Young Sheldon

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Young Sheldon is an American comedy television series on CBS created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro. The series is a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory, and premiered as a special preview on September 25, 2017, and two days later, CBS picked up the series for a full season of 22 episodes. On November 2, 2017, new episodes began airing weekly. The one-hour finale aired on May 16, 2024.

Cast and characters

Main

Iain Armitage as Sheldon Lee Cooper, a child prodigy who has exceptional skills in math and science. He decided to study physics around the same time as the show begins. While gifted, Sheldon lacks a full understanding of social skills and behaviors. He is Georgie's younger brother and Missy's fraternal older twin brother. He begins attending high school at age nine and college full-time at age 11, then earns his undergraduate degree and moves to California at age 14 in the final episode, where he begins his graduate studies at Caltech, his future employer.
- Jim Parsons voices adult Sheldon Cooper (and also Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory), who narrates the series by reflecting on his childhood. He has been considered an unreliable narrator by some observers because of continuity differences.
Zoe Perry as Mary Cooper (née Tucker), mother of Sheldon, Missy, and Georgie, and wife to George Sr. She is overprotective of her children, and she worries about them because of her own troubled past. She has a strong Southern Baptist faith, working at her local church, and often objects to Sheldon's atheism. Nevertheless, she deeply loves her son and wants to protect him for as long as she can. Perry's mother, Laurie Metcalf, played Mary on The Big Bang Theory.
Lance Barber as George Cooper Sr., father of Sheldon, Missy, and Georgie; a Vietnam veteran and the head football coach at Medford High. George does not share Sheldon's intellect, which sometimes leads others, especially Meemaw, to question his genetic relationship to Sheldon. He is often at odds with his children and particularly struggles to understand Sheldon, but he does try to be a caring and responsible father. He often gets criticism by Mary on his alcohol intake. In the episodes leading up to the series finale, he is offered a prestigious football coaching job at Rice University, but dies of a heart attack shortly afterward. Barber appeared in a Season 5 episode of The Big Bang Theory as one of adult Sheldon's future roommate Leonard Hofstadter's high school bullies, Jimmy Speckerman, before making an appearance via a 1990s videotape as his Young Sheldon character in a final season episode.
Montana Jordan as George Marshall "Georgie" Cooper Jr., older brother of Sheldon and Missy, and husband to Mandy. Georgie resents the attention his parents, especially his mother, pay to Sheldon. He does not do well at school and gets mocked and teased for it by the rest of the family, particularly Sheldon and Meemaw. He does not get along well with Sheldon and is tired of being compared to him. He attends Medford High with Sheldon and plays on the school's football team. At age 17, he drops out of school to work full-time and discovers a talent for sales that will lead him to become the wealthy owner of a tire store chain in The Big Bang Theory, on which he is played by Jerry O'Connell, appearing in the final portions of the penultimate season for Sheldon's wedding. In season 5, he becomes attracted to a weather forecaster named Mandy who is 12 years older than him, and unintentionally gets her pregnant. He starts acting more maturely and responsibly as he goes forward with raising their child and marrying her.
Raegan Revord as Melissa "Missy" Cooper, younger sister of George Jr, and younger twin sister of Sheldon. She teases Sheldon along with Georgie, but not as much. She does not share Sheldon's intelligence, but is very perceptive. Missy sometimes feels ignored or left out by her mother by all the attention Mary gives Sheldon. Occasionally, she does not get along with Sheldon, but she finds in her twin brother a solid confidant and has admitted to not feeling as whole without him. She also shows love for her brother even though she constantly denies it. She is depicted as a popular girl in school with many friends, and has a history of boyfriends, including Marcus Larson played by London Cheshire. She discovers her talent for baseball in Season 3, when she asks her father to play with her. Courtney Henggeler plays adult Missy on The Big Bang Theory, appearing twice: once in the first season during a visit to Sheldon's place where his roommates flirt with her for attention, and the other time in the penultimate season finale for his wedding, when she meets his future wife Amy.
Annie Potts as Constance "Connie" Tucker, maternal grandmother of Sheldon, Missy, and Georgie, who refer to her as "Meemaw". She is a fun-loving woman who can be sarcastic and often mocks those around her, especially her son-in-law George. On the other hand, she is patient with and sometimes struggles to understand Sheldon, whom she affectionately calls "Moonpie", and advises Mary to trust that Sheldon will find his way. In the fourth season, she is said to be around 68. June Squibb plays old Connie in The Big Bang Theory.
Matt Hobby as Pastor Jeff Difford (seasons 3–7; recurring seasons 1 & 2), the upbeat pastor at the Cooper family's Baptist church. Like Mary, he too sometimes has friction with Sheldon's irreligious side and often challenges Sheldon to explore their line of thought through logic exercises.
Wyatt McClure as William "Billy" Sparks (seasons 5–7; recurring seasons 1–4), the seemingly slow-witted son of Cooper family neighbors Herschel and Brenda Sparks. The pilot episode depicts him as Sheldon's nemesis, but he becomes much friendlier early in the series. He has an unrequited crush on Missy.
Emily Osment as Amanda "Mandy" Elizabeth McAllister (seasons 6 & 7; recurring season 5), a weather forecaster and waitress about 12 years older than Georgie, with whom she has a daughter they name after Connie, nicknaming her "CeeCee", before they are later married in season 7.

Recurring

Wallace Shawn as John Sturgis, a college physics professor whose class Sheldon attends as his first college course. He dates Meemaw with Sheldon's encouragement in seasons 1 through 3. He ends their relationship after having a mental breakdown and spending some time in a psychiatric hospital. After being fired from a post working with a hadron super collider, he works for a grocery store from late season 4 to early season 5 and gets fired again before returning to the university. Sheldon says he is the only adult who understands him and often refers to him as his mentor.
Ryan Phuong as Tam Nguyen (seasons 1–4 & 7), Sheldon's Vietnamese-American childhood best friend and classmate. Tam introduces Sheldon to many of his non-scientific interests, including comic books and role playing games. Robert Wu plays adult Tam on The Big Bang Theory.
Billy Gardell as Herschel Sparks (seasons 1 & 2), Billy's father and Brenda's husband, who owns a garage and divorces his wife in season 4. In season 7, he is stated to have moved to New Jersey and now has a non-existent relationship with his son.
Melissa Peterman as Brenda Sparks, Billy's mother, Herschel's wife until season 4, and Mary's initial nemesis and eventual friend, who works at the bowling alley frequented by Meemaw.
Doc Farrow as Assistant Coach Wayne Wilkins, Sheldon's P.E. teacher and the former assistant, now head football coach at Medford High. He was originally going to be called "Roy", but was named "Wayne" as of the episode "Spock, Kirk, and Testicular Hernia".
Valerie Mahaffey as Victoria MacElroy (seasons 1–3), Sheldon's homeroom and English teacher at Medford High.
Danielle Pinnock as Evelyn Ingram (seasons 1–4), Sheldon's math teacher at Medford High.
Brian Stepanek as Hubert Givens, Sheldon's science teacher at Medford High.
Rex Linn as Tom Petersen, the principal of Medford High.
Sarah Baker as Cheryl Hutchins, the Medford High librarian.
Jason Alexander as Gene Lundy (seasons 1–5), Medford High School's resident drama teacher.
Nancy Linehan Charles as Peg (seasons 1–5 & 7), Pastor Jeff's chain-smoking secretary.
Chris Wylde as Glenn (seasons 1–3), the owner of the comic bookstore King Kong Comics.
Isabel May as Veronica Duncan (seasons 2 & 3), Georgie's Halloween date who is introduced in "Seven Deadly Sins and a Small Carl Sagan". Initially a delinquent from a troubled household, she becomes a Christian after witnessing the "lust" room in Mr. Lundy's haunted house and loses interest in Georgie, who continues trying to win her over. She starts liking Georgie but backs off after he starts dating Jana.
Ed Begley Jr. as Dr. Grant Linkletter (seasons 2–7), a colleague and friendly rival of Dr. Sturgis. He regularly pursues Connie but is continually rebuffed.
Mckenna Grace as Paige Swanson (seasons 2–6), a child prodigy who treats Sheldon as a friend but whom Sheldon views as a rival, although he shows some empathy when she explains her difficult living situation at home.
Andrea Anders as Linda Swanson (seasons 2–4 & 6), Paige's mother.
Mary Grill as Officer Robin (seasons 2, 3 & 7), Pastor Jeff's second wife, who works as a police officer.
Craig T. Nelson as Dale Ballard (seasons 3–7), Missy's baseball coach and Meemaw's new boyfriend after Dr. Sturgis breaks up with her; he owns a sporting goods store and hires Georgie and George to work there.
Reba McEntire as June (seasons 3–5 & 7), Dale's ex-wife, the local hairdresser whom Meemaw befriends.
Ava Allan as Jana Owens (seasons 3–5), Georgie's girlfriend after he gives up pursuing Veronica. They break up over Georgie's decision to drop out of school.
London Cheshire as Marcus Larson (seasons 3–4), Missy's boyfriend.
Wendie Malick as President Linda Hagemeyer (seasons 4–7), the president of the East Texas Tech, Sheldon's university.
Dan Byrd as Pastor Rob (seasons 5 & 6), a young, unorthodox pastor hired by Pastor Jeff to teach Sunday school. He and Mary appear to become mutually interested in one another during the fifth season, which upsets George.
Caleb Emery as Darren (season 5), one of Sheldon's new college dormitory neighbors who shares an interest in video games along with Oscar and Sheldon.
Ivan Mok as Oscar (season 5), one of Sheldon's college dormitory neighbors who shares an interest in video games along with Darren and Sheldon.
Rachel Bay Jones as Audrey McAllister (seasons 6 & 7), Mandy's mother
Will Sasso as Jim McAllister (seasons 6 & 7), Mandy's father, who owns an auto service shop specializing in tires, which Georgie will eventually take over and transform into the Dr. Tire store chain in The Big Bang Theory.
Sofia Rosinsky as Tonya (season 6), Pastor Jeff's niece.

Guest

John Hartman as Dr. Jeremy Goetsch, the psychiatrist Sheldon sees when he has phagophobia and when he loses at the Medford High science fair.
Ray Liotta as Vincent, Meemaw's bookie.
Jason Kravits as Dr. Ronald Hodges, a NASA engineer and college roommate of Mr. Givens. He makes a presentation about his work to Mr. Givens' science class, which intrigues Sheldon to solve the challenges of reusable launch systems.
Dave Florek as Dr. Karl Eberland, Sheldon's doctor.
Karly Rothenberg as Mrs. Janice Veazey, Dr. Hodges' secretary.
Frances Conroy as Dr. Flora Douglas, headmaster of the boarding school Sheldon briefly attends.
Harry Groener as Elliot Douglas, Dr. Douglas' husband.
Paul Yen as Le Nguyen, Tam's father. He runs Medford Mart with his wife.
VyVy Nguyen as Trang Nguyen, Tam's mother and Mr. Nguyen's wife.
Phil Morris as the voice of One and Anjali Bhimani as the voice of Zero in a dream Sheldon has.
Richard Kind as Ira Rosenbloom, one of Meemaw's boyfriends.
Zuleyka Silver as Selena, Pastor Jeff's ex-wife.
Anjelika Washington as Libby, an eleventh grade student who aspires to be a geologist and whom Sheldon and Tam befriend.
Ella and Mia Allan as Bobbi Sparks, Billy Sparks' younger sister with a reputation for tormenting Sheldon.
Cleo King as Mrs. Costello, a Medford High School counselor
Michael Cudlitz as a NASA supervisor who appears in Sheldon's daydream sequence.
Josh Cooke as Barry Swanson, Paige's father.
Ella Anderson as Erica Swanson, Paige's sister, who bonds with Georgie and Missy because they share common experiences being siblings of child prodigies
Paul Fusco appears as ALF in "A Race of Superhumans and a Letter to Alf" when he reads Missy's letter.
Mauricio Lara as Ricky, Sheldon's hospital roommate in "A Tummy Ache and a Whale of a Metaphor"^[source?]
John Rubinstein as Rabbi Schneiderman, a rabbi who talks Sheldon out of converting to Judaism.
Benjamin Stockham as Preston.
Maree Cheatham as Dorothy, Veronica's grandmother.
Diedrich Bader as the voice of Batman in one of Sheldon's daydreams.
Steve Burns as Nathan. Burns also is the performer of the show's theme song.
Taylor Spreitler as Sam, a member of Sheldon's project group.
Nolan Bateman as Keith, a member of Sheldon's project group.
Louie Anderson as Ralph, the owner of a trophy shop where Mary wants to buy one for Missy.
Ryan Stiles as Dr. Bowers, Sheldon's dentist.
Melanie Lynskey as Professor Dora Ericson, Sheldon's college philosophy professor.
Dave Foley as Gary O'Brien, Sheldon's university benefactor.
David Hasselhoff as himself.
Julia Pace Mitchell as Darlene Wilkins, Coach Wilkins' wife who is revealed by Coach Wilkins to be cheating on him in the episode "An Ugly Car, an Affair and Some Kickass Football".
Diane Ladd, Alan Rachins and Marla Gibbs as Hortense, Vern and Doris, Meemaw's friends.
Bill Fagerbakke as Jake, a police officer and Dale Ballard's acquaintance. Fagerbakke and Craig T. Nelson were previously costars on the sitcom Coach.
Lance Reddick as Professor Boucher, a stern former Army engineer and a professor of engineering at Sheldon's university.
Ming-Na Wen as Dr. Carol Lee, a physicist from UC Berkeley brought in to lead a project that Sheldon, Dr. Sturgis, and Dr. Linkletter are working on.
Octavia Spencer as Officer Rhonda Thomason, Meemaw's Probation Officer. Similarly to Barber, Spencer previously appeared in an episode of The Big Bang Theory as a DMV employee who gives Sheldon his driver's permit.

Original cast cameos

Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler, Sheldon's wife and the mother of their son, Leonard Cooper, and an unnamed daughter. This role is reprised from The Big Bang Theory. She appears as part of the narration. She also physically reprises her role in the Young Sheldon series finale.
Kaley Cuoco as the voice of the pool water in one of Sheldon's nightmares. Cuoco previously played Penny in The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon alludes to Penny in the series finale as the babysitter of his children, who sparks his daughter's interest in acting classes.
Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz, an aerospace engineer and one of Sheldon's adulthood friends. This role is reprised from The Big Bang Theory. He appears as a narrator in the fifth season premiere on an episode detailing the origin of Sheldon's tryst with engineering.
Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries, a scientist who plays the title character of Professor Proton, Sheldon's favorite educational television series. The character is an homage to Mr. Wizard. Newhart reprises his portrayal of the character from The Big Bang Theory.
Melissa Tang as Ms. Fenley, a music teacher at Sheldon's high school. Tang had previously played the character Mandy Chao in an episode of The Big Bang Theory.
Vernee Watson as Nurse Althea Robinson, who nurses George when he suffers a mild heart attack and then to Sheldon when he has his gall bladder removed. Watson reprises her portrayal of the character from The Big Bang Theory, including its pilot.
Elon Musk makes a cameo appearance in the episode "A Patch, a Modem, and a Zantac®" in a flashforward scene set 27 years into the future. He had also appeared in an episode of The Big Bang Theory.
Stephen Hawking as himself (voice-only). Hawking previously guest-starred as himself in a recurring role in The Big Bang Theory.
Penn Jillette and Teller as Pimple and Pus, Sheldon's imaginary personifications of his first pimple and its pus, who appear when he begins going through puberty, and promise to return before exploding into nothingness when Missy helps her brother pop his pimple. Teller also appeared in multiple episodes of The Big Bang Theory as Sheldon's father-in-law Larry Fowler.

References

↑ "Young Sheldon Continuity Errors Might Have a Simple Explanation After All". March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
↑ "Young Sheldon Proves Sheldon Is Really A Pathological Liar On TBBT". Screen Rant. October 24, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
↑ "Young Sheldon Fans Think They Finally Understand The Show's Continuity Errors". March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
↑ Hinduja, Soniya (May 17, 2024). "Here's Every Young Sheldon Character Confirmed for the Spinoff So Far". MovieWeb. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
↑ Petski, Denise (April 27, 2022). "'Young Sheldon': Emily Osment Upped To Series Regular For Season 6". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
↑ Petski, Denise (September 11, 2019). "'Young Sheldon': Craig T. Nelson To Play A Coach On CBS Comedy Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
1 2 Campione, Katie (October 26, 2022). "'Young Sheldon': Rachel Bay Jones & Will Sasso Join CBS Comedy As Recurring". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
↑ "Paramount Press Express". www.paramountpressexpress.com. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
↑ "Listings – YOUNG SHELDON on CBS". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
↑ "John Rubinstein". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2025-09-20.
↑ "Young Sheldon cameo solves Big Bang Theory's biggest plot hole". May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
↑ Strecker, Erin (November 7, 2013). "'Big Bang Theory': Bill Nye's preview". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2019.

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[1] "Young Sheldon Continuity Errors Might Have a Simple Explanation After All". March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[2] "Young Sheldon Proves Sheldon Is Really A Pathological Liar On TBBT". Screen Rant. October 24, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[3] "Young Sheldon Fans Think They Finally Understand The Show's Continuity Errors". March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2024.

[4] Hinduja, Soniya (May 17, 2024). "Here's Every Young Sheldon Character Confirmed for the Spinoff So Far". MovieWeb. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

[5] Petski, Denise (April 27, 2022). "'Young Sheldon': Emily Osment Upped To Series Regular For Season 6". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.

[6] Petski, Denise (September 11, 2019). "'Young Sheldon': Craig T. Nelson To Play A Coach On CBS Comedy Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

[RBJonesandWSasso-7] 1 2 Campione, Katie (October 26, 2022). "'Young Sheldon': Rachel Bay Jones & Will Sasso Join CBS Comedy As Recurring". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 26, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2022.

[8] "Paramount Press Express". www.paramountpressexpress.com. Retrieved January 8, 2024.

[9] "Listings – YOUNG SHELDON on CBS". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 1, 2019.

[10] "John Rubinstein". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2025-09-20.

[11] "Young Sheldon cameo solves Big Bang Theory's biggest plot hole". May 7, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.

[12] Strecker, Erin (November 7, 2013). "'Big Bang Theory': Bill Nye's preview". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019. Retrieved October 17, 2019.