Line #13 Creator/JohnnyGalecki


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4	John Mark "Johnny" Galecki (born April 30, 1975 in Bree, Belgium - his father was stationed abroad with the Air Force at the time) is an American actor who is famous for playing experimental physicist Leonard Hofstadter on the popular sitcom ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' and to a lesser extent David Healy on ''Series/{{Roseanne}}''. Both shows are considered some of the highest rated and most watched American live-action TV programs of their respective original airing runs.
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6	Johnny has also made appearances in a number of movies, including as a child in ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation''.
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8	After 2010 he has attempted to launch several shows as a producer, though none has yet found major success. He is also friendly with a number of rock musicians, particularly My Chemical Romance and Badflower, and has occasionally appeared on stage as a guest guitarist or drummer. Also plays the cello, which was featured a few times on ''TBBT''.
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10	Since the ending of ''TBBT'' and the cancellation of the ''Roseanne'' revival, Galecki made a brief return in the spin-off show ''Series/TheConners''. Since then, he has been out of the limelight, focused on raising his young son.
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12	!!Selected Filmography:
13	* ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'' - Rusty
14	* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' / ''Series/TheConners'' - David Healy
15	* ''Film/SuicideKings'' - Ira Reder
16	* ''Film/TheOppositeOfSex'' - Jason
17	* ''Film/IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer'' - Max
18	* ''Film/VanillaSky'' - Peter Brown
19	* ''Series/MyBoys'' - Trouty
20	* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' - Leonard Hofstadter
21	* ''Series/{{Entourage}}'' - [[AdamWesting Himself]]
22	* ''Film/{{Rings}}'' - Professor Gabriel
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24	!!Tropes:
25	* FormerChildStar: Averted. While he began acting on stage at the age of seven and struggled slightly when living apart from his family as a teenager to pursue a film/TV career, he never went "off the rails" and suffered only a brief break in his career after ''Roseanne'' before re-establishing himself in theater and then transitioning to ''TBBT''.
26	* HeCleansUpNicely: He tends to play unkempt or poorly dressed characters but can be quite dapper in real life as the image above shows.
27	* IronyAsSheIsCast:
28	** While his ''TBBT'' character Leonard is fond of meat dishes, Galecki is a vegetarian much like his ''TBBT'' co-stars Cuoco and Bialik.
29	** In spite of his ''TBBT'' character Leonard being a [=CalTech=] physicist, Galecki dropped out of high school and never attended college.
30	* MinorLivingAlone: As a child actor, Galecki's parents moved to LA with him so he could audition, then moved back to Chicago, leaving him alone in Burbank at the age of 14. To commute to work, he got a motorcycle and a helmet to hide his face so people wouldn't notice how young he was.
31	* RomanceOnTheSet: Dated Sara Gilbert while they were on ''Roseanne''[[note]]Which ended when she realised [[IncompatibleOrientation she was a lesbian]], but they remained close friends[[/note]] and Kaley Cuoco early in the run of ''TBBT''. In both cases the characters went on to marry after the actors had broken up.

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