Josh Radnor

Joshua "Josh" Radnor (born July 29, 1974) plays Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother. He has appeared on other TV shows, such as The Court, Judging Amy, and Family Guy. He wrote, directed, and starred in two films, Happythankyoumoreplease and Liberal Arts.

Early life[]

Radnor was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Carol Radnor, a high school guidance counselor, and Alan Radnor, a medical malpractice lawyer. He has two sisters, Melanie Radnor and Joanna Radnor Vilensky. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio, a small city nested inside Columbus. He attended Orthodox Jewish day schools (including the Columbus Torah Academy) and was raised in Conservative Judaism. Radnor went to Bexley High School and later Kenyon College, where his school's theater department presented him with the Paul Newman Award, and he graduated with a B.A. in Drama. Radnor received his Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. Radnor participated in an Israel experience program in Tzfat with Livnot U'Lehibanot in 1997.

Career[]

In 2001, Radnor was cast as the lead in The WB series Off Centre. However, the role was re-cast with Eddie Kaye Thomas before the first episode aired. In 2002 he made his Broadway debut in the stage version of The Graduate, succeeding Jason Biggs, opposite Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverstone. From 2005 to 2014, Radnor has starred in How I Met Your Mother, his biggest and best known role to date. In July 2008, he starred opposite Jennifer Westfeldt in the premiere of the play Finks, written by Joe Gilford and directed by Charlie Stratton for New York Stage and Film. Radnor made his directorial debut with the film Happythankyoumoreplease, in which he was also the writer and star. His second film Liberal Arts, starring himself and Elizabeth Olsen, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2012. In 2018, he recently played as Lou Mazzuchelli in NBC musical drama series Rise.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Not Another Teen Movie	Tour Guide
2004	Everyday Life	Husband	TV movie
2010	Happythankyoumoreplease	Sam Wexler	Also writer and director
2012	Liberal Arts	Jesse Fisher	Also writer and director
2013	Afternoon Delight	Jeff
2013	The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden	John Garth	Voice Only

Television[]


Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Welcome to New York	Doug	Episode: "The Crier"
2002	Law & Order	Robert Kitson	Episode: "Access Nation"
2002	The Court	Dylan Hirsch	Episode: "Life Sentence" Episode: "Due Process" Episode: "Stay"
2003	ER	Keith	Episode: "The Advocate"
	Six Feet Under	Will Jaffe	Episode: "The Trap"
	Miss Match	Andrew	Episode: "I Got You Babe"
2005	Judging Amy	Justin Barr	Episode: "Too Little, Too Late"
2007	Family Guy	Ted Mosby	Episode: "No Chris Left Behind"
2005-2014	How I Met Your Mother	Ted Mosby	Lead Role - 208 episodes
2018	Rise	Lou Mazzuchelli	Lead Role - 10 episodes

Stage[]


Year	Play	Role	Notes
2001	The Paris Letter	Anton	Played opposite Neil Patrick Harris.
2002	The Graduate	Benjamin Braddock
2003	Eight Days (Backwards)	Unknown	Vineyard Theater
2008	Finks	Mickey Dobbs	Vassar College
2011	She Loves Me	Georg Novak	Stephen Sondheim Theater (Benefit Performance only)
2014 - 2015	Disgraced	Isaac	Lyceum Theater (Broadway) Ending 1 March 2015
2016	She Loves Me	Georg Novak	Roundabout Theater Company (Broadway)

Notes and Trivia[]

Like his character Ted in the series, Josh Radnor also comes from Ohio.
Before the series began, Josh Radnor worked with Neil Patrick Harris in the world premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's play The Paris Letter.
Josh and Cobie Smulders were cast first.
Dated Lindsay Price from August 2008 to late 2009. They met while shooting for the season 3 episode Spoiler Alert in which Lindsay guest starred as Cathy, a love interest of Ted.
His western zodiac sign is Leo and his Chinese zodiac sign is a Tiger.