Josh Radnor
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Radnor at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival
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Born | Joshua Thomas Radnor July 29, 1974 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
Alma mater | Kenyon College (BA) Tisch School of the Arts (M.A.) |
Occupation | Actor, film director, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 2000–present |
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Early life
Radnor was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Carol Radnor, 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.[2][3][4] 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.[5] 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.[5][6] Radnor participated in an Israel experience program in Tzfat with Livnot U'Lehibanot in 1997.[2]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.[7] 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 along side future co-star of How I Met Your Mother; Neil Patrick Harris.[8] Since 2005, Radnor has 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,[9] 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 also the writer and star.[10] His second film Liberal Arts, starring himself and Elizabeth Olsen, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2012.[11]In 2014, it was announced that Radnor would appear in the broadway production of "Disgraced," opening October 23, 2014 at the Lyceum Theatre (Broadway).[12]
Personal life
Radnor dated actress Lindsay Price from 2008 to 2009. They met when shooting the How I Met Your Mother episode "Spoiler Alert".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."[13]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Not Another Teen Movie | Tour Guide | |
2010 | Happythankyoumoreplease | Sam Wexler | Writer, director |
2012 | Liberal Arts | Jesse Fisher | Writer, director |
2013 | Afternoon Delight | Jeff |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | 208 episodes |
2007, 2009 | Family Guy | Ted Mosby (voice) | 2 episodes |
2011-2014 | Dangerous House | Theodore Bouvier (voice) |
Stage
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | The Graduate | Benjamin Braddock | Broadway adaptation of the 1967 film[14] |
2004 | The Paris Letter | Sam Arlen / Young Sandy | |
2011 | She Loves Me | Georg Nowack[14] | Roundabout Theatre Company |
Awards and nominations
Year | Title | Award | Result |
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2010 | Happythankyoumoreplease | Sundance Film Festival Audience Award | Won |
2010 | Happythankyoumoreplease | Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award | Nominated |
References
- "2012 Sundance Film Festival".
- Spence, Rebecca (2008-03-12). "Radnor: Not Your Average TV Star". The Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
- September 13, 2012 (2012-09-13). "Josh Radnor on Talmud and 'Liberal Arts' – The Arty Semite – Forward.com". Blogs.forward.com. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- "Josh Radnor: Heart versus head - 'its a big theme of my life' | The Jewish Chronicle". Thejc.com. 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
- "Josh Radnor: How I Met Your Mother on CBS".
- "NYU Graduate Acting Alumni". 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
- "Josh Radnor Trivia — Josh Radnor Facts — Josh Radnor Notes". Tv.com. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
- "New York Times, Theater".
- Cotter, James (2008-07-26). "article". Times Herald.[dead link]
- Angelo, Megan (2011-02-27). "How I Met Your City, the Real One," The New York Times.
- Kit, Borys (2011-03-23). "Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen Teaming for Indie 'Liberal Arts' (Exclusive)". The Holiday Reporter. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- Sobel, Jon (2014-06-10). "Josh Radnor to Appear in Pulitzer Winner 'Disgraced' on Broadway This Fall". Classicalite.com.
- Sachs, Mark. "Plenty of spots to meet". Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- "Josh Radnor". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
External links
Categories:
- 1974 births
- Male actors from Ohio
- American Jews
- American male film actors
- American male stage actors
- American male television actors
- American male voice actors
- Jewish American male actors
- Kenyon College alumni
- Living people
- Tisch School of the Arts alumni
- People from Columbus, Ohio
- People from Bexley, Ohio
- American comedians
- Jewish comedians
- 20th-century American male actors
- 21st-century American male actors
- Transcendental Meditation practitioners
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