<P> Burtka made his Broadway debut as Tulsa in the 2003 revival of Gypsy starring 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> Burtka appeared in seven episodes of How I Met Your Mother, playing "Scooter", the former high school boyfriend of Lily (Alyson Hannigan), who still has not gotten over their breakup . Burtka made a cameo appearance in A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas as himself, sharing a scene with Neil Patrick Harris playing a part much like his character from How I Met Your Mother . </P> <P> Burtka starred in Osiris Entertainment's 2013 film Annie and the Gypsy and had a featured role in the 2014 film Dance Off . </P>

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