--- title: Neil Patrick Harris Set to Host the 2015 Oscars | TIME description: After hosting the Emmy’s four times and the Tony’s twice Neil Patrick Harris has finally been tapped to host the Academy Awards. canonical: https://time.com/video/ElCuR3pY/ og:title: Neil Patrick Harris Set to Host the 2015 Oscars og:description: After hosting the Emmy’s four times and the Tony’s twice Neil Patrick Harris has finally been tapped to host the Academy Awards. og:url: https://time.com/video/ElCuR3pY/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ElCuR3pY/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Neil Patrick Harris Set to Host the 2015 Oscars twitter:description: After hosting the Emmy’s four times and the Tony’s twice Neil Patrick Harris has finally been tapped to host the Academy Awards. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ElCuR3pY/poster.jpg?width=720 --- # Neil Patrick Harris Set to Host the 2015 Oscars ## Video: Neil Patrick Harris Set to Host the 2015 Oscars [Watch (HLS stream): Neil Patrick Harris Set to Host the 2015 Oscars](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ElCuR3pY.m3u8) (1:20)  _Published 2014-10-16. After hosting the Emmy’s four times and the Tony’s twice Neil Patrick Harris has finally been tapped to host the Academy Awards._ --- Jul 27, 2023 5:23 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Oscars 2015: Neil Patrick Harris Reenacts 'Birdman' Scene](/video/Xes2pbAq/) ### Oscars 2015: Neil Patrick Harris Reenacts 'Birdman' Scene [Oscars 2015: Neil Patrick Harris' Opening Number](/video/wVxbdgBQ/) ### Oscars 2015: Neil Patrick Harris' Opening Number [Neil Patrick Harris - Oscars Promo New Year's Resolutions](/video/SBSwdFho/) ### Neil Patrick Harris - Oscars Promo New Year's Resolutions --- ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Neil Patrick Harris Set to Host the 2015 Oscars","description":"After hosting the Emmy’s four times and the Tony’s twice Neil Patrick Harris has finally been tapped to host the Academy Awards.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ElCuR3pY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-16T19:03:34.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ElCuR3pY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/ElCuR3pY/","duration":"PT1M20S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/ElCuR3pY/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```