The Big Bang Theory: The Hot Troll Deviation
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Wednesday, December 24 on E4 Extra (31)
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The Hot Troll Deviation
Season 4, Episode 4
An embarrassing secret from Howard's past comes to light as he tries to win back Bernadette, while Sheldon and Raj engage in a battle of wills when they have to work in the same office. Guest starring Katee Sackhoff and George Takei
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Cast & Crew
Johnny Galecki
(Actor)
.. Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons
(Actor)
.. Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco
(Actor)
.. Penny
Simon Helberg
(Actor)
.. Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar
(Actor)
.. Raj Koothrappali
Melissa Rauch
(Actor)
.. Bernadette Rostenkowski
Katee Sackhoff
(Actor)
.. Herself
George Takei
(Actor)
.. Himself
More Information
Did You Know..
Johnny Galecki
(Actor)
.. Leonard Hofstadter
Born:
April 30, 1975
in
Bree, Belgium
Best Known For:
Playing Leonard in The Big Bang Theory.
Early-life:
Born John Mark Galecki on April 30, 1975, in Bree, Belgium. His mother was a mortgage consultant and his father was in the US air force, before becoming a rehab teacher for blind war veterans. The family moved back to America when Johnny was three. He got his first acting role in 1987, in the made-for-TV movie Time Out for Dad, which was the first of several bit parts in a variety of TV projects. Johnny debuted on the big screen as River Phoenix's brother in A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon in 1988.
Career:
Four years later, he landed what would become his big break - the role of David in hit comedy series Roseanne. He played the articulate but unworldly lad for five years. This led to a series of similar parts, this time on the big screen, in movies such as I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Opposite of Sex. His CV also includes appearances in Vanilla Sky, My Name is Earl, Hancock and Table for Three. In 2006, he took to the stage in a Broadway production of The Little Dog Laughed (which also featured his first nude scene). He returned to the small screen for the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
Quote:
"Right now, I'm very healthy. I have no vices left. Except sugary breakfast cereal. And absinthe, of course."
Trivia:
In 2014, he was reportedly earning $1million per episode for The Big Bang Theory.
Jim Parsons
(Actor)
.. Sheldon Cooper
Born:
March 24, 1973
in
Houston, Texas
Best Known For:
Playing Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory.
Early-life:
Born James Joseph Parsons on March 24, 1973 in Houston, Texas. Jim was determined to become an actor from the age of six, after performing as the Kola-Kola bird in a school production of The Elephant's Child. After graduating from high school, he studied for a bachelor's degree at the University of Houston. He was accepted onto a two-year course in classical theatre at the University of San Diego in 1999 and, after graduating in 2001, he moved to New York.
Career:
Early in his career, Parsons worked on Off-Broadway productions and appeared on TV several times. He had a recurring role on Judging Amy, appeared on the TV series Ed and had minor roles in such films as Garden State (2004) and School for Scoundrels (2006). His big break came when he landed the role of Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory, a role that earned him four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical. He went on to appear in the films The Big Year (2011), The Muppets (2011), Home (2015) and Hidden Figures (2016).
Quote:
"Every time I think about writing, comedy doesn't interest me in the slightest. I can play comedy, but I don't think in terms of comic dialogue."
Trivia:
He took piano classes for 14 years.
Kaley Cuoco
(Actor)
.. Penny
Simon Helberg
(Actor)
.. Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar
(Actor)
.. Raj Koothrappali
Melissa Rauch
(Actor)
.. Bernadette Rostenkowski
Katee Sackhoff
(Actor)
.. Herself
George Takei
(Actor)
.. Himself
Born:
April 20, 1937
in
Los Angeles
Best Known For:
Playing Mr Sulu in Star Trek.
Early-life:
George Hosato Takei was born in Los Angeles on April 20, 1937. He grew up in a US internment camp after the Second World War. He attended Mount Vernon Junior High School and Los Angeles High School. After graduating he studied architecture at the University of California at Berkeley. He also studied at the University of California Los Angeles, where he received a BA in theatre in 1960 and an MA in Theatre four years later. He honed his craft in Emmy-winning series Playhouse 90 and alongside such greats as Richard Burton in Ice Palace (1960), and Cary Grant in Walk Don't Run (1966). He also appeared in the first series of Mission: Impossible and the Jerry Lewis comedies The Big Mouth (1967) and Which Way To the Front? (1970).
Career:
Takei's big break came in 1965 when he was cast as Hikaru Sulu in the second pilot episode for Gene Roddenberry's series Star Trek. He was due to have a bigger role in the series but filming on The Green Berets (1968) meant the character Pavel Chekov was brought in to share helmsman duties. They eventually ended up sharing the bridge in one of the world's most successful sci-fi shows. After the series was cancelled, Takei became a regular on the convention circuit, eventually returning with the rest of the cast for Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. Five films later, he officially hung up Sulu's uniform for good, but did return for a fan-based internet series. Other roles have included 3rd Rock From the Sun, Heroes, the film Prisoners of the Sun (1990) and Will and Grace. He also came third in the 2008 season of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Quote:
"Science fiction has endless possibilities and I too am very much intrigued as to what Sulu would now be doing."
Trivia:
Asteroid 7307 Takei is named in his honour.
