Carl/HIMYM

 is a minor recurring character featured in the CBS comedy series How I Met Your Mother. He was played by actor Joe Nieves and was introduced in the pilot episode of the series.

Biography
Carl was the night time bartender at an Irish pub known as MacLaren's in New York City. In 2005, Carl was dating a Lebanese woman named Yasmin. In October of that year, Carl hosted a Halloween costume party at the bar. Marshall Eriksen won the contest as a "gay pirate".

Carl also had to help a highly inebriated Ted Mosby find his way to a potential girlfriend's place. Fearing for Ted's safety, he wrote his telephone number down on Ted's arm and told him to call him if he got lost trying to get a cab. When Ted awakened in his bed the following morning, he found the number on his arm, but did not immediately recognize it as Carl's.

Marshall Eriksen suspected that Carl was a vampire, owing largely to the fact that he only worked nights and that he always dressed in black.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of was created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.

Appearances
Incomplete
 * How I Met Your Mother
 * "Pilot"