<P> Played by Joe Manganiello, Brad is a friend of Marshall from law school . Brad and Marshall begin to hang out after they both discover they are single, following breakups with their respective girlfriends, Kara and Lily . The bromance between Brad and Marshall becomes increasingly awkward after they go to brunch and a musical together . Eventually, Brad gets back together with his girlfriend . He attends Marshall's bachelor party and wedding and gets punched in the face by Barney when he tries to kiss Robin, although he bears no hard feelings . He appears in "The Stamp Tramp", claiming to be in need of help but later revealing that he is the opposition lawyer in a big court case, putting Marshall's job at risk . The trial takes place in "Twelve Horny Women" and Gruber Pharmaceuticals are found guilty but only have to pay $25,000, because the judge is biased due to his attraction to Brad; this leads to Marshall becoming a judge, as he realizes that is the position from which to effect the most change . His image appears in a flash forward in "Rally" when a news report shows him leading in exit polls over Marshall for New York State Supreme Court Judge in 2020 . </P> <Dl> <Dd> Appears in 7 episodes from "Natural History" to "Daisy" </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Appears in 7 episodes from "Natural History" to "Daisy" </Dd> <P> Played by Kyle MacLachlan, George van Smoot (known by his nickname "The Captain") is introduced as Zoey Pierson's husband at a gala at the Natural History Museum . He is obsessed with boats, an interest that Zoey does not share . Despite the Captain's frightening demeanor, such as the murderous look he has in his eyes, he proves to be generous, if rather strange; he is also seen to be somewhat shy because of the apparent age gap between him and most of Zoey's peers . While he comes to like Ted, Ted's fear of the Captain is exacerbated by the fact that Ted and Zoey are attracted to one another . Zoey eventually divorces the Captain and leaves him for Ted . A year after Ted breaks up with Zoey, the Captain unexpectedly runs into Ted, Robin and Lily at a gallery show . He reveals that he holds no hard feelings for Ted regarding his divorce with Zoey . During the gallery show, Lily's advice about artwork, while initially dismissed by the Captain, proves to be invaluable and the Captain ends up hiring Lily as his new art consultant in "The Ashtray". He announces his intention to move to Rome for a year and asks for Lily and her family to accompany him; following a fight between Marshall and Lily, they do live in Italy for a year . The Captain has three Olympic gold medals in fencing and ends up engaged to Becky . </P>

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