It's impossible to get tired of him," said Jon Hurwitz, a creator of the "Harold & Kumar" franchise, in which Harris will reprise his outrageously debauched character in "A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas" this holiday.
In just the last few months, Harris charmed critics and drew big ratings for his second singing-and-dancing go-around as emcee of the Tony Awards, hosted a fundraising gala for President Obama and championed same-sex marriage legislation in New York via his Twitter feed.
That's after wrapping the sixth season of the sleeper hit "How I Met Your Mother," directing a sitcom pilot under consideration at CBS, stumping for his two current independent films and prepping "The Expert at the Card Table," a play he's directing that launches this weekend at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
All that and also Harris is a honcho at the L.A. landmark, the Magic Castle, a producer of the immersive theatrical game, "Accomplice: Hollywood," and an affable presence on shows as varied as "Sesame Street," "Live With Regis and Kelly," "The Howard Stern Show" and "American Idol."
His voice doesn't even get a rest, popping up as the narrator on kids' audio books and in TV series like "Robot Chicken" and "The Penguins of Madagascar." And he and longtime companion David Burtka welcomed fraternal twins by a surrogate last fall; Gideon and Harper are 9 months old now.
All that and also Harris is a honcho at the L.A. landmark, the Magic Castle, a producer of the immersive theatrical game, "Accomplice: Hollywood," and an affable presence on shows as varied as "Sesame Street," "Live With Regis and Kelly," "The Howard Stern Show" and "American Idol."
His voice doesn't even get a rest, popping up as the narrator on kids' audio books and in TV series like "Robot Chicken" and "The Penguins of Madagascar." And he and longtime companion David Burtka welcomed fraternal twins by a surrogate last fall; Gideon and Harper are 9 months old now.
Another "Dr. Horrible," which is in the works, "would take precedence," Harris said, though he'd have to fit it into what he calls "the Tetris game that is my professional life."
Whedon, who directed Harris in his Emmy-winning guest turn on "Glee," said it's no wonder he's in demand. He has "a Sinatra quality" that makes his shifts between genres and platforms look effortless.
"Through the force of his own personality and wit, he's become something bigger than the roles he plays," Whedon said. "People look at him and don't see any one of those parts — they see that guy they love."
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