Jim Parsons
Biography
Jim Parsons continues to skillfully navigate the entertainment industry as an award-winning actor and producer. Upcoming, Parsons is set to star in the world premiere of Paula Vogel’s Mother Play on Broadway opposite Jessica Lange and Celia Keenan-Bolger. The bitingly funny and unflinchingly honest new play is about the hold our family has over us and the surprises we find when we unpack the past, opening Thursday, April 25. Parsons starred alongside Ben Aldridge in Focus Features’ Spoiler Alert based on Michael Ausiello’s acclaimed memoir of the same title. Parsons’ That’s Wonderful Productions produced the film, which was nominated for Outstanding Film – Wide Release at the GLAAD Media Awards. He recently led the Off-Broadway revival of A Man of No Importance, the 2002 musical featuring a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens for The Classic Stage Company. He received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for his performance and the show was nominated for Drama League, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Parsons’ breakout role was that of Sheldon Cooper from the CBS smash hit “The Big Bang Theory”. Parsons’ performance garnered him numerous awards from the Emmys, Golden Globes and Critics’ Choice among many others. He then turned that character into a successful spin-off and serves as Executive Producer and Narrator on “Young Sheldon”, a prequel to “The Big Bang Theory”. Through That’s Wonderful Productions, Parsons executive produced Netflix’s first short-form, award- winning series Special. That’s Wonderful Productions produced the four-part HBO Max docuseries, Equal, which chronicled landmark events and the forgotten heroes of the LGBTQ+ Movement. Parsons and That’s Wonderful Productions partnered with Mayim Bialik for Fox’s Emmy-nominated “Call Me Kat”which ran for three seasons. Parsons co-starred in and produced, along with That’s Wonderful Productions, A Kid Like Jake, a family drama, in which a couple navigates the competitive world of NYC kindergarten admissions while trying to understand what is best for their son. Parsons voiced writer Truman Capote in Truman & Tennessee alongside Zachary Quinto voicing Tennessee Williams. In 2020, he starred in the Netflix movie The Boys in the Band alongside Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells and Matt Bomer. Also in 2020, Parsons starred in the Netflix series “Hollywood”for which he received Emmy and Golden Globes nominations for his performance as Henry Willson. Prior to appearing in the Broadway production of The Boys in the Band, Parsons last starred on Broadway in An Act of God which recouped its $2.9 million capitalization in just 10 weeks. Also on the stage, Parsons starred in the Broadway revival of Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Harvey, in the role of “Elwood Dowd”, the genial eccentric who claims to see a six-foot-tall white rabbit ‘Harvey.’ Parsons received a Theatre World Award and Emmy nomination for his debut Broadway performance as “Tommy Boatwright” in The Normal Heart, starring opposite Ellen Barkin, John Benjamin Hickey, and Joe Mantello. The Normal Heart won a Tony Award for “Best Revival of a Play” and was presented with the Drama Desk Award for “Outstanding Revival of a Play” and “Outstanding Ensemble Performance.” The Normal Heart also received nominations from The Outer Critics Circle for “Outstanding Revival of a Play,” as well as five Tony Award nominations. Parsons’ other stage performances include, The Castle for the Manhattan Ensemble Theater, The Countess for the Globe Theater as well as The Tempest and As You Like It for the Houston Shakespeare Festival. Previous film credits include starring roles in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, And Vile and Hidden Figures, voicing the lead role in the box office hit Home, the Blumhouse Production thriller Visions, Todd Phillips’ School for Scoundrels, Chris Terrio’s Heights, Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here and Garden State, Kevin Connolly’s Gardner of Eden and Danny Leiner’s The Great New Wonderful. Other television credits include an Emmy-nominated performance in The Normal Heart, HBO’s original movie adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Larry Kramer play, which was written by Kramer and directed by Ryan Murphy. Parsons also produced and lent his voice as narrator to the 3-part docuseries First In Human which aired on the Discovery Channel.
Credits
Our Town, Mother Play, The Boys in the Band, An Act of God, Harvey, The 65th Annual Tony Awards - 2011, The Normal Heart
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