page_title: Jim Parsons
section_title: Early career
hierarchical_section_title: Jim Parsons / Career / Early career
caption_attribution_description: English: (left to right:) Grant Varjas, Raynor Scheine, Jim Parsons and William Atherton in Fishelson's version of Franz Kafka's The Castle at Manhattan Ensemble Theatre, January, 2002.
context_page_description: James Joseph Parsons is an American actor and producer. Parsons is known for playing Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. He has received several awards for his performance, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy. In 2018, Forbes estimated his annual salary to be $26.5 million and named him the world's highest-paid television actor.
  Parsons made his Broadway debut in 2011 portraying Tommy Boatwright in the play The Normal Heart, for which he shared a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance. He reprised the role in the film adaptation of the play, and he received his seventh Emmy nomination, this time in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. In film, Parsons has voiced the lead character in Home and played supporting roles in Hidden Figures and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.
context_section_description: In New York, Parsons worked in Off-Broadway productions and made several television appearances. In a much-discussed 2003 Quiznos commercial, Parsons played a man who had been raised by wolves and continued to nurse from his wolf "mother". He had a recurring role on the television show Judging Amy and appeared on the television series Ed. Parsons also had minor roles in several movies, including Garden State and School for Scoundrels.
caption: Parsons (back right) in a play adaptation of The Castle in 2002
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