10 Great TV Shows Starring The How I Met Your Mother Cast
8. A Series Of Unfortunate Events - Neil Patrick Harris
No actor was as popular as Neil Patrick Harris during How I Met Your Mother's long run, and Barney Stinson stands tall as one of the sitcom genre's most iconic and memorable creations.
It was no wonder, then, when the show ended and Harris's career reached new heights. Not only did he win a Tony in 2014, but he started headlining the fantastic and constantly underrated dramedy A Series of Unfortunate Events, a show almost tailor-made for the actor's boundless charisma and uncanny knack for theatrics.
Harris plays Count Olaf, an entertainingly vicious actor desperate to secure a vast family fortune from the orphaned Baudelaire children, who uncover a tangled web of secrets linking their parents and Olaf to a mysterious secret society.
Relentlessly funny, energetic and thrilling, A Series of Unfortunate Events makes perfect use of Harris's talents, and later features HIMYM co-star Cobie Smulders in a recurring role. It's strange, fun and moving, and begs to be seen.