Barney Stinson

Barney Stinson is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris. Barney Stinson is one of five main characters on the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother. Opposed to his claimed best friend, Ted Mosby (who almost every time Barney says so corrects him that Marshall is actually Ted's best friend), who wants to settle down, Stinson offers m... more

Barney Stinson is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris. Barney Stinson is one of five main characters on the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother. Opposed to his claimed best friend, Ted Mosby (who almost every time Barney says so corrects him that Marshall is actually Ted's best friend), who wants to settle down, Stinson offers many strategies designed to help Ted meet women. Through several seasons of the show, four of the main characters were couples, as Ted began dating Robin Scherbatsky and Ted's roommate Marshall Eriksen became engaged (and later married) to Lily Aldrin. This left Stinson the only single character, and, according to Neil Patrick Harris, who portrays the character, Stinson was "resentful" that the other characters had paired up. Harris was invited to audition for the character by Megan Branman, the casting director for the show. He assumed that he... less