Full name: Theodore Evelyn MosbyDate of birth: April 25, 1978 (33 y-old; around 52 when narrating) (In season 4 episode 24 his birthday is in May) In Season 4 Episode 9 The Naked Man Ted walks into the apartment to find a goat, the date at the bottom of the screen reads May 8th which we know to have been his birthday.Occupation: Architect; Professor of ArchitectureHISTORY:Ted Mosby is the central character and narrator on How I Met Your Mother.Ted is from Shaker Heights, Ohio.He is the son of Virginia and Alfred Mosby. Ted complains that he doesn't really talk about anything with his parents, a fact that is emphasized when he learns that his parents got divorced around nine months before the episode Brunch (2.03) without telling him. He cites this negligence as one motivation for telling his children the full story of how he met their mother.Ted has a younger sister named Heather, who was rebellious and impulsive when she was younger. She once sold Ted's couch and TV for tickets to a Nine Inch Nails concert in Spain. Ted has trouble trusting in the fact that she has out-grown this sort of behavior.In the year 2030, he has two children (daughter and son, names unknown) by the character commonly known as The Mother, whose identity is as yet unknown.He is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he studied architecture. On his first day, he met his best friend, Marshall, as well as his closest girl friend, Lily (Marshall's girlfriend and eventual wife).While in college, Ted had a radio persona named Dr. X, which he claimed reported on key social issues on campus, but was really more of an outlet for his own frustrations. Lily and Marshall both claim that no one listened to the show.PERSONAL:After Marshall and Lily get engaged, Ted becomes very motivated to find The One. He is very romantic.One of his closest friends is Barney Stinson, who he met in a bathroom.Met Victoria, a baker, at a wedding, whom he dated for two months before she accepted a two-year baking fellowship in Germany. Both attempted a long-distance relationship, which quickly fell apart.Is very close with Robin Scherbatsky; they dated for a year before breaking up due to wanting different things. Now his roommate and all-around pal, she is his back-up wife if he does not get married by the time he's 40. This agreement is later voided by Ted.Got a butterfly tramp stamp tattoo when he got drunk after breaking up with Robin.Was briefly engaged to Stella, a laser surgeon he went to to get his tattoo removed. She left him at the altar to go back to Tony, her old boyfriend and the father of her daughter.Ted claims to be ''vomit-free since '93. Later proven to be false though.He knows American Sign Language.Loves when women grab for the check on first dates.Has a strong tendency to correct everything that people say.Owns a blue Toyota Camry Hybrid ( he sold it and gave the money to Marshall to pay for an apartment).Has a strong belief in The Bro Code Had a yellow umbrella, that he took form the St. Paddy's day party. Then, later, left it in the mothers apartment. (It was her umbrella, she left it at the st. paddy's day party).His favorite movie is Star Wars. His favorite book is Love in the time of cholera.Hates New Jersey for no apparent reason.After Ted failed as an architect, Tony, his ex-fiancee's boyfriend, got him a job teaching architecture at Columbia.During season 6 Ted starts explaining that he meets their mother at a wedding (S6E17). During the season finale we find out that it is (wait for it) Barney and Robin's wedding. Show less «