David Burtka
David Burtka was born in Dearborn, Michigan, United States on May 29th, 1975 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 49, David Burtka biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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David Michael Burtka (born May 29, 1975) is an American actor and professional chef.
He is known for his acting roles in theatre and television shows such as How I Met Your Mother and The Play About the Baby.
After his role on How I Met Your Mother, Burtka gained media attention for dating Neil Patrick Harris, whom he later married in 2014.
Early life
Burtka was born in Dearborn, Michigan, the son of Deborah A. Zajas (died 2008) and Daniel Burtka. He is of Polish descent. 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.
Personal life
Six months after Burtka's first How I Met Your Mother appearance, allegations arose that the actor had received the part because of a romantic relationship with one of the show's stars, actor Neil Patrick Harris. Speculation around this story eventually led Harris to acknowledge publicly that he himself was gay in a cover story in People Weekly Magazine. Burtka made no public response to the story, though later Harris stated that he and Burtka were moving in together.
Burtka and Harris attended the Emmy Awards in September 2007 as an openly acknowledged couple for the first time, an appearance that Harris discussed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Burtka's mother died of cancer in May 2008.
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 had been together since April 2004. Harris customarily referred to Burtka as "my better half" and "an amazing chef." Burtka and Harris became parents to fraternal twins who were born in October 2010, via a surrogate mother. Burtka, although not the biological father of his ex Lane Janger's children, who had also been born via surrogate, has remained close to them over the years.
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.
According to Harris, Burtka quit acting full-time to become a professional chef. 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 that he called "Gourmet M.D." Burtka did continue to act, including in It Shoulda Been You on Broadway in 2015.
Burtka's first cookbook, Life is a Party, a collection of recipes and tips on entertaining, was published in April 2019.
Acting career
Burtka made his television debut on The West Wing in 2002 as a guest star. This was followed by a few appearances on Crossing Jordan.
Burtka performed Tulsa in the 2003 revival of Gypsy, which starred Bernadette Peters. In Edward Albee's The Play About The Baby, he performed The Boy, the first male performer, for which he was honoured with the Clarence Derwent Award in 2001.
Burtka appeared in The Opposite of Sex in 2004 and reprised his role in the work's East Coast premiere in the summer of 2006.
Burtka appeared in seven episodes of How I Met Your Mother, starring "Scooter," Lily Aldrin's ex-boyfriend, who had yet to recover from their breakup. Burtka appeared in A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas as himself; in it, he also shared a scene with Neil Patrick Harris, which was reminiscent of his character from How I Met Your Mother.
Burtka appeared in Osiris Entertainment's 2013 film Annie and the Gypsy, as well as in the 2014 film Dance Off.
Burtka performed in a comedy play titled It Shoulda Been You, which was directed by David Hyde Pierce. He played the role of a Catholic fiancé of a Jewish bride, who was played by Sierra Boggess, whose wedding day was interrupted when her ex-boyfriend arrived late at the reception. Tyne Daly and Harriet Harris were among the additional cast members.