With his tangle of curly, brown hair and sensitive half-smile, Johnny Galecki captured viewers hearts and perfected his comic facets over a five season (1992-1997) run on ABC's ground-breaking sitcom, Roseanne. Cast as David Healy, he made a name for himself as the soft-spoken, gentle-hearted, and most times, put-upon boyfriend of acerbic Darlene Conner, and infused fresh perspective into the... More »

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Jim Parsons took up theater at the University of Houston. After getting his master's degree at San Diego/The Old Globe Theater, he moved to New York to pursue his acting career. Initially, the only offers he got were from an off-Broadway show and several commercials. After which, he got a small guesting part on the TV sitcom Ed and a bit in the comedy drama... More »

Simon Helberg is an American actor born and raised in Los Angeles, California. And having an actor for a father and a mother who is a casting director, Simon was exposed to the acting world early in his childhood. Although his first passion was playing music, his interest in acting grew when he won a small role as a delivery part in an all-girl production in eleventh grade. He began performing... More »

Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 (300 years after the death of Galileo) in Oxford, England. His parents' house was in north London, but during the second world war Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans, a town about 20 miles north of London. At eleven Stephen went to St Albans School, and then on to University... More »

Kunal Nayyar, who is of Indian descent, was born in London, England but was raised in New Dehli, India. Upon his graduation from high school, Nayyar flew to the United States to pursue a college education. He majored in business at the University of Portland in Oregon and while he was there, he also took some acting classes. He then involved himself with theater, performing at the American... More »