Background
Radnor was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Carol Radnor (née Hirsch), a high school guidance counselor, and Alan Radnor, a medical malpractice lawyer
Radnor was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Carol Radnor (née Hirsch), a high school guidance counselor, and Alan Radnor, a medical malpractice lawyer
Kenyon College; Tisch School of the Arts.
In 2012, he wrote, directed and starred in his second film, Liberal Arts, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Festival. In January 2016 he starred as Doctor Jedediah Foster in the Public Broadcasting Service American Civil War drama series Mercy Street. Radnor has two sisters, Melanie Radnor and Joanna Radnor Vilensky.
He grew up in Bexley, Ohio, a small city nested inside Columbus.
Radnor went to Bexley High School and later Kenyon College, where his school"s theater department presented him with the Paul Newman Award and during which he spent a semester (Spring 1995) training at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O"Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut. He graduated from Kenyon with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama in 1996. Radnor received his Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from New York University"s Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts in 1999.
Radnor participated in an Israel experience program in Tzfat with Livnot U"Lehibanot in 1997. In 2001, Radnor was cast as the lead in The World Bank series Office Centre.
However, the role was re-cast with Eddie Kaye Thomas before the first episode aired.
In 2002, he made his Broadway debut in the stage version of The Graduate, succeeding Jason Biggs, opposite Kathleen Turner and Alicia Silverstone. In July 2008, he starred opposite Jennifer Westfeldt in the premiere of the play Finks, written by Joe Gilford and directed by Charlie Stratton for New York and Radnor made his directorial debut with the film Happythankyoumoreplease, in which he was also the writer and star.
His second film Liberal Arts, starring himself and Elizabeth Olsen, premiered at the Sundance Festival on January 22, 2012.
In 2014, it was announced that Radnor would appear in the broadway production of Disgraced, opening October 23, 2014 at the Lyceum Theatre (Broadway).