From 2007 to 2019, Parsons played Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. [2][3][4] He has received various awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series [5] and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy.

Sheldon Lee Cooper, [4] [5] Ph.D., Sc.D., [6] is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists in the 2007–2019 CBS television series The Big Bang Theory and its 2017–2024 spinoff series Young Sheldon, portrayed by actors Jim Parsons and Iain Armitage respectively (with Parsons as the latter series' narrator). [7]

Next to his best friend Leonard Hofstadter, he's the main protagonist of The Big Bang Theory and the titular protagonist of Young Sheldon. Originally from East Texas, Sheldon started college at the age of 11 in 1991, receiving his first Ph.D. at the age of 16.

Dr. Sheldon Cooper BS, MS, MA, PhD, and ScD is a theoretical physicist at Caltech who is married to neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler, with whom he now lives in Apartment 4B after years of sharing an apartment with his best friend and colleague, Leonard Hofstadter.

Young Sheldon is an American prequel sitcom series to The Big Bang Theory created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro. Its pilot episode debuted as a sneak preview on September 25, 2017, and it began airing after The Big Bang Theory on CBS on Thursdays, November 2, 2017 and ended with its seventh...

Jul 13, 2016 · If you've seen any episodes of the hit sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," then you're familiar with Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Here's how to understand the antics of an eccentric genius.

5 days ago · LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 15, 2013 - CBS TV comedy series The Big Bang Theory's cast - Lt to Rt: Mayi - Source: Getty. Sheldon Cooper is a lot of things: a genius, a theoretical physicist, a Star Trek-quoting machine, and, let’s be honest, one of the most unbearable characters in sitcom history.Yet, despite, or maybe because of, his insufferable tendencies, we can’t stop watching him.

4 days ago · Hilarious and underrated Sheldon moments from seasons 1 through 9!Subscribe now:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCxmzh3f-wwRZ-bEdLb80OgStream on MAXhttps://...

Mar 4, 2025 · The absence of Paige Swanson on The Big Bang Theory left all but the most loyal Young Sheldon viewers questioning why such a central character in Sheldon's adolescence was never mentioned in the parent series. While she is portrayed as one of Sheldon's most similarly intelligent classmates, Paige's story remains confined to Young Sheldon, causing speculation about her final fate.

Aspiring film actress Penny moves into a Pasadena apartment across the hall from brilliant, but socially awkward, physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter and shows them how little they know about life outside of the lab.