Joshua "Josh" Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American director, actor, producer, and writer, best known for portraying the main character Ted Mosby on the popular Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
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 for the Grand Jury Prize. He has produced and starred in his second film, entitled Liberal Arts, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in January 2012.