Everyone recognizes the large purple dinosaur, but not many people know the man inside the costume. David Joyner played Barney for 10 years on TV and in live performances, and dancing around in ...

Barney is back, and while Mattel has not yet ... So no beleaguered actor dressed up in a dinosaur costume marching around and singing to young kids. A spokesperson for Mattel told CNN that it ...

It came at a price." In another candid revelation, Lovato admitted to having a childhood crush on the actor inside the Barney ...

The popular Barney & Friends ran on PBS from 1992 until 2010, and the new series will premiere next year. Previously, the purple dinosaur was played by an actor in a costume, but this reboot will ...

At the height of the show’s popularity, the podcast shared, the cast and crew faced serious backlash over the kid-friendly purple dinosaur ... guy inside of the Barney costume was African ...

Joyner played the benevolent purple dinosaur on “Barney & Friends ... the Klan had found out that the guy inside of the Barney costume was African American, so they banned their kids from ...