Neil Patrick Harris is OUT 100's "Golden Boy"

OUT magazine continues to roll out the LGBT community's most influential people for the annual OUT 100 issue. Last week, it was a sneak peak at the "School Days"–themed portfolio with the honoree "most likely to reinvent," Chaz Bono.

This week, OUT brings you the 'great gay hope of dude-bro comedy,' Neil Patrick Harris. The 36-year-old "Golden Boy" wasn't the bad boy in high school, he tells the magazine. Instead, he spent his teen years between the set of Doogie Howser, M.D. and his Albuquerque residency as the drama school geek.

"That was a good clique to be in," says Harris, at the tail end of a year when he hosted telecasts of both the Tony and Emmy awards. "You were still liked." He pauses, quirking an eyebrow for his obligatory punchline: "Which in high school is kind of important."

Look for the December/January Out 100 issue, which features the full portfolio shot by photographer Jason Bell, to be in stores in mid-November.

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