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1 of 10Neil Patrick Harris played Amy's old flame with a creepy obession in Gone Girl this year.Twentieth Century Fox -
2 of 10NPH starred as the ultimate lady's man and author of The Bro Code, Barney Stinson, in How I Met Your Mother from 2005 to 2014.Ron P. Jaffe—CBS/AP -
3 of 10Harris made a 5-second celebrity cameo during the famous "Man Na Mah Na" song in The Muppets movie in 2011.Mark Davis—Getty Images -
4 of 10Harris showed off his broadway-trained pipes singing "Dream On" on Glee on May 18, 2010.Twentieth Century Fox -
5 of 10NPH starred as a poor man's villain with a sidekick whose only superpower is making things damp in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog in 2008.Mutant Enemy Productions -
6 of 10Neil Patrick Harris played a version of himself—or at least a washed up, beer guzzling, mushroom-tripping version of himself—in Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay in 2008.Mandate Pictures/New Line Cinema -
7 of 10Harris made his return to leading man status as an editor with OCD and a myriad of paranoias on the short-lived sit-com Stark Raving Mad from 2007 to 2008.NBC/Getty Images -
8 of 10Jack pursues Harris' self-proclaimed "ex-gay man" on Will and Grace in 2000.NBC/Getty Images -
9 of 10Neil Patrick Harris battled giant alien bugs (yes, really) in the militaristic sci-fi movie Starship Troopers in 1997.TriStar Pictures -
10 of 10Neil Patrick Harris got his break as a teenage doctor who aced the SATs at 9 in Doogie Howser, M.D. in 1991. Hard to believe he grew up to be Barney Stinson.ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images
Neil Patrick Harris’ memoir, Choose Your Own Autobiography, promises to trace the actor’s long career — from a nerdy 14-year-old prodigy doctor in Doogie Howser to a metaphorical ladykiller on How I Met Your Mother to a potential actual ladykiller in Gone Girl. Here’s a look at NPH’s many roles as his book hits shelves on Oct. 14.
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