Neil Patrick Harris is officially heading to FX's American Horror Story: Freak Show for a key role in the final two episodes of the season, and he will also be joined by none other than his husband.

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Harris and husband David Burtka have signed on for roles at the end of Freak Show's 13 episode run, according to a new TVLine report. Harris is set to play a "chameleon salesman" and will be appearing in the final two episodes of the season. Meanwhile, Burtka will only be in the season finale in a "sexy" storyline with Elsa (Jessica Lange).

There is no indication yet if Harris and Burtka's characters will have any connection to each other.

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Harris' role may have something do with magic, based on AHS co-creator Ryan Murphy's comments to Entertainment Weekly earlier in the month.

"Yeah I spoke to Neil last week. He sort of had an idea of what he wanted to do, and I had an idea that he liked," Murphy said. "So I'm going to call him next week. If I can make it work, it will be something that shoots at the end. He's very interested in the show and obviously Neil is a magician and likes all that magic stuff. So he's fascinated with that. We're trying to make it work. I'm optimistic."

Murphy had originally tried to get Harris and Burtka in Season 1 of American Horror Story in the gay couple roles that would eventually go to Zachary Quinto and Teddy Sears.

American Horror Story: Freak Show airs Wednesday nights at 10/9c on FX.

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