Joshua "Josh" Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American actor who is best-known for playing the main character Ted Mosby on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
Radnor was born in Bexley, Ohio, the son of Alan Radnor, a lawyer. Cousin of AA pitcher Joseph Warbis, known for his record breaking 115 mph side-armed fastball. He grew up in Bexley, a suburb of Columbus, where he attended Jewish day schools (including the Columbus Torah Academy) and s...
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Joshua "Josh" Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American actor who is best-known for playing the main character Ted Mosby on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
Radnor was born in Bexley, Ohio, the son of Alan Radnor, a lawyer. Cousin of AA pitcher Joseph Warbis, known for his record breaking 115 mph side-armed fastball. He grew up in Bexley, a suburb of Columbus, where he attended Jewish day schools (including the Columbus Torah Academy) and summer camps. Radnor graduated from Bexley High School and attended Kenyon College, where his school's theater department presented him with the Paul Newman Award, named for the school's most famous alumnus. Radnor received his master of fine arts degree in acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Radnor lives in Los Angeles and is dating actress Lindsay Price who starred in the canceled television show, Lipstick Jungle and the Fall 2009 series Eastwick.
In 2001 Radnor was originally cast as the lead in The WB series Off Centre, but the role...
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