Johnny Galecki
John "Johnny" Mark Galecki (born April 30, 1975 in Bree , Belgium ) is an American actor . He became known through the roles of David Healy in the US sitcom Roseanne and Dr. Leonard Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory .
Life
Galecki was born in Bree , Belgium . His late father Richard Galecki served in Belgium as a soldier in the United States Air Force and was of Polish origin. His mother, Mary Lou (nee Noon), was a mortgage advisor and is of Irish and Italian descent. Johnny Galecki has a younger brother, Nick, and a younger sister, Allison. When Johnny Galecki was three years old, his parents moved to Chicago . From the age of seven he appeared in a number of plays at Chicago's Goodman Theater . Brian Dennehy was one of his fellow actors at the time .
In the comedy Schöne Bescherung (1989) Galecki played the role of Russell Griswold , the son of Clark Griswold ( Chevy Chase ) and Ellen Griswold ( Beverly D'Angelo ). For the role in the television series Man of Dreams (1990), he was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1992 .
Galecki appeared in the television series Roseanne as David Healy from 1992 to 1997 . For this role he won the Young Artist Award in 1994. In 1993 and 1995 he was nominated for the same award. In the comedy The Opposite of Sex (1998) he appeared on the side of Christina Ricci . In the comedy Bookies (2003) he played one of the bigger roles alongside Nick Stahl , Lukas Haas and Rachael Leigh Cook .
In the eighth season of the television series Entourage , he made several short guest appearances. There he plays a fictionalized version of himself. Between 2007 and 2019 he was a physicist Dr. Leonard Hofstadter in the CBS - sitcom The Big Bang Theory see. He was nominated for an Emmy in 2011 for his role, but was defeated by his colleague Jim Parsons . Due to his success as a performer in The Big Bang Theory , Galecki received offers for cinema productions again. In 2008 he was seen alongside Will Smith in Hancock and in 2011 with Olivia Wilde , Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake in In Time - Your time is running out . In March 2017, it was announced that Galecki will host and produce the TV show SciJinks , in which scientists will use their knowledge to perform stunts and pranks with hidden cameras. It was first broadcast in May 2018.
Galecki is a vegetarian . In the 1990s he was dating his series partner Sara Gilbert . With his series partner from The Big Bang Theory , Kaley Cuoco , he had a relationship that lasted from 2007 to the end of 2009 and that they kept secret from the public. The separation took place on a friendly basis. From the beginning of 2012 to mid-2014 he was in a relationship with the actress Kelli Garner .
Filmography (selection)
- 1987: Time Out for Dad (TV short film)
- 1987: Bloody Hands Destined to Murder / Murder Ordained , TV movie
- 1988: Jimmy Reardon (A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon)
- 1989: Jessica and the Reindeer (Prancer)
- 1989: National Lampoon (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation)
- 1990: Murder According to a Plan ( Blind Faith , TV movie)
- 1990: Hardball (TV series)
- 1990–1991: Man of Dreams ( American Dreamer , TV series)
- 1990: Murderous Suspicion ( In Defense of a Married Man , TV movie)
- 1991: Blossom (TV series)
- 1991: The Mothers Team ( Backfield in Motion , TV movie)
- 1992–1997, 2018: Roseanne (TV series)
- 1992: Billy (TV series)
- 1993: Marital Wars ( Civil Wars , TV series)
- 1993: Desperate Anger ( A Family Torn Apart , TV movie)
- 1994: Nightmare behind closed doors / When parents betray their daughter ( Without Consent , TV movie)
- 1996: My son - the killer! ( Murder at My Door , TV movie)
- 1997: Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie (Bean)
- 1997: Suicide Kings
- 1997: Ben Willis (I Know What You Did Last Summer)
- 1998: The Opposite of Sex (The Opposite of Sex)
- 2000: Playing Mona Lisa
- 2000: Bounce - A Chance for Love (Bounce)
- 2000: Norm ( The Norm Show , TV series)
- 2001: Morgan's Ferry
- 2001: Bagtime (TV short film)
- 2001: Vanilla Sky
- 2002: Two Families (TV short film)
- 2002: Becoming Glen (TV short film)
- 2003: Bookies
- 2004: Chrystal
- 2004: White Like Me (short film)
- 2004: LAX (TV series)
- 2005: Peep Show (TV short film)
- 2005: happy endings
- 2005: My Name Is Earl (TV series, episode 1x07)
- 2005–2006: Hope and Faith ( Hope & Faith , TV series)
- 2006–2007: My Boys (TV series)
- 2007: Who You Know (short film)
- 2007-2019: The Big Bang Theory (TV series, 279 episodes)
- 2008: Hancock
- 2009: Table for Three
- 2009: Family Guy (TV series, voice, an episode)
- 2011: In Time - Your time is running out (In Time)
- 2011: Entourage (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2013: CBGB
- 2017: Rings
- since 2018: Die Conners ( The Conners , TV series)
Awards and nominations
- 2011 : Nomination for best leading actor in a comedy series for The Big Bang Theory
- 2012 : Nomination for Best Actor in a Series - Comedy or Musical for The Big Bang Theory
- 2012 : Nomination for best acting company in a television series - Comedy for The Big Bang Theory
- 2013 : Nomination for Best Acting Company in a Television Series - Comedy for The Big Bang Theory
- 2014 : Nomination for Best Acting Company in a TV Series - Comedy for The Big Bang Theory
- 2015 : Nomination for Best Acting Company in a TV Series - Comedy for The Big Bang Theory
- 2016 : Nomination for best acting company in a television series - Comedy for The Big Bang Theory
- 2017 : Nomination for best acting company in a television series - Comedy for The Big Bang Theory
Web links
- Johnny Galecki in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Johnny Galecki in the nndb (English)
- TV.com: Johnny Galecki
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki with his own prank show SciJinks . In: moviepilot.de . March 28, 2017 ( moviepilot.de [accessed on March 28, 2017]).
- ↑ SciJinks (TV Series 2018–) - IMDb. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Video: Johnny Galecki On Family & His Life Upstate 05/01/12 ; accessed on February 9, 2018.
- ↑ 16 celebrities whose homosexuality you knew nothing about !. fame10.com. September 28, 2014, accessed May 11, 2016.
- ↑ Hudson Morgan: Justify Her Love . In: CBS Watch! Magazine . September 28, 2010. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
- ↑ Big Bang love life . In: glamour.de . Retrieved August 24, 2014.
- ↑ "The Big Bang Theory" star Johnny Galecki is single again . In: augsburger-allgemeine.de . August 27, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Galecki, Johnny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Galecki, John Mark (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bree , Belgium |