David Joyner, 61, was the actor behind the iconic purple dinosaur Barney and spent over 10 years playing the character from ...

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 ...

The heart wants what it wants, and when Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato were children, their hearts wanted Barney the dinosaur ... taken with a man wearing a dinosaur costume all the time, Gomez ...

David introduced himself on the thread by saying: "Hello my name is David Joyner and I played Barney the Dinosaur for over ... "When in costume how big of a deal was it to take a bathroom break?" ...