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David Burtka 
2008 Emmy AwardsBorn May 29, 1975
Dearborn, Michigan, United StatesOccupation Actor, chef Years active 1999–2011 (actor)
2009–present (chef)Partner Neil Patrick Harris
(2004–present; 2 children)Children Gideon Scott
Harper GraceDavid Burtka (born May 29, 1975) is an American actor and chef.
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Background
Burtka was born in Dearborn, Michigan, grew up in Canton, Michigan, and graduated from Plymouth-Salem High School in 1993. He trained in acting at Interlochen Center for the Arts, obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Michigan and had further training at the William Esper Studios. He is also a singer.
Career
His Broadway debut was as Tulsa in the 2003 production of Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters. He played The Boy in the American premiere of Edward Albee's The Play About the Baby, for which he won the 2001 Clarence Derwent Award for most promising male performer.
In 2004, Burtka originated the role of Matt in the musical The Opposite of Sex, and reprised the role in the work's East Coast premiere in the summer of 2006.
Burtka made his television debut in 2002 with a guest role on The West Wing; this was followed by guest appearances on Crossing Jordan. In the first season episode of How I Met Your Mother, the actor reprised his role as "Scooter", the former high school boyfriend of Lily (Alyson Hannigan).
According to his longtime partner, actor Neil Patrick Harris, Burtka has, as of 2009, quit acting in order to become a chef.[1] He graduated from the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Pasadena in summer 2009 and afterward began running a Los Angeles catering company, Gourmet M.D.[2]
Burtka made a cameo appearance in A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas as himself, sharing a scene with the fictional version of Neil Patrick Harris (played by Neil Patrick Harris).
Personal life
Burtka with Neil Patrick Harris in September 2011
Six months after Burtka's How I Met Your Mother appearance, there was a story published purporting that the actor received the part because of a romantic relationship with one of the series' stars, Neil Patrick Harris.[3] Speculation around this story eventually led Harris to publicly acknowledge that he is gay in a cover story in People magazine.[4] Burtka made no public response to the story, though later Harris stated that he and Burtka were moving in together.[5]
Burtka and Harris attended the Emmy awards in September 2007 as an openly acknowledged couple for the first time, an appearance which Harris discussed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[6]
On February 4, 2009, Burtka and Harris appeared for the first time on stage together singing a duet from Rent at a benefit for The LGBT Community Center in New York. The two actors have been together since April 2004.[7] Harris refers to Burtka as "my better half" and "an amazing chef".[8] On August 14, 2010, Harris announced that he and Burtka were expecting twins via a surrogate mother.[9] Fraternal twins Gideon Scott, a boy, and Harper Grace, a girl, were born on October 12, 2010.[10]
Following the passage of the Marriage Equality Act in New York on June 24, 2011, Burtka and Harris announced their engagement via Twitter, stating that they had proposed to each other five years earlier but had kept the engagement secret until same-sex marriage became legal.[11]
References
- ^ om een reactie te plaatsen!. "Neil Patrick Harris talks Thanksgiving on The Late Late Show". Youtube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdT2dMnC-Jw. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "GourmetCatering.com". Gourmetmdcatering.com. http://www.gourmetmdcatering.com/. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ By canada.com October 24, 2006 (2006-10-24). "O.C. stars hit T.O". Canada.com. http://www.canada.com/topics/entertainment/story.html?id=63015eaa-b830-4902-b9ab-67560ef60df5&k=64280. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Neil Patrick Harris Tells PEOPLE He Is Gay - Neil Patrick Harris". People.com. 2006-11-03. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1554852,00.html. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
- ^ Fabien Montique (July 26, 2007). "Neil Patrick Moves In With Boyfriend!". theBosh.com. http://thebosh.com/archives/2007/07/neil_patrick_moves_in_with_boyfriend.php. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ "Watch: Neil Patrick Harris Tells Ellen About Going To The Emmys Since Coming Out". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/13/watch-neil-patrick-harri_n_64343.html.
- ^ "15 Questions with Neil Patrick Harris". http://www.aoltv.com/insidetv/2008/11/26/15-questions-with-neil-patrick-harris/?icid=200100397x1213439453x1200875311.
- ^ US Weekly. February 18, 2008.
- ^ Hartenstein, Meena (15 August 2010). "Neil Patrick Harris to be dad to twins with partner David Burtka, actor announces on Twitter". New York: Nydailynews.com. http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-08-15/gossip/27072764_1_twins-parenting-skills-neil-patrick-harris. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ^ "Neil Patrick Harris Welcomes 'Happy, Healthy' Twins". People. 2010-10-15. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20434727,00.html. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ^ Published Saturday, Jun 25 2011, 1:42pm EDT (2011-06-25). "Neil Patrick Harris announces secret engagement". Digitalspy.com. http://www.digitalspy.com/celebrity/news/a326825/neil-patrick-harris-announces-secret-engagement.html. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
External links
- David Burtka at the Internet Movie Database
- David Burtka at the Internet Broadway Database
- David Burtka at the Lortel Archives
- David Burtka at AllRovi
Categories:- 1975 births
- Actors from Michigan
- American chefs
- American film actors
- American musical theatre actors
- American stage actors
- Gay actors
- LGBT people from the United States
- Living people
- People from Dearborn, Michigan
- University of Michigan alumni
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