Sheldon Cooper

The success of the Big Bang Theory can be due a lot for the amazing cult following and hilarity behind the character Sheldon Cooper. Sheldon is a theoretical physicist is makes it a part of his job to let everyone know just how smart he is. It doesn't matter if you are a CEO or a garbage man, Sheldon Cooper will do what he can to talk above you and make you feel stupid.

It's not your fault that Sheldon Cooper is smart than you, after all, he is a Caltech employee and a theoretical physicist. Just because he's the smartest man in the room, it doesn't mean he's the only one. Sheldon has to share his apartment with his other friends. Leonard Hofstadter is his best friend on the show. Across the hallways lives Penny, who is played by Kaley Cuoco.

They may all live their lives in their own separate ways, but in the end they all need each other to get through simple daily occurrences, or whatever life can throw at them.

Sheldon's family members include Mary Cooper (his mother), George Cooper (his deceased father), Missy Cooper (sister) and George Cooper Jr (his brother).

So what about the early life of Sheldon Cooper? There hasn't been too much information on this on the show. We meet Sheldon's mother a few times, but the little details of his life before what you see on current episodes is little to none. Although, his mother did leave us with the information that Sheldon did create a nuclear reactor at the age of thirteen years old in order to provide free electricity in his town.

As for school life, Sheldon entered into the University of Texas in Austin at the age of eleven. This of course was right after completing the fifth grade. Sheldon went on to graduate from college summa cum laude, at the age of fourteen. So where did Sheldon end up after school? Not having the education to rise him above the crowd, Sheldon had to get a job of his own and worked as a visiting professor at Heidelberg Institute in Germany at age fifteen.

The character of Sheldon Cooper is played by Jim Parsons, who has won several awards for his portrayal of the character. Sheldon is one of the main guys in the show, who live across the hallway from Penny, one of their closest girl  friends.

Sheldon Cooper's character was actually inspired by a computer programmer that was a co-creator on the series. The name of the character comes from Sheldon Leonard and Nobel Prize Laureate Leon Cooper. Together, the names have created one of the most well known characters on the TV today.

Other nicknames and alias for Sheldon include Shelly (by his family), Moon Pie (by his grandmother) and Sheldon the Conqueror or Sheldor as his personal favorites.

The Big Bang Theory airs on CBS stations and can also be watched online through their web site. Now you can watch your favorite television show any time you want through the CBS web site, and better yet, no commercials! What else could you ask for besides Sheldon Cooper 24 hours a day!