What's The Cast Of The Big Bang Theory Doing Today?
How have the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" been spending their days? You might be surprised to find out which two stars have gone from physicists to supervillains.
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00:00How have the cast of The Big Bang Theory been spending their days? You might be surprised
00:05to find out which two stars have gone from physicists to supervillains.
00:09Affectionately known as Meemaw in the show, Constance Connie Tucker is the grandmother
00:13of Sheldon Cooper. A deeply protective and loving character, she was first introduced
00:18in 2016 in the season 9 episode, The Meemaw Materialization, in which she comes to visit
00:23her grandson to meet Amy. This is her only on-screen appearance in the show, although
00:28a younger incarnation of the character does return in Young Sheldon, played by Annie
00:32Potts.
00:33June Squibb is the actor responsible for portraying Meemaw in The Big Bang Theory. Prior to appearing
00:38in the series, her most famous role was probably in the 2013 film Nebraska, a performance that
00:44earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In recent years,
00:48she's voiced characters in Disney animated films such as Toy Story 4, and has continued
00:53to be a regular face on television as well, with numerous guest appearances on shows like
00:57Good Girls.
00:59Melissa Missy Cooper, Sheldon's sister, is another important Big Bang Theory character
01:03who has a very limited number of appearances in the show. Although she's mentioned many
01:07times, she's only directly involved in two episodes. She's first introduced in the season
01:131 episode, The Porkchop Indeterminacy, in which she visits Sheldon, but her next in-person
01:17appearance doesn't come until The Bowtie Asymmetry some ten seasons later, before a small appearance
01:22at her brother's wedding.
01:24Outside of The Big Bang Theory, actor Courtney Hengler will be familiar to fans of the Netflix
01:28series Cobra Kai, in which she plays karate kid protagonist Daniel LaRusso's wife, Amanda.
01:33She's also had recent roles in films like Tyler Perry's romantic comedy Nobody's Fool,
01:38and onstage in productions such as 2023's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
01:42It's nuts. I don't know why I signed on for this. I love that I signed on for this, but
01:46I'm like, I can't believe I'm doing this right now. This is nuts.
01:49Jerry O'Connell plays Sheldon's older brother, George, who doesn't make his debut in the
01:53sitcom until season 11, first showing up in The Sibling Realignment. Despite making
01:58a success of his own business, Georgie expresses resentment at the way Sheldon has treated
02:03his family, although the pair reconcile and the character appears in the next episode
02:07when Sheldon marries Amy. Georgie later appears in season 12 during a webcam chat with Sheldon
02:12as they discuss a childhood friend named Tim.
02:16Having begun his career at a young age, O'Connell had his first major film role in 1986 in the
02:21Stephen King adaptation Stand By Me. In his adult life, he has had roles in the likes
02:25of Jerry Maguire and played Stephen Birch in Billions. Since 2021, O'Connell has also
02:31been one of the permanent co-hosts of the CBS daytime show The Talk, having replaced
02:36Sharon Osbourne.
02:37I like to, I like to have a good time.
02:40Sarah Gilbert's Leslie Winkle is a regular character through the early seasons of The
02:44Big Bang Theory, appearing for the first time in season 1, episode 3. She appears throughout
02:49the second and third seasons before largely disappearing from the show. A scientist at
02:54Caltech, she works with Leonard and dates both him and Howard for short periods of time.
02:59She can often be seen using lab equipment to cook her food and is friendly toward basically
03:03everyone except for Sheldon.
03:06Gilbert is most famous as a regular on both Roseanne and its more recent spinoff, The
03:09Conners, playing Darlene Conner-Healy. Her performance across the two shows has earned
03:14her several Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She was one of the hosts of The Talk for nearly
03:19a decade beginning in 2010, and had a role in the 2023 comedy movie 80 for Brady.
03:25Mary Cooper, played by Laurie Metcalf in The Big Bang Theory, is Sheldon's mother. In total,
03:29Mary appears in 14 episodes of the show, making her first appearance in the fourth-ever episode.
03:35Despite being a loving and caring mother, she is something of a religious fanatic and
03:39can be bigoted.
03:40An experienced actor and comedian, Metcalf has been nominated for a plethora of awards
03:44throughout her career, including Primetime Emmy Awards and an Academy Award for her role
03:49in Lady Bird in 2017. Perhaps best known for her performance as Jackie Harris in Roseanne,
03:54she later reprised the part for the spinoff series, The Conners. In 2022, Metcalf had
03:59an Emmy-winning guest role in two episodes of Hacks, and she also voices Andy's mom in
04:04the Toy Story franchise.
04:06Laura Spencer's Emily Sweeney first appears in The Friendship Turbulence as a woman who
04:10contacts Raj through an online dating site. Over the course of the next few seasons, she
04:15appears in a total of 17 episodes, dating Raj and then Gary. A self-confessed fan of
04:20horror films, she has a dark sense of humor and prefers the original gruesome fairy tales
04:25to the modern, family-friendly Disney movies.
04:28Spencer first gained fame after appearing in 34 episodes of the web series, The Lizzie
04:32Bennett Diaries. She became a regular on television during her tenure on The Big Bang Theory as
04:37she simultaneously portrayed intern Jessica Warren on Bones. Her work has seemingly been
04:42limited over the last few years, with the actor only appearing in a single episode of
04:46Reservation Dogs and the disaster film 13 Minutes in 2021.
04:51Stuart Bloom, played by actor Kevin Sussman, is a major character in The Big Bang Theory
04:55and a constant presence starting from season two. He dates both Penny and Amy at different
05:00points and is the owner of the Comic Center of Pasadena, making him a friend to Sheldon
05:04and the rest of the main group.
05:06Sussman has had a busy few years since The Big Bang Theory came to an end. He had a two-episode
05:11role on the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul, playing a victim of one of the
05:14protagonist's scams. That same year, in 2022, he also appeared in The Dropout, playing a
05:20researcher at the pharmaceutical company Theranos. The actor also appeared in a couple episodes
05:25of Call Me Kat and will play Walter in the upcoming Apple TV Plus drama series, Lessons
05:30in Chemistry.
05:31Early on in The Big Bang Theory, it appeared as if Sheldon would never find love. But then
05:36came Amy Farrah Fowler, played by Mayim Bialik, his match in almost every sense. A neurobiologist,
05:42she makes her debut in The Lunar Excitation in season three and quickly becomes a regular.
05:47Appearing in more than 200 episodes of the show, Amy has a strong relationship with Sheldon
05:51from the very beginning, and the pair eventually marry during the season 11 finale. Bialik,
05:56who has a PhD in neuroscience in real life, was nominated for a series of awards for her
06:01performance on the show and has been in high demand since.
06:11She stars in the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat, and following the death of Alex Trebek, Bialik
06:16was announced as one of the new permanent hosts for the popular game show Jeopardy,
06:20following a temporary stint behind the lectern. She also hosts her own podcast, Mayim Bialik's
06:25Breakdown, every Tuesday, in which she discusses mental health.
06:29Bernadette is another main character from The Big Bang Theory who comes in a bit later
06:33on. Played by Melissa Rauch, she makes her first appearance in the season three episode
06:37The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary and quickly begins a relationship with Howard Wolowitz.
06:42She eventually achieves a PhD and starts a family with Howard.
06:46Rauch made her breakthrough with The Big Bang Theory, but she has continued to find success
06:50since the show ended. Her most notable role has been in the NBC sitcom revival Night Court,
06:55where she plays Judge Abby Stone. She has also voiced a number of characters in various
06:59films and television series, ranging from Harley Quinn in Batman and Harley Quinn to
07:04Bo's mom Beth in Firebuds.
07:06Rauch is one of the five primary characters who are present from the very beginning of
07:10The Big Bang Theory. Played by Kunal Nayyar, he's Howard's best friend and works at Caltech
07:15as an astrophysicist. Rauch often finds himself physically incapable of speaking to women,
07:20which causes him to struggle in establishing meaningful relationships, except with Howard,
07:25despite the actor's good looks.
07:31After the end of The Big Bang Theory, Nayyar landed a number of roles. He's provided the
07:35voice of Guy Diamond in the Trolls franchise since 2016, and had a role in Think Like a
07:39Dog in 2020. He's set to appear in the upcoming Netflix film Spaceman, ever since being announced
07:45as part of the cast in 2021.
07:48Nayyar also starred in the 2022 film The Story Life of A.J. Fickrey, as well as the Apple
07:52TV Plus series Suspicion. Played by Johnny Galecki, Leonard is one of the central characters
07:57of The Big Bang Theory. Present in every single episode of the show, he's Sheldon's colleague,
08:02best friend, and roommate. Despite being a geek, Leonard also demonstrates the most
08:07knowledge of social cues, and rarely struggles to fit in with more ordinary company.
08:11Throughout the run of the series, he has a rocky relationship with Penny, although the
08:15two do eventually marry. Galecki earned numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award
08:20nomination for his performance in The Big Bang Theory. However, he's also known for
08:24his work on the sitcom Roseanne and its spinoff The Conners. He hasn't done much onscreen
08:29lately outside of his appearances in The Conners, but he has worked behind the scenes as an
08:33executive producer on shows such as Living Biblically, among others.
08:38Sheldon Cooper was arguably the most popular character from The Big Bang Theory, as evidenced
08:42by the fact that actor Jim Parsons won numerous awards and the character got his own spinoff
08:48Sheldon lives with Leonard and is an unashamed, intelligent nerd who consistently shows a
08:52lack of understanding of basic human traits like humor and empathy. He also struggles
08:56in his relationships until he meets Amy Farrah Fowler, who he eventually marries in season
09:0111.
09:02Fans of The Big Bang Theory will know that Parsons has continued to be a part of the
09:06fictional universe as the narrator of the show Young Sheldon. Outside of his role as
09:10Sheldon, the actor has appeared in the miniseries Hollywood as talent agent Henry Wilson, the
09:15romantic drama Spoiler Alert alongside Ben Aldridge, and 2020's The Boys in the Band.
09:21He's also worked as an executive producer on a number of shows, including his former
09:25co-star Mayim Bialik's Call Me Kat.
09:28Penny is the sole female main character at the start of The Big Bang Theory. Played by
09:32Kaley Cuoco, Penny also stands out because she doesn't share the same genius-level intellect
09:36as the four other original leads, although she makes up for this with a more sophisticated
09:41emotional intelligence that ensures she's far more outgoing and empathetic.
09:45By the end of the series, she marries Leonard, and the two move in together. Cuoco has worked
09:49in a number of critically acclaimed series since the conclusion of The Big Bang Theory.
09:53In 2017, she founded Yes Norman Productions, through which she's produced and starred in
09:57the acclaimed HBO Max series The Flight Attendant and Harley Quinn. She has several other projects
10:03currently in the works at Yes Norman, including an upcoming film about the life of Doris Day.
10:08Although he is part of the main group of characters on The Big Bang Theory, Howard is notable
10:12for the fact that he's actually an aerospace engineer rather than a scientist. Best friends
10:17with Raj, he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and works at Caltech
10:21with the rest of the group. A fan of comic books and geek culture in general, Howard
10:25has a collection of novelty belt buckles and little luck with women until he begins dating
10:29Bernadette.
10:30Like many of his former co-stars, Simon Hilberg has also had roles in several other projects
10:35in the last few years. The actor had a supporting role in the musical film Annette and starred
10:39in As They Made Us, a movie written and directed by Mayim Bialik. Hilberg has also had parts
10:44in Space Oddity and Rian Johnson's crime drama series Poker Face, as well as voicing the
10:49Squirrel in the Up spinoff series Doug Days.