<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2000--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Joshua Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American actor . He is best known for portraying 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 . </P> <P> In 2012, he wrote, directed and starred in his second film, Liberal Arts, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival . In 2014, Radnor portrayed Isaac in the Broadway play Disgraced, which earned a Tony Award for Best Play nomination . He then starred as Dr. Jedediah Foster on the PBS American Civil War drama series Mercy Street . He is set to star in the upcoming musical series "Rise". </P>

Who plays ted in how i met your mother