How i met your mother gay actor

Neil Patrick Harris is kissing the actress Cobie Smulders. The pair embrace on a New York City stoop, on the Los Angeles set of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which returns to the air next Monday. Again and again, the actors kiss. A writer adds a punch line about breasts pointing two different ways, and Harris incorporates it, getting laughs from the crew.

By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Latest news on the high-profile actor. Neil Patrick Harris is an openly gay theater, television, and film actor, and is a very vocal advocate for LGBT rights and equality. He is well known for his childhood role as Doogie Howser, M.

Neil Patrick Harris born June 15, in Albuquerque is the American actor, former child star, producer, singer, magician, dancer, director and writer who portrayed Barney Stinson , and his doppelganger Dr. John Stangel, on How I Met Your Mother. In addition to that role, he is best known for the title role in Doogie Howser, M. which is occasionally alluded to on HIMYM.

Neil Patrick Harris has weighed in on the debate over straight actors playing gay characters. The actor, who came out as gay in , says he doesn't see an issue. In a Thursday interview with U. As an actor, you certainly hope you can be a visible option for all kinds of different roles," the year-old Emmy nominee said, using the character he played on "How I Met Your Mother" -- serial womanizer Barney Stinson -- to illustrate his point.