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Joshua Michael "Josh" Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American actor, producer, director, and writer, best known for portraying the main character Ted Mosby on the popular, Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, for which he has received worldwide fame and recognition. He made his writing and directorial debut with the 2010 comedy-drama film happythankyoumoreplease, for which he won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated the Grand Jury Prize. He is currently producing his second film, entitled Liberal Arts, which he again wrote and directed. Radnor was... MORE

Joshua Michael "Josh" Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American actor, producer, director, and writer, best known for portraying the main character Ted Mosby on the popular, Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, for which he has received worldwide fame and recognition. He made his writing and directorial debut with the 2010 comedy-drama film happythankyoumoreplease, for which he won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated the Grand Jury Prize. He is currently producing his second film, entitled Liberal Arts, which he again wrote and directed. Radnor was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Alan Radnor, a medical malpractice lawyer, and Carol Radnor. He has two sisters, Melanie and Joanna. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, where he attended Jewish day schools (including the Columbus Torah Academy). Radnor attended 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. In 2001 Radnor was LESS