David Burtka

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David Burtka (born May 29, 1975 in Dearborn, Michigan) is an American actor.

Burtka grew up in Canton, Michigan, and graduated from Plymouth Salem High School in 1994. 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.

His Broadway debut was as Tulsa in the 2003 production of Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters. After a run as Billy in Edward Albee's The Goat, he was chosen to create the role of The Boy in 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 and How I Met Your Mother. Six months after the How I Met Your Mother appearance, www.canada.com published a story stating that Burtka received the part because of a romantic relationship with one of the series' stars, Neil Patrick Harris. Speculation around this story led Harris to acknowledge his homosexuality publicly for the first time.

1 Broadway
2 Off-Broadway
3 National Tours
4 Regional
5 Movies
6 External links

[edit] Broadway

Gypsy - 2003 - nominated for the Fred Astaire Award

[edit] Off-Broadway

The Play About the Baby - 2002 - for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award for the most promising male performer.
Beautiful Thing
Bad Boy Johnny