The Cast Of The Big Bang Theory Outside Of The Sitcom

The Big Bang Theory was around for 12 seasons having broadcast a total of 279 episodes. The main characters, Leonard Sheldon Howard, Raj, and Penny all made their big breaks on the show. The show was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series from 2011 to 2014. Since the show's ending, the actors have each gone their separate ways - this is where they are at now...

Johnny Galecki has been playing Leonard Hofstadter since day one, when audiences were introduced to the experimental physicist sharing an apartment with the eccentric Sheldon Cooper. He quickly became lovestruck by their new neighbor, the beautiful Penny.

Johnny may have been known to audiences since the early 90s when he was on Roseanne, but with his role on The Big Bang Theory, he was introduced to a new crowd. His performance has earned him several award nominations, including one for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Since 2014, he has been earning $900,000 for each episode of future seasons he films, which he downgraded from $1 million per episode so Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch could receive equal pay.

Sheldon has been charming audiences with his bumbling social mishaps since the very first episode of The Big Bang Theory. He works alongside Leonard at CalTech as a theoretical physicist, an occupation he often finds superior to Leonard's experimentation. Jim Parsons perfectly captures Sheldon's misguided sense of superiority that earned him a Ph.d at an exceptionally early age, but fails to recognize the nuance of social situations. Despite his lack of social mores, his friends continue to stick by his side.

It can be hard to believe sometimes that Sheldon proved to be Parson's big break, given his facile performance on the show. He has gone on to win a number of prestigious awards for playing Sheldon, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and one Golden Globe. Parsons made his Broadway debut in 2011 in A Normal Heart, and has parlayed his popularity into a salary of $900,000 per episode alongside his costars.