This article is about the actor. For the gasser driver, see Jim Parsons (drag racer).
Jim Parsons
Parsons in 2016
Born
James Joseph Parsons
(1973-03-24) March 24, 1973 (age 51)[1]
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Education
University of Houston (BA)
University of San Diego (MFA)
Occupations
Actor
producer
Years active
1993–present
Spouse
Todd Spiewak
(m. 2017)
James Joseph "Jim" Parsons (born March 24, 1973) is an American actor and producer. From 2007 to 2019, he 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. From 2015-2018, Forbes named him the world's highest-paid television actor.[6][7][8][9]
Parsons made his Broadway debut portraying Tommy Boatwright in the Larry Kramer play The Normal Heart (2011). He has since returned to Broadway acting in the plays Harvey (2012), An Act of God (2015), The Boys in the Band (2018), and Mother Play (2024).
In film, Parsons has voiced the lead character in Home (2015) and played supporting roles in Hidden Figures (2016), A Kid Like Jake (2018), Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), The Boys in the Band (2020), and Spoiler Alert (2022). On television he was Emmy-nominated for playing Tommy Boatwright in the HBO film The Normal Heart (2011) and Henry Willson in the Netflix series Hollywood (2020).
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^ Robehmed, N. (2018, October 26). Highest-Paid TV Actors 2018: Jim Parsons leads with $26.5 million. Forbes.
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^ McGrath, M. (2016, September 22). The World’s Highest Paid TV Actors, 2016: Jim Parsons leads with $25 million take. Forbes.
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James Joseph "Jim" Parsons (born March 24, 1973) is an American actor and producer. From 2007 to 2019, he played Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom The Big...
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finale as a potential love interest for the character of Sheldon Cooper (JimParsons). In season 4, she began as a recurring character playing Sheldon's "friend...
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next project involved Ryan Murphy casting him opposite Mark Ruffalo, JimParsons and Julia Roberts in the drama romance film The Normal Heart (2014)....
scheduled to open on Broadway in the fall of 2024. The cast will feature JimParsons as Stage Manager, Zoey Deutch as Emily Webb, Katie Holmes as Mrs. Webb...
and Lemon. Two of his films, A Kid Like Jake, starring Claire Danes, JimParsons, Octavia Spencer and Priyanka Chopra, and Hearts Beat Loud, starring...
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