Longtime television actor Neil Patrick Harris received the 2,448th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday (September 15), honoring him for his work in television, film, and theater.<br/> Harris first became widely known for his starring role in the 1989-93 television program "Doogie Howser, M.D.," in which he played a teenage wunderkind doctor.<br/> He has received four Emmy nominations for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for his portrayal of the womanizing Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother." Harris won Emmy awards last year for a guest-starring role on "Glee'' and as the host of the Tony Awards.<br/> At the ceremony, the 38-year-old recalled his first visit to Hollywood as a teenager with his mother, walking down star-lined Hollywood Boulevard.<br/> SOUNDBITE: Neil Patrick Harris, saying (English):<br/> "I remember looking down at all those stars, and seeing names like Mitchell Leisen, and Spring Byington, and Milton Sills, and thinking, maybe, some day, in a hundred years, people will see my name, and say 'who the hell was that person?'"<br/> On Broadway, Harris has had lead roles in the revival of "Cabaret," "Proof" and "Assassins."<br/> "How I Met Your Mother" begins its seventh season on CBS on September 19th.<br/> Lindsay Claiborn, Reuters.
