From 2007 to 2019, he played Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, winning four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

He was propelled to international fame and acclaim three years later when he starred as Sheldon in the award-winning sitcom, The Big Bang Theory (2007).

Nov 6, 2025 · Jim Parsons is an American actor who is best known for his starring role as the socially challenged, brilliant, and astonishingly self-centered theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper on the TV …

Jul 18, 2021 · Parsons’s first appearance as Sheldon Lee Cooper was in September 2007. He played the role of a genius who worked as a theoretical physicist in Caltech. His portrayal of the character …

Jan 24, 2024 · Although he's worked on both stage and screen, Jim Parsons is best known for his dozen years playing Sheldon Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory."

Jun 23, 2020 · In September 2007, Parsons made his first appearance as theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory. He and co-star Johnny Galecki, Sheldon's roommate Leonard, had …

The character of Sheldon Cooper was inspired by a computer programmer personally known to series co-creator Bill Prady. [15] He and his friend Leonard Hofstadter are named in honor of …

Dec 10, 2025 · For seven seasons, actor Iain Armitage, 17, played the titular character of Sheldon Cooper in the hit CBS family sitcom Young Sheldon.

Mar 24, 1973 · Jim Parsons is an American television and film actor, best known for playing Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory.

James Joseph "Jim" Parsons (born March 24, 1973, Houston, Texas) is an American television and film actor best known for playing the super genius Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang …