Early life

Radnor was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Carol Radnor (née Hirsch), a high school guidance counselor, and Alan Radnor, a medical malpractice lawyer. Radnor has two sisters, Melanie Radnor and Joanna Radnor Vilensky. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio, a small city nested inside Columbus. Radnor 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 during which he spent a semester (Spring 1995) training at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. He graduated from Kenyon with a B.A. in Drama in 1996. 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 1999. 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. In 2004, Radnor starred in The Paris Letter alongside future co-star of How I Met Your Mother; Neil Patrick Harris. From 2005 to 2014, Radnor starred in How I Met Your Mother, his biggest 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 writer and star. His second film Liberal Arts, starring himself and Elizabeth Olsen, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2012.

In 2014, it was announced that Radnor would appear in the broadway production of Disgraced, opening October 23, 2014 at the Lyceum Theatre (Broadway).

Personal life

In 2008, Radnor told the Los Angeles Times, "I do Transcendental Meditation, and part of the reason I chose my house is that I thought it would be a great place to meditate."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Not Another Teen Movie	Tour Guide
2010	Happythankyoumoreplease	Sam Wexler	Writer, director
2012	Liberal Arts	Jesse Fisher	Writer, director
2013	Afternoon Delight	Jeff
2013	The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden	John Garth	Voice
2016	The Seeker	TBD

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	3 episodes
2003	ER	Keith	Episode: "The Advocate"
2003	Six Feet Under	Will Jaffe	Episode: "The Trap"
2003	Miss Match	Andrew	Episode: "I Got You Babe"
2005	Judging Amy	Justin Barr	Episode: "Too Little, Too Late"
2005-2014	How I Met Your Mother	Ted Mosby	Main role (208 episodes)
2007-2009	Family Guy	Ted Mosby (voice)	2 episodes
2016	Mercy Street	Jedediah Foster

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Graduate	Benjamin Braddock
2004	The Paris Letter	Sam Arlen / Young Sandy
2011	She Loves Me	Georg Nowack	Roundabout Theatre Company
2014-2015	Disgraced	Isaac	Lyceum Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Award	Result
2010	Happythankyoumoreplease	Sundance Film Festival Audience Award	Won
2010	Happythankyoumoreplease	Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award	Nominated

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