Jim Parsons, in full James Joseph Parsons (born March 24, 1973, in Houston, Texas, U.S.). 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 T.V. sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–19). The show was about a group of physicists navigating ordinary life.
Parsons grew up in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas. At age six, he found his love for acting when he performed in an elementary-school production of The Elephant’s Child and continued working in high school. After his 1991 graduation, jim Parsons earned a bachelor’s degree in theatre from the University of Houston. Where he helped found the Infernal Bridegroom Productions theatre company and acted at Houston’s Stages Repertory Theatre. He then enrolled in a two-year program in classical theatre at the University of San Diego in conjunction with the Old Globe Theatre and received an M.F.A. in 2001.
Parsons moved to New York City and performed in a few plays there, and in 2002 he played a guest role in an episode of the T.V. comedy series Ed. The following year he had a small part in the little-seen comedy Happy End and the T.V. movie Blitt Happens, a failed pilot. He appeared in another failed pilot, Taste (2004), and in films that included Garden State (2004), Heights (2005). And School for Scoundrels (2006), and he had a recurring role in 2004–05 on the series Judging Amy before being cast as Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory.
Big Bang Theory’s complex
Parsons’s disciplined performance of The Big Bang Theory’s complex dialogue and subtle physical comedy won praise. And convinced many viewers that Parsons was nearly the same person as his character. He was nominated for an Emmy Award each year from 2009 to 2014, winning four times: 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014. During the run of the show, he also acted in movies, including the comedies. The Big Year (2011) and Sunset Stories (2012); Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here (2014). Hidden Figures (2016), in which he played a NASA engineer; and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Vile and Evil (2019), about serial killer Ted Bundy.
Jim Parsons also appeared on Broadway in The Normal Heart (2011), as Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey (2012), as God in the Act of God (2015), and as Michael in the 50th-anniversary revival of The Boys in the Band. A p.oneering LGBTQ-themed play that premiered in 1968. Parsons played voice roles in several animated T.V. shows and films, and he received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance in a T.V. movie version of The Normal Heart (2014). In 2017 Parsons and his longtime boyfriend, art director Todd Spiewak, were married in New York City. However, Parsons found it increasingly difficult to focus on both The Big Bang Theory and his other projects. And he decided not to return for a 13th season of the series, which resulted in the show’s cancellation.
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In 2020 Parsons reprised his role in the film version of The Boys in the Band, and he turned in an Emmy-nominated performance in the limited T.V. series Hollywood. His portrayal of a member of the starring couple in the romantic tearjerker Spoiler Alert (2022) won praise. In addition to performing, Parsons, with Spiewak, formed the production company That’s Wonderful Productions in 2015. The company’s work includes the Emmy-nominated series Special (2019–21). Parsons did not entirely leave the character of Sheldon behind. He is the narrator of the prequel series Young Sheldon (2017– ), for which he and Spiewak are also executive producers.
The University of Houston
A state university system, consists of the main campus in Houston, Texas, U.S. The downtown campus in Houston, and branches at Clear Lake and Victoria. Additional Cinco Ranch and Sugar Land locations provide upper-level undergraduate and graduate programs. The main campus comprises 12 colleges, including the Cullen College of Engineering, the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, a graduate school of social work, a law center, and colleges of technology, optometry, and pharmacy. The university offers various undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs. The main campus is home to the Texas Center for Super Conductivity, the Institute for Space Systems Operation, and the Health Law and Policy Institute. The university has been noted for its research in physical sciences. It is among the few American i.stitutions with a doctoral program in creative writing. Total enrollment for the university system is approximately 47,000.
The University of Houston was founded in 1927. It began as a junior college and was elevated to university in 1934. The downtown campus was established in 1974 when the university absorbed South Texas Junior College. Clear Lake and Victoria were established as upper-level undergraduate and graduate institutions in 1971. And were designated permanent degree-granting branches of the university system. Notable alums include athletes Elvin Hayes and Carl Lewis, actor Jim Parsons, artist Julian Schnabel. And politicians Tom DeLay and Elizabeth Warren. Lizzo, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kenny Rogers, and Pauline Oliveros attended the University of Houston.
