Neil Patrick Harris to Host the 87th Academy Awards
Though the name hasn’t quite been signed on the dotted line, Neil Patrick Harris is reportedly in final talks to host the 87th Academy Awards ceremony in March of next year. This news comes from Buzzfeed.com
Harris, a Tony and Emmy award winning actor for the likes of How I Met Your Mother, is also currently in the David Fincher thriller Gone Girl, and has a memoir, due for release this week.
He’s also well known from Joss Whedon’s hilarious Dr. Horrible Sing-along Blog web-series as the titular character (see video below and see how deep this man’s skills are as an actor and singer), and has hosted the Tony’s and Emmy awards multiple times. He’s also been a performer at the Academy Awards, back in 2010 in the opening number.
According to the Buzzfeed article, the producers (Craig Zedan and Neil Meron) of the last show hosted by Ellen Degeneres will return, which drew 43 million viewers in America and marked as a high point for an audience tuning in for the show.
Harris originally got his start on Doogie Howser, MD, which was about a kid that becomes a doctor. Since then he’s had a steady and successful career in films like Starship Troopers, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (as himself), and most recently the Smurfs franchise.
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