Sheldon Cooper

Sheldon Lee Cooper
The Big Bang Theory character
Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper in "The Nerdvana Annihilation"
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Chuck Lorre Bill Prady
Portrayed by	Jim Parsons
Information
Occupation	Theoretical physicist
Title	Doctor
Family	Mary Cooper (mother) George Cooper, Sr. (father, deceased) Missy Cooper (twin sister) George Cooper, Jr. (older brother) Unnamed Nephew (nephew) Constance (AKA "Meemaw") (maternal grandmother) "Pop Pop"(maternal grandfather, deceased)
Significant other(s)	Amy Farrah Fowler (girlfriend)
Nationality	American

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.

Sheldon is a senior theoretical physicist at Caltech and shares an apartment with his colleague and best friend, Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki). He is a former child prodigy with genius level IQ, but displays an almost total lack of social skills, a tenuous understanding of humor, and difficulty recognizing irony and sarcasm in other people, although he himself often employs them. He exhibits highly idiosyncratic behavior and a general lack of humility or empathy. He also lacks toleration. These characteristics provide the majority of the humor involving him, which has caused him to be described as the show's breakout character. Despite speculation that Sheldon's personality traits may be consistent with Asperger syndrome, obsessive–compulsive personality disorder and asexuality, co-creator Bill Prady has repeatedly stated that Sheldon's character was neither conceived nor developed with regard to any of these traits.