How all the ‘Young Sheldon’ characters looked on ‘Big Bang Theory’: See photos
“Young Sheldon” ended after seven seasons in May 2024. Here are the main characters and their “Big Bang Theory” counterparts.
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Jim Parsons won four Emmys playing Sheldon Cooper on CBS’ “Big Bang Theory” for 12 seasons, from 2007-19. Prequel “Young Sheldon” explores the Nobel Prize-winning Cooper’s East Texas childhood.
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Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper on “Big Bang Theory.”
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Jim Parsons, an executive producer and the narrator of “Young Sheldon,” brought his robe to return as Sheldon Cooper in the May 2024 “Young Sheldon” series finale.
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When “Young Sheldon” started, Iain Armitage, who plays Sheldon Cooper, was 9 years old — the same age as his onscreen character.
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Armitage at 15, in the final Season 7 of “Young Sheldon.”
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Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) got married in the Season 11 finale of “Big Bang Theory.”
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Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) in Season 12 of “Big Bang Theory.”
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Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik reprised their roles as Sheldon Cooper and wife Amy Farrah Fowler in the series finale of “Young Sheldon.” The couple have two children, including a boy named Leonard.
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Laurie Metcalf had a recurring role as Sheldon’s mother Mary Cooper in “Big Bang Theory.”
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Laurie Metcalf as Sheldon’s mother Mary Cooper in “Big Bang Theory.” The original series is now streaming on Max.
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Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) with his mother Mary Cooper (Laurie Metcalf) on “The Big Bang Theory.”
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Zoe Perry, who is Laurie Metcalf’s real-life daughter, played Sheldon Cooper’s mother Mary in “Young Sheldon.”
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June Squibb played Constance “Connie” Tucker, better known as “Meemaw,” the mother of Mary Cooper and the maternal grandmother of Sheldon Cooper on “Big Bang Theory.”
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Annie Potts portrayed Meemaw on “Young Sheldon.”
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Jerry O’Connell played Georgie in “Big Bang Theory.” Sheldon had to repair the estranged relationship before his mother Mary would attend his wedding.
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Montana Jordan starred as George Jr. (Georgie) in “Young Sheldon.” Jordan now stars in with his screen wife (Emily Osment) in “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.”
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Courtney Henggeler played Sheldon’s sister Missy on “Big Bang Theory.”
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George Jr. (Jerry O’Connell) and Missy (Courtney Henggeler) just before Sheldon’s wedding on “Big Bang Theory.”
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Raegan Revord stars as young Missy in “Young Sheldon.”
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Sheldon’s father, George Sr., never appeared in “Big Bang Theory,” though Sheldon joked darkly about his deceased flawed father. Lance Barber played the character on “Young Sheldon” and on “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.”
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