List of How I Met Your Mother characters
The main characters are: Ted Mosby, a romantic searching for "The One"; Barney Stinson, a womanizer; Robin Scherbatsky, a journalist who moved to New York in 2005; and Marshall Eriksen and Lily Aldrin, a long-term couple. Although the show is based around The Mother, her first appearance is not until the season eight finale.
Josh Radnor
Joshua Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. 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.