Sheldon Cooper
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![Mayim Bialik (who portrays Amy Farrah Fowler) and Jim Parsons at PaleyFest 2013 for the TV show](/Images/godic/202412/23/Mayim_Bialik_and_Jim_Parsons_at_PaleyFest_20131448.jpg")
![Sheldon Cooper doing the vulcan salute, stencil graffiti on a wall in Volgograd, Russia.](/Images/godic/202412/23/Двухслойный_трафарет1448.jpg")
Sheldon Lee Cooper, Ph.D., Sc.D., is a fictional character in the CBS television series The Big Bang Theory, portrayed by actor Jim Parsons. For his portrayal, Parsons has won four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a TCA Award, and two Critics' Choice Television Awards.