Is Neil Patrick Harris married?

Yes, American actor Neil Patrick Harris is married to David Burtka, who is also an actor and a professional chef.

Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, singer, producer, and television host who has won awards from the Primetime Emmys, Screen Actors Guild, and Tony Awards. Harris hosted the Academy Awards in 2015. He has also hosted both the Tony and Primetime Emmy Awards multiple times. On television, his most popular acting roles have been playing the lead character on the ABC comedy series Doogie Howser, M.D (1989-1993), Barney Stinson in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) and Count Olaf in the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017-2019).

Is Neil Patrick Harris married?

Neil Patrick Harris is married to David Burtka. The two of them met in 2004, and their friendship didn't take long to turn into a relationship. They went public in 2007. Harris and Burtka adopted twins Harper Grace and Gideon Scott in 2010. The following year, with gay marriage getting legalized in America, they announced their engagement. Harris and Burtka finally got married in the year 2014. The wedding was a private ceremony in Italy. Harris’s close friend Pam Freyman, who is also a director of How I Met Your Mother, officiated at it.

Harris posted on his X (then Twitter) account about their marriage, where he wrote:

“Guess what? @DavidBurtka and I got married over the weekend. In Italy. Yup, we put the 'n' and 'd' in 'husband'.”

What does David Burtka do?

Burtka is also an actor. He made his debut on television in 2002 with the Aaron Sorkin drama series The West Wing. The next year, he made his Broadway debut. Burtka also appeared in Harris’s show, How I Met Your Mother, where he played the recurring character of Scooter, who was an ex of Alyson Hannigan’s character, Lily.

Burtka is also a professional chef. He took a long break from his acting career to pursue culinary arts. In 2009, he graduated from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. A cookbook written by him, titled Life is a Party, was published in the year 2019. He has shared his thoughts about writing the book with People, saying:

“I am a control freak and wanted a piece of everything,” he said. “I wrote all of it, tasted the recipes six or seven times, helped with food styling and props, and spent even more time making sure the photographs we used were perfect.”