David Joyner (actor)

David Joyner
Born David Eugene Joyner
(1963-07-04) July 4, 1963
Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1990–present
Notable work Barney & Friends
Barney and the Backyard Gang

David Eugene Joyner (born July 4, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for physically portraying Barney (with Bob West voicing the character)[1] from 1991 to late 2001 on the children's television show Barney & Friends and its predecessor Barney and the Backyard Gang during the last two videos[2] and Hip Hop Harry.[3]

Early life

Joyner was born to Roscoe and Mary Joyner. He attended MacArthur High School and graduated with a degree in electronic engineering technology from the ITT Technical Institute in Indianapolis.[4][5] He worked as a software analyst for Texas Instruments for six years.[6]

Barney & Friends

Joyner originally auditioned for the role in 1990, replacing Barney's original costume actor, David Voss.[7][6] Joyner was originally cast as the back-up performer, but took over the role after the actress originally chosen had difficulty staying in the costume for long periods of time.[8]

Joyner was originally cast to play Barney in two Barney & The Backyard Gang home videos, but continued to perform Barney in the TV series Barney & Friends during the first six seasons, as well as in live performances.[8] After the fourth-season episode "Let's Eat", he left to film Barney's Great Adventure and was replaced with Josh Martin and Maurice Scott for the rest of the season. Joyner returned to perform Barney in Barney in Outer Space in 1998.

Joyner left the series in 2002 when HIT Entertainment took over Lyrick Studios and was replaced with Carey Stinson.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theater

References

  1. ↑ "Bob West - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Epstein, Leonora. "10 Things You Never Knew About The Man Who Played Barney". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Vorel, Jim (19 August 2011). "Energetic David Joyner a natural TV talent as Barney, Hip Hop Harry". Herald & Review. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Vorel, Jim (19 August 2011). "Energetic David Joyner a natural TV talent as Barney, Hip Hop Harry". Herald & Review. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Monifa, Akilah (4 July 2017). "Black History 'Erryday': Happy Birthday David 'Barney' Joyner". Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. 1 2 Snyder, Chris. "This man played Barney the dinosaur for 10 years — here's what it was like." Business Insider. 2 Jun 2017. Retrieved from https://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-man-who-played-barney-the-purple-dinosaur-for-10-years-david-joyner-interview-2017-5, 24 Jan 2018.
  7. ↑ "On the set of Barney". ew.com. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  8. 1 2 "UTG INTERVIEW: David Joyner, The Man Inside Barney". Under the Gun Review. Retrieved 5 January 2017.



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