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Best Neil Patrick Harris Roles

Neil Patrick Harris has been breaking hearts and taking names since he was a wee teenager. We list the best roles of his long and surprisingly varied career.


Tomorrow is Neil Patrick Harris Appreciation Day, so you all better appreciate the man. And why not? Neil Patrick Harris can do it all. He can play it clean, he can play it blue, he can sing, he can dance, and he can even do magic. His professionalism and easy-going charm is capable of bringing people together from all walks of life. Who knew when we met him so many years ago that the guy would grow up to be such a player? From little Doogie Howser's TV show to old Doogie Howser's Old Spice ad, we list Neil Patrick Harris's greatest roles.

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Old Spice Commericial

We now come full circle to an ad in which Neil Patrick Harris plays Neil Patrick Harris playing Doogie Howser again. Old Spice has become the unpredictable king of great commercials, and this sort of genius is just par for the course. By putting NPH back in a doctor's coat, we see not only where he started, but also how far he's come. It may only be a commercial, but it's one of his best roles.

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