Actor Neil Patrick Harris is now one of America's top magicians, after he was voted onto the board of the Illustrious Magic Castle.

The How I Met Your Mother actor has been practicing illusions in his spare time for years - and now gets to sit with the top tricksters at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, the home of the Academy of Magic Arts.

Harris' appointment to the board of directors is a significant move - he is the first celebrity to be handed the honor since Cary Grant.

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