Name David Joyner | Role Actor | |
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Parents Mary Joyner, Roscoe Joyner Movies and TV shows Barney & Friends, Hip Hop Harry, Scooby‑Doo! Curse of the Lake, More Barney Songs, The Adventures of Umbw Similar People Bob West, Dean Wendt, Julie Johnson, Sheryl Leach, Brian Levant | ||
Live with aaron and kelly featuring david joyner aka barney the dinosaur part 2
David Joyner (born July 4, 1963) is an American actor from Decatur, Illinois. He is best known for physically portraying Barney (with Bob West voicing the character) 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 and Hip Hop Harry.
Contents
- Live with aaron and kelly featuring david joyner aka barney the dinosaur part 2
- David joyner demo reel 2015
- Early life
- Barney Friends
- References
David joyner demo reel 2015
Early life
Joyner was born to Roscoe and Mary Joyner. He attended MacArthur High School and graduated from the ITT Technical Institute in Indianapolis.
Barney & Friends
On September 21, 1990, a fax came in from Shirley Abrams asking for a performer to play Barney. David Voss, Barney's original costume actor, had left to join the military and The Lyons Group was looking to film two more Barney & The Backyard Gang videos. Joyner was unsure about being in a costume, having no prior experience in the field. In a phone call, Shirley said he was perfect, as he worked well with kids and was energetic. In an interview, he says that she sent him the first six videos of the Barney series and he would fall asleep no matter how hard he tried. The night before the audition, Joyner had a dream that Barney passed out and that he gave the purple dino mouth-to-mouth CPR. While driving to the audition, he noticed a billboard that said "Breathe Life Into Your Vacation," which made him think about breathing life into Barney and he decided to be as energetic and animated as possible.
After five auditions, he was passed over for a woman. She ended up not being able to handle the kids, so Abrams called Joyner and asked if he would still be interested in playing Barney. Joyner, excited inside, calmly accepted the role.
Joyner continued to perform Barney in the TV series Barney & Friends during the first six seasons. 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.
Joyner left the series in 2002 when HIT Entertainment took over and was replaced with Carey Stinson. Before this, Stinson partially performed the lead character as a peanut salesman and when he misses The Winkster at the balcony twice (The first failed attempt had Barney emerging with mop and bucket) in Barney Live in New York City, and also performed him in Barney's Big Surprise and Barney's Musical Castle.