How I Met Your Father Cast & Character Guide
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for How I Met Your Father
The long-anticipated new series has arrived and the How I Met Your Father cast has some big shoes to fill as they expand the How I Met Your Mother franchise. The How I Met Your Mother characters have lived on in the public consciousness since the show ended in 2014 after nine seasons. With the long-rumored How I Met Your Father characters now fully revealed on screen, this cast of characters could end up defining TV for many seasons to come if the show is as successful as its predecessor.
Following the formula from the original How I Met Your Mother, How I Met Your Father is framed through the older version of Sophie telling her child the story of how she met their father. The storytelling is split between the narrative framing in 2050 and the present-day story that sees season 1 set in 2022. While How I Met Your Mother waited until the final moments of season 8 to introduce Cristin Milioti as the mother, Tracy McConnell, How I Met Your Father has already stated that the father appears in the first episode, making the early How I Met Your Father cast crucial to the show’s longevity.
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When How I Met Your Mother first aired, the cast was comprised of a mix of well-known and almost unknown names. While Alyson Hannigan was known from Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Neil Patrick Harris was known from Doogie Howser, M.D., other actors became household names because of How I Met Your Mother with Jason Segal going on to pursue a wealth of his own projects and Cobie Smulders even joining the MCU as Agent Maria Hill. How I Met Your Father is taking a similar tactic with some well-known names and some actors for
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