stated, "[T]he public eye has always been kind to me, and until recently I have been able to live a pretty normal life. Now it seems there is speculation and interest in my private life and relationships. So, rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love."<ref name="peopleex"/> Harris and Burtka attended the Emmy awards in September 2007 as an openly acknowledged [[gay]] couple for the first time, an appearance which Harris discussed on ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' and which was reported in various media outlets.<ref name="hpost">{{citation |title=Watch: Neil Patrick Harris Tells Ellen About Going To The Emmys Since Coming Out |periodical=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=September 13, 2007 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/13/watch-neil-patrick-harri_n_64343.html |accessdate=2008-03-24 }}</ref><ref name="queerty">{{citation |title=Neil Patrick Harris Steps Out |date=September 17, 2007 |url=http://www.queerty.com/coming-out/neil-patrick-harris-steps-out-20070917/ |accessdate=2008-03-24 |periodical=Queerty.com }}</ref> Neil and David have been together since 2004. Harris refers to Burtka as "My better half" and an "amazing chef."<ref>''Us'' Weekly magazine, February 18, 2008</ref>


On April 5, 2008, Harris played 'Not My Job' on the NPR news quiz show ''[[Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!]]''. He lost the game by answering only one of three questions correctly about famous British April Fool's Day pranks.<ref>Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me archives. NPR. http://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/archives.html April 5, 2008.</ref>
1978's ''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand (movie)|I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]'' and 1980's ''[[Used Cars]]'' (starring [[Kurt Russell]]) were well-received critically, with [[Pauline Kael]] going into particular rhapsody over the latter film, but both were commercially inert. (''I Wanna Hold Your Hand'' was the first of several Zemeckis films to incorporate historical figures and celebrities into his movies; in the film, he used archival footage and doubles to simulate the presence of [[The Beatles]].) After the failure of his first two films, and the Spielberg-directed ''[[1941 (film)|1941]]'' in 1979 (for which Zemeckis and Gale had written the screenplay), the pair gained a reputation for writing "scripts that everyone thought were great [but] somehow didn't translate into movies people wanted to see."<ref name= "block"/>


Harris is a fan of [[magic]] and is on the Board of Directors of Hollywood's [[The Magic Castle|Magic Castle]].<ref>{{citation |title=The Academy of Magical Arts Board of Directors and Board of Trustees |url=http://www.magiccastle.com/ama/boards.cfm |accessdate=2008-05-21}}</ref>
===Breakthrough films and ''Forrest Gump''===


==Credits==
As a result of his reputation within the industry, Zemeckis had trouble finding work in the early 1980s, though he and Gale kept busy. They wrote scripts for other directors, including ''Car Pool'' for [[Brian De Palma]] and ''Growing Up'' for Spielberg; neither ended up getting made. Another Zemeckis-Gale project, about a teenager who accidentally travels back in time to the 1950s, was turned down by every major studio.<ref name= "horo">Horowitz, Mark. "Back with a Future," [[American Film]], July/Aug. 1988. p. 32-35.</ref> The director was jobless until [[Michael Douglas]] hired him in 1984 to film ''[[Romancing the Stone]]''. A romantic adventure starring Douglas and [[Kathleen Turner]], ''Romancing'' was expected to flop (to the point that, after viewing a rough cut of the film, the producers of the then-in-the-works ''[[Cocoon (film)|Cocoon]]'' fired Zemeckis as director),<ref name= "horo"/> but the film became a sleeper hit. While working on ''[[Romancing the Stone]]'', Zemeckis met composer [[Alan Silvestri]], who has scored all of his subsequent pictures.
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After ''Romancing'', the director suddenly had the clout to direct his time-traveling screenplay, which was titled ''[[Back to the Future]]''. Starring [[Michael J. Fox]], the 1985 movie was wildly successful upon its release, and was followed by two sequels, released in [[Back to the Future Part II|1989]] and [[Back to the Future Part III|1990]]. Before the ''Back to the Future'' sequels were released, Zemeckis directed another film, the madcap 1940s-set mystery ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', which painstakingly combined [[traditional animation]] and [[live action]]; its $70 million budget made it one of the most expensive films made up to that point. The film was both a financial and critical success, and won four [[Academy Award]]s. In 1990, Zemeckis commented, when asked if he would want to make non-comedies, "I would like to be able to do everything. Just now, though, I’m too restless to do anything that’s not really zany."<ref name= "horo"/>


===Film===
In 1992, Zemeckis directed the black comedy ''[[Death Becomes Her]]'', starring [[Meryl Streep]], [[Goldie Hawn]], and [[Bruce Willis]]. Although his next film would have some comedic elements, it was Zemeckis' first with dramatic elements, and was also his biggest commercial and critical success to date, 1994's ''[[Forrest Gump (film)|Forrest Gump]]''. Starring [[Tom Hanks]] in the title role, and borrowing heavily from [[Woody Allen]]'s [[Zelig]], ''Forrest Gump'' tells the story of a man with a low [[I.Q.]], who unwittingly participates in some of the major events of the twentieth century, falling in love, and interacting with several major historical figures in the process. The film grossed $677 million worldwide and became the top grossing U.S. film of 1994; it won six Academy Awards, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], Hanks as [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], and Zemeckis as [[Academy Award for Directing|Best Director]]. In 1997, Zemeckis directed ''[[Contact (film)|Contact]]'', a long-gestating project based on [[Carl Sagan]]'s 1985 novel of the [[Contact (novel)|same name]]. The film centers around Eleanor Arroway, a scientist played by [[Jodie Foster]], who believes she has made contact with extraterrestrial beings.
* ''[[Purple People Eater (film)|Purple People Eater]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Clara's Heart]]'' (1988) as ''David Hart''
* ''Stranger in the Family'' (1991) as ''Steve Thompson''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102991/|title=Stranger in the Family|publisher=www.imdb.com|accessdate=2008-07-26}}</ref>
* ''The Man in The Attic'' (1995) Edward
* ''Not Our Son'' (1995) as ''[[Paul Kenneth Keller]]''
* ''Animal Room'' (1995) as Arnold Mosk
* ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' (1997) as Colonel Carl Jenkins
* ''The Proposition'' (1998)
* ''[[The Next Best Thing]]'' (2000) as ''David''
* ''[[Undercover Brother]]'' (2002) as ''Lance''
* ''The Mesmerist'' (2002) as Benjamin
* ''[[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle]]'' (2004) as "Neil Patrick Harris"
* ''[[The Golden Blaze]]'' (2005) as Comic Shop Owner
* ''[[Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay]]'' (2008) as "Neil Patrick Harris"
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]] as [[Barney Stinson]]


===Theater===
=== Work in the 2000s and interest in digital filmmaking ===
* ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' (1997) 2nd National Tour-LA, San Diego ''Mark Cohen''
In 1999, Zemeckis donated $5 million towards the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts at USC, a 35,000 square-foot center that houses production stages, an immense 60-system digital editing lab, and a 50-seat screening room. When the Center opened in March 2001, Zemeckis spoke in a panel about the future of film, alongside friends [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[George Lucas]]. Of those (including Spielberg) who clung to celluloid and disparaged the idea of shooting digitally, Zemeckis said, "These guys are the same ones who have been saying that [[LP album|LPs]] sound better than [[CD]]s. You can argue that until you're blue in the face, but I don't know anyone who's still buying vinyl. Film, as we have traditionally thought of it, is going to be different. But the continuum is man's desire to tell stories around the campfire. The only thing that keeps changing is the campfire."<ref>Hayes, Dade, and Dana Harris. "Helmers mull digital around state-of-art campfire," [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], 2001-03-05.</ref> The Robert Zemeckis Center currently hosts many film school classes, much of the [[USC Interactive Media Division|Interactive Media Division]], and [[Trojan Vision]], USC's student television station, which has been voted the number one college television station in the country.
* ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (1998) [[Old Globe Theatre]], San Diego ''Romeo''
* ''[[Sweeney Todd (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]'' (2001) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra concert version ''Tobias Ragg''
* ''[[Proof (play)|Proof]]'' (2002) Broadway, ''Hal''
* ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' (2003) Broadway ''Emcee''
* ''[[Assassins (musical)|Assassins]]'' (2004) Broadway ''Balladeer; Lee Harvey Oswald''
* ''[[Tick, Tick... BOOM!]]'' ''Jon'' (2005) [[Menier Chocolate Factory]], London
* ''[[All My Sons]]'' (2006) ''Chris Keller'', Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles
* ''[[Amadeus]]'', Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, July 20, 2006 at the [[Hollywood Bowl]]


===Animation===
In 1996, Zemeckis had begun developing a project titled ''The Castaway'' with [[Tom Hanks]] and writer [[William Broyles Jr.]]. The story, which was inspired by [[Robinson Crusoe]], is about a man (Hanks) who becomes stranded on a desert island and undergoes a profound physical and spiritual change.<ref name= "lies">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277168,00.html Fall Movie Preview: December], [[Entertainment Weekly]], 2000-08-18. Retrieved on [[2007]]-[[09-11]].</ref> While working on ''The Castaway'', Zemeckis also became attached to a [[Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcockian]] thriller titled ''[[What Lies Beneath]]'', the story of a married couple experiencing an extreme case of [[empty nest syndrome]] that was based on an idea by Steven Spielberg.<ref name="pair">Petrikin, Chris. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117481417.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=%22what+lies+beneath%22+AND+%22tom+hanks%22 "Pairing for Zemeckis: Fox, DW near to sharing next two projects"], [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], 1998-10-14. Retrieved on [[2007]]-[[09-11]].</ref> Because Hanks' character needed to undergo a dramatic weight loss over the course of ''The Castaway'' (which was eventually retitled ''[[Cast Away]]''), Zemeckis decided that the only way to retain the same crew while Hanks lost the weight was to shoot ''What Lies Beneath'' in between. He shot the first part of ''Cast Away'' in early 1999, and shot ''What Lies Beneath'' in fall 1999, completing work on ''Cast Away'' in early 2000.<ref name="pair"/> Zemeckis later quipped, when asked about shooting two films back-to-back, "I wouldn't recommend it to anyone."<ref name= "lies"/> ''What Lies Beneath'', starring [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]], was released in July 2000 to mixed reviews, but did well at the box office, grossing over $155 million domestically. ''Cast Away'' was released in that December and grossed $233 million domestically; Hanks received an Oscar nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] for his portrayal of Chuck Noland.
*''[[Justice League: The New Frontier]]'' (2008) ''[[Flash (Barry Allen)|Flash]]''
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*''[[Spider-Man: The New Animated Series]]'' (2003) Peter Parker/''[[Spider-Man]]''
*''[[Capitol Critters]](1992) Max
*''[[The Simpsons]]'' (1991 episode "[[Bart the Murderer]]"), as himself playing the [[Bart Simpson|title role]] in the [[Television movie|made-for-TV movie]] ''Blood on the Blackboard: The Bart Simpson Story''


===Video games===
In 2004, Zemeckis reteamed with Hanks and directed ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'', based on the children's book of the [[The Polar Express|same name]] by [[Chris Van Allsburg]]. ''The Polar Express'' utilized the [[computer animation]] technique known as [[performance capture]], whereby the movements of the actors are captured digitally and used as the basis for the animated characters. As the first major film to use performance capture, ''The Polar Express'' caused ''[[The New York Times]]'' to write that, "Whatever critics and audiences make of this movie, from a technical perspective it could mark a turning point in the gradual transition from an analog to a digital cinema."<ref>{{cite news |last=Kehr |first=Dave |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/movies/24kehr.html |title=FILM: The Face That Launched A Thousand Chips |publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=2004-10-24 |accessdate=2008-03-31 }}</ref>
*''[[Saints Row 2]]'' (2008) as ''[[List of characters in Saints Row 2#DJ Veteran Child|DJ Veteran Child]]''


===Internet===
In February 2007, Zemeckis and [[Walt Disney Company#Studio Entertainment|Walt Disney Studios]] chairman [[Dick Cook]] announced plans to set up a new performance capture film company devoted to CG-created, 3-D movies.<ref name= "disney">{{cite web | url = http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=industryNews&storyID=2007-02-06T151648Z_01_N05461882_RTRIDST_0_INDUSTRY-3D-DC.XML&WTmodLoc=EntNewsIndustry_C1_%5BFeed%5D-4 | title = Hollywood Reporter; Zemeckis, Disney in 3-D film partnership | publisher = Reuters/Hollywood Reporter, 2007-02-06 | accessdate = 2007-02-07}}</ref> The company, [[ImageMovers Digital]], will create films using the performance capture technology, with Zemeckis expected to direct a number of the projects. Disney will distribute and market the motion pictures worldwide.
*''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]'' (2008) as Billy/Dr. Horrible


===Audio Books===
Zemeckis used the performance capture technology again in his latest film, ''[[Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf]]'', which retells the Anglo-Saxon [[epic poem]] of the [[Beowulf|same name]] and stars [[Ray Winstone]], [[Angelina Jolie]], and [[Anthony Hopkins]]. [[Hugo Award]]-winning [[science fiction]] writer [[Neil Gaiman]], who co-wrote the adaptation with [[Roger Avary]], described the film as a "cheerfully violent and strange take on the Beowulf legend."<ref>{{cite news | author=Goldstein, Hilary | url=http://movies.ign.com/articles/720/720459p1.html | title=Comic-Con 2006: Neil Gaiman's Future Movies | publisher=[[IGN]] | date=[[2006-07-21]] | accessdate=2007-01-13 }}</ref> The film was released on [[November 16]], [[2007]].
* [[Henry Huggins]] by Beverly Cleary
* Henry and the Clubhouse by Beverly Cleary
* Henry and the Paper Route by Beverly Cleary
* [[Socks]] by Beverly Cleary


==Awards and nominations==
In July 2007, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' announced that Zemeckis had written a [[A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|film adaptation]] of [[Charles Dickens]]' 1843 story ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', with plans to use performance capture and release it under the aegis of ImageMovers Digital. Zemeckis wrote the screenplay with [[Jim Carrey]] in mind, and Carrey has agreed to play a multitude of roles in the film, including [[Ebenezer Scrooge]] as a young, middle-aged, and old man, and the three ghosts who haunt Scrooge.<ref>Fleming, Michael. [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117968136.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1&query=%22bob+hoskins%22+AND+%22christmas+carol%22 "Jim Carrey set for 'Christmas Carol': Zemeckis directing Dickens adaptation"], [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]], 2007-07-06. Retrieved on [[2007]]-[[09-11]].</ref> The film began production in February 2008, and will be released on [[November 6]], [[2009]].<ref>[http://www.variety.com/VR1117980473.html?query=christmas+carol+carrey Studios rush to fill '09 schedule - Entertainment News, Film News, Media - Variety<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
In August 2008, ''[[IGN|Movies IGN]]'' revealed in an interview with [[Philippe Petit]] that Robert Zemeckis is working with Petit to turn Petit's memoir [[To Reach the Clouds]] into a feature film. <ref>Aftab, Kaleem [http://movies.ign.com/articles/895/895054p1.html "Man on Wire Q&A"]</ref>
! Year !! Group !! Award !! Result !! Notes

|-
=== Personal life ===
|rowspan="2" | 1989 || [[Young Artist Awards]] || Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated || rowspan="2" | ''[[Clara's Heart]]''
Zemeckis has said that, for a long time, he sacrificed his personal life in favor of a career. "I won an Academy Award when I was 44 years old," he explained, "but I paid for it with my 20s. That decade of my life from film school till 30 was nothing but work, nothing but absolute, driving work. I had no money. I had no life."<ref name= "achieve"/> In the early 1980s, Zemeckis married actress [[Mary Ellen Trainor]], with whom he had a son, Alexander. He described the marriage as difficult to balance with filmmaking,<ref name= "achieve"/> and his relationship with Trainor eventually ended in divorce. In 2001, he married actress Leslie Harter. According to cfidarren.com, Zemeckis is an Instrument rated Private Pilot.
|-

| [[Golden Globe Awards]] || Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
=== Politics ===
|-

| 1990 || rowspan="3"| [[Young Artist Awards]] || rowspan="3"| Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series || style="background: #ddffdd" | Won || rowspan="4" | ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]] ''
According to campaign donation records, Robert Zemeckis has frequently contributed to the political candidates affiliated with the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], as well as PAC's that support the interests of aircraft owners and pilots, "[[family planning]]" interests, and a group that advocates for Hollywood women.<ref> [http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Robert_Zemeckis.php Robert Zemeckis]. Newsmeat. </ref>
|-

| 1991 || style="background: #ddffdd" | Won
== Selected filmography ==
|-
As director:
| 1992 || style="background: #ddffdd" | Won
* ''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand (movie)|I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]'' (1978) (also co-writer)
|-
* ''[[Used Cars]]'' (1980) (also co-writer)
| 1992 || [[Golden Globe Awards]] || Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical ||style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
* ''[[Romancing the Stone]] '' (1984)
|-
* ''[[Back to the Future]]'' (1985) (also co-writer)
|rowspan="2" | 2007 || [[Teen Choice Awards]] || Choice TV Actor: Comedy || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated || rowspan="4" |''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''
* ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' (1988)
|-
* ''[[Back to the Future Part II]] '' (1989) (also story)
|[[Emmy Awards]] || Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
* ''[[Back to the Future Part III]] '' (1990) (also story)
|-
* ''[[Death Becomes Her]]'' (1992)
|rowspan="1" | 2008 || [[34th People's Choice Awards|People's Choice Awards]] || Favorite Scene Stealing Star || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
* ''[[Forrest Gump (film)|Forrest Gump]] '' (1994)
|-
* ''[[Contact (film)|Contact]]'' (1997)
|rowspan="1" | 2008 ||[[Emmy Awards]]||Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series || style="background: #ffdddd" | Nominated
* ''[[What Lies Beneath]]'' (2000)
|}
* ''[[Cast Away]]'' (2000)
* ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'' (2004) (also co-writer)
* ''[[Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf]]'' (2007)
* ''[[A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (2009) (filming) (also writer)
* ''[[The Corrections (film)|The Corrections]]'' (currently in pre-production) (director)

Other:
* ''[[1941 (film)|1941]]'' (1979) (co-writer)
* ''[[HBO's Tales From The Crypt]]'' (1989-1996) (executive producer)
* ''[[The Frighteners]]'' (1996) (executive producer)
* ''[[Matchstick Men (film)|Matchstick Men]]'' (2003) (executive producer)
* ''[[Monster House (film)|Monster House]]'' (2006) (executive producer)


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*[http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/bios/neil_bio.shtml Neil Patrick Harris Biography]
* [http://www.charlierose.com/shows/1994/10/13/2/a-discussion-with-robert-zemeckis 1994 ''Charlie Rose Show'' interview] with Zemeckis about ''Forrest Gump'' and his career (video, 31 minutes)
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* [http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2004/11/09/1/a-conversation-with-director-robert-zemeckis-and-actor-tom-hanks-about-the-film-the-polar-express 2004 ''Charlie Rose Show'' interview] with Zemeckis and Tom Hanks about ''The Polar Express'' (video, 52 minutes)
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*[http://television.aol.com/tv-celebrity-interviews/neil-patrick-harris Neil Patrick Harris interview at AOL Television]
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*[http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=36468 A question and answer session with Harris at Broadway.com]
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*[http://www.afterelton.com/people/2006/11/neilpatrickharris.html Neil Patrick Harris Comes Out as "Content Gay Man"]
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Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris, 2008
Born
Neil Patrick Harris
OccupationActor
Years active1979 — present
PartnerDavid Burtka[1]

Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated actor. Prominent roles in his career include the title character of Doogie Howser, M.D., the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, Col. Carl Jenkins in Starship Troopers, Dr. Horrible of the web series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and as a fictionalized version of himself in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and its sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

Biography

Early life

Harris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., and grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico. His parents, Sheila H. and Ron Harris, were lawyers. He has an older brother, and it was by following his brother to an audition in fourth grade that he first began acting—as Toto in a school production of The Wizard of Oz. He attended La Cueva High School in Albuquerque and was active in school plays and musicals there. Harris was an honors student and graduated with honors in 1991. He was three years ahead of fellow La Cueva student Freddie Prinze, Jr.[2]

Career

Harris at the 2008 Comic Con in San Diego, California.

Harris began his career as a child actor. His first significant roles came in 1988, when he starred in two movies: the film Clara's Heart, a drama with Whoopi Goldberg that won him a Golden Globe nomination; and Purple People Eater, a children's fantasy. The following year, he won the lead in Doogie Howser, M.D., for which he was again nominated for a Golden Globe. After Doogie Howser's four-season run ended in 1993, Harris played a number of guest roles on television series, before taking his first film role as an adult in 1995 in the little-seen shocker Animal Room. Since then, his film work has included supporting roles in The Next Best Thing, Undercover Brother, Starship Troopers, as well as Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, both in which he played a drug-crazed, lecherous parody of himself.

From 1999 to 2000, Harris starred with Tony Shalhoub in the sitcom Stark Raving Mad, which lasted twenty-two episodes. He has taken lead roles in a number of made-for-television features, including Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story in 1994, My Ántonia in 1995, A Christmas Wish in 1998, Joan of Arc in 1999, The Wedding Dress in 2001, and The Christmas Blessing in 2005, as well as series guest roles.

Harris has worked on Broadway in both musical and dramatic roles. He played Tobias Ragg in 2001 concert performances of Sweeney Todd. In 2002, he performed on Broadway beside Anne Heche in Proof. In 2003, he took the role of the Emcee in Cabaret, alongside Deborah Gibson and Tom Bosley. As a result of his critically acclaimed performance in Cabaret, Harris was named the top-drawing headliner in the role of the Emcee by GuestStarCasting.com, topping fellow celeb stars John Stamos and Alan Cumming.[3]

In 2004, he performed a dual role of the Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald on Broadway in the controversial musical revival of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. He also sang the role of Charles (first played by Anthony Perkins) on the Nonesuch recording of Sondheim's Evening Primrose. He has also portrayed Mark Cohen in the musical RENT. Harris' current role is in the CBS ensemble sitcom How I Met Your Mother, playing a serial womanizer in a performance that earned him a 2007 and a 2008 Emmy nomination. The show debuted in the fall of 2005 and wrapped up its third season on May 19, 2008. In 2004 and 2008 respectively, Harris portrayed a comic fictionalized version of himself in the films Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

In 2007, Harris worked with Mike Nelson on an audio commentary for RiffTrax. The two riffed on the film, Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory. Harris is a big fan of the cult TV series Nelson worked on, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and was interviewed for a 1992 Comedy Central special hosted by Penn Jillette, who did voiceovers for Comedy Central's programming at that time, about the series and its fans, This Is MST3K.[4] In 2008, Harris starred alongside Nathan Fillion and Felicia Day in Joss Whedon's musical web series, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. The first episode of the series debuted July 14, 2008.[5] Neil has also appeared on Sesame Street as the Sesame Street Shoe Fairy.[6][7]

Personal life

In November 2006, after a report about Harris' romantic relationship with actor David Burtka surfaced on www.Canada.com, Harris came out publicly in People.[8][9] He had been openly gay in his personal life and in the theater community, but stated, "[T]he public eye has always been kind to me, and until recently I have been able to live a pretty normal life. Now it seems there is speculation and interest in my private life and relationships. So, rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me, I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest and feel most fortunate to be working with wonderful people in the business I love."[9] Harris and Burtka attended the Emmy awards in September 2007 as an openly acknowledged gay couple for the first time, an appearance which Harris discussed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and which was reported in various media outlets.[10][11] Neil and David have been together since 2004. Harris refers to Burtka as "My better half" and an "amazing chef."[12]

On April 5, 2008, Harris played 'Not My Job' on the NPR news quiz show Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me!. He lost the game by answering only one of three questions correctly about famous British April Fool's Day pranks.[13]

Harris is a fan of magic and is on the Board of Directors of Hollywood's Magic Castle.[14]

Credits

Video games

Internet

Audio Books

  • Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
  • Henry and the Clubhouse by Beverly Cleary
  • Henry and the Paper Route by Beverly Cleary
  • Socks by Beverly Cleary

Awards and nominations

Year Group Award Result Notes
1989 Young Artist Awards Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Nominated Clara's Heart
Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Nominated
1990 Young Artist Awards Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series Won Doogie Howser, M.D.
1991 Won
1992 Won
1992 Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Comedy/Musical Nominated
2007 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor: Comedy Nominated How I Met Your Mother
Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
2008 People's Choice Awards Favorite Scene Stealing Star Nominated
2008 Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated

References

  1. ^ Neil Patrick Harris' crush: CNN's Anderson Cooper Chicago Tribune; 6 August 2008,
  2. ^ Ramone Johnson. "Neil Patrick Harris". Gay Life. About.com. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  3. ^ Preston Scott Reed (September 2, 2005). "Neil Patrick Harris and John Stamos Lead Emcee Rankings". Dime-Co. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  4. ^ "Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory". RiffTrax. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  5. ^ "Joss Whedon Interview: The Web Has Been Wonderful For "Horrible"". Tubefilter. 2008-07-15. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
  6. ^ Neil Patrick Harris is the Shoe Fairy[dead link] Sesame Street press kit clip - Season 39 (Retrieved 2008-07-17); [1]; Youtube videos of NPH as the "Shoe Fairy" and also backstage w/Elmo
  7. ^ Mark Graham (23 July 2008). "NPH Sweeps The Clouds Away As The Shoe Fairy On 'Sesame Street'". Defamer. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
  8. ^ "O.C. stars hit T.O.", Canada.com, October 23, 2006, retrieved 2008-03-24
  9. ^ a b "EXCLUSIVE: Neil Patrick Harris Tells PEOPLE He Is Gay", People, November 3, 2006, retrieved 2008-03-24
  10. ^ "Watch: Neil Patrick Harris Tells Ellen About Going To The Emmys Since Coming Out", The Huffington Post, September 13, 2007, retrieved 2008-03-24
  11. ^ "Neil Patrick Harris Steps Out", Queerty.com, September 17, 2007, retrieved 2008-03-24
  12. ^ Us Weekly magazine, February 18, 2008
  13. ^ Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me archives. NPR. http://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/archives.html April 5, 2008.
  14. ^ The Academy of Magical Arts Board of Directors and Board of Trustees, retrieved 2008-05-21
  15. ^ "Stranger in the Family". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2008-07-26.

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