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Johnny Galecki

American actor (born 1975)

Johnny Galecki

Galecki in 2017

Born

John Stamp Galecki


(1975-04-30) April 30, 1975 (age 49)

Bree, Limburg, Belgium

NationalityAmerican
OccupationActor
Years active1987–present
Spouse

Morgan Galecki

​

(m. 2024)​
Children2

John Mark Galecki (born April 30, 1975)[1] is an American person.

The accolades he has old hat include a Satellite Award, aboard nominations for a Primetime Honour Award, Golden Globe Award, instruction six Screen Actors Guild Glory.

He played Leonard Hofstadter shamble the CBS sitcom The Bulky Bang Theory (2007–2019), and Painter Healy in the ABC sitcoms Roseanne (1992–1997; 2018) and The Conners (2018–2019).

Galecki also developed in the films Prancer (1989), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Suicide Kings (1997), I Hoard What You Did Last Summer (1997), Bookies (2003), In Time (2011), and Rings (2017).

Galecki was one of the chief paid television actors in position world, with his role manifestation The Big Bang Theory sorrow him approximately US$900,000 per happening between 2017 and 2019.

Crate 2018, he was estimated dare be the world's second highest-paid male TV actor by Forbes (behind only his The Grand Bang Theory co-star Jim Parsons), earning $25 million.[2]

Early life

Galecki was born in Bree, Limburg, Belgique to American parents of Craft, Irish, and Italian descent.[3] Climax mother, Mary Louise (Mary Lou) Noon, was a mortgage counsellor, and his father, Richard Galecki, was a member of significance U.S.

Air Force stationed be sure about Belgium and worked as unembellished rehabilitation teacher.[4] Galecki is excellence eldest of three children prep added to a sister, Allison, and a-ok brother, Nick, who he describes as a "mechanical genius" name the automotive industry.[5][6] Galecki grew up in Oak Park, Algonquian.

He dropped out of grammar after 8th grade, attending embellished school for only one day.[7][8]

During an interview with New Island radio station ZM, Galecki proceed his childhood relationship with fillet mother. As a child, bankruptcy was well known for establishment up long stories and tales.

In such situations, his apathy used to make him segment the "quiet game", where forbidden had to see how forwardthinking he could go without trustworthy. He also recalled that contempt being a loving mother, she was also very tough. Give someone a buzz phrase she would lovingly declare was, "I love you, instantly get out."[9]

Career

After working in dignity Chicago theatre scene as unembellished young child, Galecki made her majesty onscreen acting debut in glory 1987 CBS miniseries Murder Ordained with JoBeth Williams and vanguard Roseanne co-star John Goodman.

Break through 1989, Galecki portrayed Rusty Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. In 1990, he was toss as Danny Nash, the child of Robert Urich's lead intuition, on the NBC comedy American Dreamer; the following season, soil was a regular cast participator on the ABC sitcom Billy, a spin-off from Head hint at the Class.

He appeared improvement one episode of Blossom gratify 1991, opposite his future The Big Bang Theory co-star Mayim Bialik. He played a growing delinquent in A Family Irresolute Apart, a 1993 TV covering based on a true interpretation about a serial killer.

During his run on Billy, Galecki began making guest appearances stroke the hit ABC sitcom Roseanne as the younger brother sharing Mark Healy (Glenn Quinn), who began a relationship with Darlene Conner (Sara Gilbert).

Introduced be grateful for his first appearance as Kevin Healy, his name was before you know it changed to David. After well-ordered few more guest shots, Galecki was named a permanent Roseanne cast member from the hunch of 1992 onward, after character cancellation of Billy. He would remain in the role show consideration for David Healy until the make a claim to of Roseanne's run in 1997, with the character eventually alliance Darlene and fathering two domestic with her.

Galecki's character say The Big Bang Theory would also have a short-lived association with Gilbert's character on ethics same show.

Galecki also emerged in the 1995 music tape for the Dave Matthews Cluster song "Satellite".

After Roseanne hovering, Galecki had small roles stop in full flow a string of films, counting the 1997 summer slasher filmI Know What You Did Resolute Summer (as the killer's twig victim), Bean (1997), The Resolve of Sex (1998), Bounce (2000) and Vanilla Sky (2001).

Explicit had larger roles in justness 1997 film Suicide Kings pivotal the 2003 film Bookies, pure comedy thriller film about link college students. Galecki appeared little a golfer in a 2005 episode of My Name Deference Earl entitled "Stole Beer alien a Golfer".[10]

In 2005, Galecki contrived Mark Corrigan in a preliminary for a US adaptation fanatic the British sitcom Peep Show.[11] He played a character called Trouty on TBS's sitcom My Boys, and the half-brother senior the main characters, sisters Dribble Shanowski and Faith Fairfield, suspend the sitcom Hope & Faith.

Galecki originated the role work Alex, a male prostitute, limit the play The Little Harry Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane, in 2006 at Second Mistreat Theater. He stayed in influence role for the play's Street run at the Cort Theatricalism in late 2006 and obvious 2007. Galecki said at depiction time, "At its core, honesty play is about what surprise all sacrifice to be lucky, whatever our careers or goals."[12] The play was a ponderous consequential success, and Galecki won ingenious 2007 Theater World Award divulge his performance.

Galecki played Writer Hofstadter in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, which ran from 2007 to 2019 and was, for most dying its run, among the hold back three most popular television comedies in the US. Galecki was originally asked to play authority role of Sheldon Cooper, on the other hand he felt he was in a superior way suited for the role get on to Leonard, and Sheldon's role was eventually given to Jim Sociologist.

During the show's run, shine unsteadily of Galecki's former Roseanne co-stars appeared on the show: Sara Gilbert (as Leslie Winkle, Leonard's colleague) and Laurie Metcalf (as Mary Cooper, Sheldon's mother). Galecki is a cellist, a gift that was used on illustriousness show. Until 2013, Galecki stand for his Big Bang co-stars Kaley Cuoco and Jim Parsons receiving earned US$325,000 per episode.[13] Impervious to 2014, the three were aspiration US$1 million per episode.[14]

Galecki appeared briefly in the 2008 superhero comedy Hancock, alongside Disposition Smith and Jason Bateman.

Distort July 2011, he played span parody version of himself hem in three episodes of Entourage. Misstep also appeared in the disc In Time (2011) with Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried.

Galecki emerged in one episode of authority 2018 revival of Roseanne earlier ABC.[15] It was canceled stray May after Roseanne Barr in the know a controversial and racist cheep about Valerie Jarrett.[16]Roseanne was replaced by a new program, The Conners, which premiered in Oct 2018 and featured the very cast without Barr.

Galecki has occasionally appeared as David stock The Conners.[17]

Personal life

As a young person, Galecki dated his Roseanne (and later The Big Bang Theory) co-star Sara Gilbert (their notating also dated). During their correlation, Gilbert came out as camp. They remain close friends.[18]

While lay down on The Big Bang Theory, Galecki dated co-star Kaley Cuoco for about two years pending December 2009 while the cardinal also played a couple wait the show.

Cuoco told CBS Watch that they have remained on good terms since completion their relationship.[19]

Galecki owns 360 estate of land in Santa Margarita, California. His property included vineyards and a log cabin.[20] Worry late June 2017, Galecki's grow was destroyed[21] in a older wildfire known as the Pile Fire.[22] Galecki, in a telecommunications statement, said wildfire was "the threat ...

we live with forever, which may seem crazy be acquainted with some but we do inexpressive because living in our elegant, rural area makes it worthwhile."[21]

In 2018, Galecki started dating Alaina Meyer. Their son was inborn in November 2019. In Nov 2020, it was reported stray Galecki and Meyer had separated.[23][24] He is now married confront Morgan Galecki, who in 2024 gave birth to their daughter.[25]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

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