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In 2002, most of us had no idea that Neil Patrick Harris was a comic genius. It had been five long years since the former Doogie Howser had surprised audiences with his creepy-clever turn in Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers](Starship Troopers (1997) - Movie | Moviefone) – five years in which Harris had taken guest appearances in made-for-TV movies and sitcoms, done one season in a little-seen comedy of his own opposite Tony Shalhoub (Stark Raving Mad, from producer Steven Levitan, creator of Modern Family), voiced cartoon characters, and made a name for himself on Broadway in productions of Sweeney Todd, Assassins, Proof and Cabaret.
While most people can recall Harris playing a deranged, drugged-up version of himself in 2004’s Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, they may have well missed him in an earlier, equally surprising role in Undercover Brother](Undercover Brother (2002) - Movie | Moviefone). It would be another three years before How I Met Your Mother made him an A-list TV star, but the first faint glimmer of that career trajectory can be seen in these two films.Filed under: Comedy, Scenes We Love