Johnny Galecki

JOHNNY GALECKI was seen starring on The Big Bang Theory, the hit CBS comedy from Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men), for which Galecki received a 2011 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, for his role as Leonard, a brilliant mind who, along with his roommate and best friend Sheldon, is taught a thing or two about life (especially, women) by their new neighbor, Penny.

Galecki is also known to television audiences as David on the long-running and critically-acclaimed comedy series Roseanne, a role for which he earned a Young Artist Award. His additional television credits include the TBS comedy My Boys, as well as a guest appearance on My Name is Earl.

In 2008, Galecki appeared in Peter Berg‘s feature Hancock, starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman. His additional film credits include roles in the Don Roos films The Opposite of Sex, Bounce, and Happy Endings; Cameron Crowe‘s Vanilla Sky; the hit horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer; Suicide Kings; Bookies; Chrystal; Playing Mona Lisa; Bean; and National Lampoon‘s Christmas Vacation.

Galecki has numerous stage credits. He starred in Douglas Carter Beane‘s Tony Award-nominated Broadway play The Little Dog Laughed, for which Galecki received a 2007 Theater World Award for outstanding Broadway debut. His other theater credits include The Drawer Boy and Pot Mom at Chicago‘s famed Steppenwolf Theater; The Member of the Wedding (nominated for a Joseph Jefferson award); and Galileo (at the Goodman Theater), among others.

Galecki was born in Belgium, where his father was stationed while serving in the United States Air Force. Galecki was raised in Chicago.

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