- Born
- Birth nameJoshua Thomas Radnor
- Height5′ 11¼″ (1.81 m)
- Josh 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. Josh 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.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseJordana Jacobs(January 6, 2024 - present)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsAlan RadnorCarol Radnor
- RelativesMelanie Radnor(Sibling)Joanna Radnor Vilensky(Sibling)
- In his autobiography, Neil Patrick Harris, said that Radnor's seriousness as a person made "How I Met Your Mother" work because it grounded the show, which otherwise would have been akin to "The Simpsons" as a live-action cartoon. Harris noted that when his real-life close friend Katy Perry, did a cameo appearance on the show, she introduced herself to Radnor, and after she went to rehearse her lines Radnor shocked Harris by asking "Who is that?" and then confirming he didn't know anything about the super-famous Perry.
- Made his Broadway debut in 2002 in the stage version of The Graduate (1967), starring opposite Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverstone.
- Attended Kenyon College with author John Green.
- His favorite films include The Breakfast Club (1985), Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), Tootsie (1982), The Lives of Others (2006) and Happiness (1998).
- He is of mostly Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and also has Irish ancestry, from his paternal grandfather.
- Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them.
- It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.
- We're like a gardener with a hose and our attention is water - we can water flowers or we can water weeds.
- Cynicism is kind of like folding your arms and stepping back and commenting on things, like the old guys in 'The Muppets,' just throwing out comments all the time, whereas there are other people on the ground really trying to affect things and improve their lives and the lives of other people. I think it's noble and I think it's cool.
- It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we'd prefer not to be.
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