Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series - 2011
- Nominee>
- Johnny Galecki, as Leonard Hofstadter
- The Big Bang Theory
- CBS
- Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television
Johnny Galecki can currently be seen starring on The Big Bang Theory, the Golden Globe-nominated hit CBS comedy from Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and winner of the 2013 People’s Choice Award for Best TV Comedy. In 2011, Galecki received his first Primetime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, as well as a 2012 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy for his role as Leonard.
Johnny Galecki can currently be seen starring on The Big Bang Theory, the Golden Globe-nominated hit CBS comedy from Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and winner of the 2013 People’s Choice Award for Best TV Comedy. In 2011, Galecki received his first Primetime Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, as well as a 2012 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy for his role as Leonard.
Galecki is best known to television audiences as David on the long-running and critically-acclaimed comedy series Roseanne, for which he earned a Young Artist Award. His additional television credits include the TBS comedy My Boys, My Name is Earl and HBO’s Entourage.
Galecki will next be seen playing band manager Terry Ork in the indie punk rock movie CBGB about the legendary New York club “Country, BlueGrass and Blues”. This film is set to release in 2013.
Galecki has also appeared in Hancock, alongside Will Smith and Charlize Theron. His additional film credits include roles in the Don Roos film The Opposite Of Sex, Cameron Crowe’s Vanilla Sky; I Know What You Did Last Summer; Suicide Kings; Bookies; Chrystal; Playing Mona Lisa; In Time; Bean; and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
A long time theater patron, he most recently starred in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway play The Little Dog Laughed; Galecki received a 2007 Theater World Award for outstanding Broadway debut. His other theater credits include The Drawer Boy, Pot Mom, The Member of the Wedding and Galileo.
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