Barney Stinson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Barnabus "Barney" Stinson, Lorenzo Von Matterhorn, Swarley
fictional character In the American television series How I Met Your Mother
Key facts
- First appearance
- Pilot (2005)
- Last appearance
- Daddy (2023)
- Created by
- Carter Bays , Craig Thomas
- Portrayed by
- Neil Patrick Harris , Tanner Maguire , Riley Thomas Stewart
- Full name
- Barnabus Stinson
- Nicknames
- The Barnacle, Awesome, Swarley
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- PLEASE...! (Provide Legal Exculpation and Sign Everything) , FBI informant , Lifestyle blogger
- Family
- Loretta Stinson (mother), Jerome Whittaker (father), Cheryl Whittaker (step-mother), James Stinson (maternal half-brother), Jerome "J. J." Whittaker, Jr. (paternal half-brother), Carly Whittaker (paternal half-sister)
- Spouses
- Robin Scherbatsky ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2013 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2016 ) (broadcast ending) ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2013 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2016 ) ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2020 ) (Alternate DVD ending)
- Children
- Ellie Stinson (daughter, born 2020)
- Relatives
- Tom (brother-in-law), Eli Stinson (nephew), Sadie Stinson (niece), Leslie (cousin)
- Nationality
- American
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Given name
- Barney
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Spouse
- Robin Scherbatsky
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Creator
- Carter Bays
- Performer
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Image
- NeilPatrickHarrisHWOFSept2011.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- present in work
- How I Met Your Mother
- pseudonym
- Ted Mosby
- date of birth
- 1976-00-00
- nickname
- Swarley
- Commons category
- Barney Stinson
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Encyclopedic overview
Barney Stinson is a fictional character portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris and created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014).
One of the show's main characters, Barney is known for his witty and funny personality. He is womanizer known for his love of expensive suits, laser tag, and Scotch whisky. The character uses many 'plays' in his 'playbook' to help him have sex with women. In later seasons, he has a few serious relationships, then marries, divorces, and has a child with an unnamed woman from a one-night stand, and then marries the same woman again (as implied in the alternate ending). Barney's catchphrases included "Suit up!", “Go for Barney”, "What up?!", "Stinson out", "Legendary", "Wait for it" (often combining the two as "legen—wait for it—dary!"), "Daddy's home", "Haaaaave you met Ted", “True story”, “That’s the dream!”, "Challenge accepted", "Just.. just... okay?", and "I only have one rule." (that one rule is constantly changing).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barney Stinson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.