How I Met Your Mother
For the show's nine-season run, NPH starred as Barney Stinson—a suave womanizer who loves the finer things in life. There's no doubt about it, this role was, legen...wait for it...dary!
Gone Girl
Opposite Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, the brilliant comedian took a turn for the sinister in this wildly popular thriller. Spoiler alert: Harris's character unfortunately met a pretty bloody (and frightening) demise.
American Horror Story: Freak Show
We're still recovering from Harris' time on the fourth season of American Horror Story. The actor starred as a traveling salesman turned ventriloquist who becomes manipulated by a dummy. Yikes!
A Million Ways to Die in the West
In this comedy, Harris teamed up with Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron and Amanda Seyfried to take on the wild, wild west.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
Harris revived his role as Steve the Monkey in this 2013 sequel to save the world from a group deliciously dangerous living food animals called foodimals.
Glee
During the show's inaugural season, Harris made a guest appearance as a former McKinley High School glee club member committed to shutting down the musical crew because of his own personal failures. Not to worry, though, Mr. Schue (Matthew Morrison) sacrifices his own starring role in the local production of Les Misérables for Harris and saves New Directions.
The Smurfs 2
After Smurfette is kidnapped by the evil wizard Gargamel, the little blue forest creatures must team up with their human friend (Harris) to save her.
The Muppets
NPH makes a memorable cameo appearance in this 2011 comedy, appearing as the host of the Muppets Telethon.
The Penguins of Madagascar
Who doesn't want to see NPH as a diabolical singing dolphin named Dr. Blowhole?
Sesame Street
Harris and Elmo came together to discuss the word "curly." Now that's a hairstyle we'd like to see more often!
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
NPH wiped his former, squeaky clean child star persona clear from everyone's minds with this racy 2004 role.
Starship Troopers
In this 1997 science fiction flick, Harris leads an interstellar battle pinning mankind against a killer specie of insects.
Doogie Howser, M.D.
At just 16-years-old, Harris burst into Hollywood as boy genius surgeon Doogie Howser. In 1992, NPH even received his first Golden Globe nomination for the starring role. Talk about a star in the making!