Jim Parsons is an American actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He has received four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, two Critics' Choice Television Awards and Screen Actors Guild Award as well as an nomination for a Tony Award.
Parsons portrayed Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2007 to 2019. For the role he earned three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and two Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actor in a Comedy Series as well as nominations for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series.
He also received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie nominations for his performances as a gay rights activist in the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014) and Henry Willson in the Netflix miniseries Hollywood (2020). On film, he played Paul Stafford a scientific head engineer in the biographical drama Hidden Figures (2016), and earned the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture alongside Mahershala Ali, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Janelle Monáe, Glen Powell, and Octavia Spencer.
On stage, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in the Paula Vogel play Mother Play (2024).
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
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| The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis") | [1] | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Pants Alternative") | [2] | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Agreement Dissection") | [3] | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (episode: ""The Werewolf Transformation") | [4] | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Habitation Configuration") | [5] | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (episode: "The Relationship Diremption") | [6] | ||||
| The Normal Heart | |||||
| 2019 | Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series | Special | [7] | ||
| 2020 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | Hollywood | [8] | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
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| The Big Bang Theory | [9] | ||||
| 2021 | Best Supporting Actor – Television | Hollywood | |||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
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| The Big Bang Theory (season 4) | [10] | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (season 5) | [11] | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (season 6) | [12] | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (season 7) | [13] | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory (season 8) | [14] | ||||
| 2016 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory (season 9) | [15] | ||
| Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Hidden Figures | ||||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | |
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| 2024 | Best Featured Actor in a Play | Mother Play | [16] | ||
| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| Broadway.com Audience Awards | 2024 | Favorite Featured Actor in a Play | Mother Play | [17] | |
| Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | Mother Play | |||
| Lucille Lortel Award | Outstanding Performer in a Musical | A Man of No Importance | |||
| Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play | Mother Play | |||
| Distinguished Performer | The Normal Heart | ||||
| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| The Big Bang Theory | [18] | ||||
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| 2020 | Best Supporting TV Performance - Actor | Hollywood | |||
| GLAAD Media Awards | 2018 | Himself | [23] | ||
| 2020 | Limited/Series Supporting Actor | Hollywood | [24] | ||
| Kids' Choice Awards | The Big Bang Theory | ||||
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| Online Film & Television Association | 2010 | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | |||
| 2011 | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | ||||
| 2012 | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | ||||
| 2014 | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | ||||
| 2020 | Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series | Hollywood | |||
| The Big Bang Theory | |||||
| Favorite TV Bromance (with Johnny Galecki, Kunal Nayyar and Simon Helberg) | |||||
| 2017 | |||||
| 2018 | Comedy TV Star of the Year | ||||
| 2019 | Male TV Star of the year | ||||
| Comedy TV Star of the year | |||||
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| Hidden Figures | [30] | ||||
| The Big Bang Theory | |||||
| Teen Choice Awards | |||||
| 2019 | Choice Comedy TV Actor | ||||
| 2013 | Favorite Actor | ||||