Josh Radnor

Joshua Thomas Radnor was born on July 29, 1974, in Columbus, Ohio. He was raised in Bexley, Ohio, attending Orthodox Jewish day schools before graduating from Bexley High School. He pursued higher education at Kenyon College, earning a B.A. in Drama in 1996, and later received his Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from New York University’s Graduate Acting Program in 1999. His early career saw him make his Broadway debut in “The Graduate” in 2002 and star in “The Paris Letter” in 2004.

Radnor gained widespread recognition for his starring role as Ted Mosby in the nine-season CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” which ran from 2005 to 2014. During this period, he also ventured into filmmaking, writing and directing his debut film “Happythankyoumoreplease” in 2010, which received the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award. His second directorial effort, “Liberal Arts,” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, where he also starred. He continued his work in theater, appearing in the Broadway production of “Disgraced” from 2014 to 2015.

Following “How I Met Your Mother,” Radnor took on diverse roles, including Dr. Jedediah Foster in the PBS drama series “Mercy Street” (2016–2017) and Lou Mazzuchelli in the musical series “Rise” (2018). He expanded his artistic endeavors into music, forming the band Radnor and Lee with Ben Lee, releasing their debut album in 2017 and a second album, “Golden State,” in 2020. He also released solo EPs “One More Then I’ll Let You Go” in 2021 and “Eulogy, Vol. 1” in 2023. More recently, he appeared in the Amazon Prime series “Hunters” (2020–2023), voiced a character in the Netflix animated series “Centaurworld” (2021), and held a recurring role in “Fleishman Is in Trouble” (2022). In 2024, Radnor returned to the stage in the play “The Ally” at The Public Theater.