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Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter

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Leonard Hofstadter

Appears in
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Played by
Johnny Galecki

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Leonard Hofstadter is a character in the TV series The Big Bang Theory (2007), played by Johnny Galecki.

9 Interesting Facts About Leonard Hofstadter

Interesting Facts (4)

  1. #001

    Sheldon walked in on Leonard and Joyce Kim in bed and cited the Roommate Agreement clause requiring 12 hours' notice of impending coitus; Leonard said he had not known Joyce Kim 12 hours earlier, and she stormed out.

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  2. #002

    Leonard studies experimental physics at Caltech and spent four months at sea testing one of Stephen Hawking's theories on hydrodynamic simulations of black holes.

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  3. #003

    Joyce Kim, a woman Leonard dated, was a North Korean spy who wanted to see his work, which involved rocket fuel.

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  4. #004

    Leslie Winkle ended her relationship with Leonard in "The Codpiece Topology" (S2E2) after he admitted that, unlike her, he favors string theory over loop quantum gravity.

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Production Story (1)

  1. #005

    The pilot episode shows Leonard owning Darth Vader shampoo and Luke Skywalker conditioner.

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Life & Family (2)

  1. #006

    Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki), the show's two leads, take their names from the late television producer Sheldon Leonard.

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  2. #007

    Leonard had no birthday celebrations as a child, since his parents rewarded achievements instead, and his family spent Christmas examining its societal implications and writing research papers.

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  1. #008

    Macaulay Culkin was the first pick for the role of Leonard Hofstadter, but he declined. Creator Chuck Lorre remarked, "There's a special ethereal quality to that actor that I thought might be great."

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  2. #009

    Leonard and Johnny Galecki, the actor who plays him, both play the cello; Leonard performs on it with Leslie Winkle and the Physics Department String Quartet in "The Hamburger Postulate" (S1E5).

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