David Burtka

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Early life

David Burtka was born in Dearborn, Michigan, the son of Deborah A. Zajas (died 2008) and Daniel Burtka. He is of Polish descent.[1][2] He grew up in Canton, Michigan, and graduated from Salem High School in 1993. He trained in acting at Interlochen Center for the Arts, obtained his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan and had further training at the William Esper Studios.

Acting career

Template:BLP sources section Burtka made his television debut in 2002 with a guest role on The West Wing. This was followed by a guest appearance on Crossing Jordan.

Burtka made his Broadway debut as Tulsa in the 2003 revival of Gypsy, which starred 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 Mateo in the musical The Opposite of Sex and reprised the role in the work's East Coast premiere in the summer of 2006.

Burtka appeared in seven episodes of How I Met Your Mother, playing Scooter, the former high school boyfriend of Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan). Burtka made a cameo appearance in A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, as himself, opposite Neil Patrick Harris.

Burtka starred in Osiris Entertainment's 2013 film Annie and the Gypsy,[3] and had a featured role in the 2014 film Dance-Off.[4]

In 2015, Burtka returned to Broadway in a musical comedy, directed by David Hyde Pierce and entitled It Shoulda Been You. An Off-Broadway revival of Yasmina Reza's God of Carnage at Theatre Row featuring Burtka began previews on April 18, 2023, and opened on April 27, 2023. Burtka starred along with Carey Cox, Gabe Fazio and Christiane Noll.[5]

Culinary career

While living in Los Angeles, Burtka took a hiatus from acting full-time to become a professional chef.[6] He graduated from Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts Pasadena in the summer of 2009; afterwards, he began running a Los Angeles catering company, "Gourmet MD".[7] Burtka's cookbook, Life is a Party, a collection of recipes and tips on entertaining, was published in April 2019.[8]

Personal life

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Burtka with his husband, Neil Patrick Harris, in September 2011.

Burtka was in a relationship with Lane Janger in the early 2000s, around the time Janger was expecting twins via surrogacy. Although not the biological or legal father of the children, Burtka helped raise them during his relationship with Janger, and has remained close to them after he and Janger split.[9]Template:Primary source inline[10]

Burtka has been in a relationship with Neil Patrick Harris since April 2004.[11] In October 2010 they became parents to twins, Harper and Gideon,[12] who were born via a surrogate mother.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Following the passage of the Marriage Equality Act in New York on June 24, 2011, Burtka and Harris announced their engagement, stating that they had proposed to each other five years earlier but had kept the engagement secret until same-sex marriage became legal in their state.[13] They married in Italy in September 2014.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 24 Nights Toby
2007 Worldly Possession Andrew Bates Television film
Open House Husband Short film
Army Guy Keith Short film
2011 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Himself
Gaysharktank.com Broadway Guy Short film
2012 Annie and the Gypsy Martin
2013 The Gay Christian Mingle Alan Short film
2014 Dance-Off JT
2020 Cicada Bo

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 The West Wing Bruce Episode: "The Black Vera Wang"
2005 Crossing Jordan Craig Heeley Episode: "Total Recall"
2006–2014 How I Met Your Mother Scooter 7 episodes
2007 CSI: NY David King Episode: "Down the Rabbit Hole"
2012–2013 Neil's Puppet Dreams Himself 7 episodes
2013 Iron Chef America Himself Episode: "Zakarian vs. Chiarello: Scotch"
2014 RuPaul's Drag Race Himself (guest judge) Episode: "Drag My Wedding"
2015 Beat Bobby Flay Himself (guest judge) Episode: "No Training Wheels"
American Horror Story: Freak Show Michael Beck Episode: "Curtain Call"
2018 A Series of Unfortunate Events Mr. Willums 2 episodes
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride Princess Buttercup Episode: "Chapter Five: Life Is Pain"[15]
2022 Uncoupled Jerry Episode: "Chapter 6"
2023 Drag Me to Dinner Himself (judge) 10 episodes
2026 Elle Chad Filming

See also

References

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