description	Excellence in film and television
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The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign. The annual formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented is a major part of the film industry's awards season, which culminates each year with the Academy Awards.

The 1st Golden Globe Awards were held in January 1944 at the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles. The 69th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2011, were presented on January 15, 2012, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, where they have been held annually since 1961.

History[link]

The first Golden Globe Awards were held in 1944, at the 20th Century Fox studios. Subsequent ceremonies would be held at various venues throughout the next decade, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

In 1950, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the decision to establish a special honorary award to recognize outstanding contributions to the entertainment industry. Recognizing its subject as an international figure within the entertainment industry, the first award was presented to director and producer, Cecil B. DeMille. The official name of the award thus became the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

In 1963, the Miss Golden Globe concept was introduced. In its inaugural year, two Miss Golden Globes were named, one for film and one for television. The two Miss Golden Globes named that year were Eva Six (of the films ''Operation Bikini'' and ''Beach Party'') and Donna Douglas (of television's ''The Beverly Hillbillies''), respectively.

Revenues generated from the annual ceremony have enabled the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to donate millions of dollars to entertainment-related charities, as well as funding scholarships and other programs for future film and television professionals. The most prominent beneficiary being the Young Artist Awards, presented annually by the Young Artist Foundation, established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press member, Maureen Dragone to recognize and award excellence of young Hollywood performers under the age of 18, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.

Ceremony[link]

The broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards, telecast to 167 countries worldwide, generally ranks as the third most-watched awards show each year, behind only the Oscars and the Grammy Awards. Until Ricky Gervais hosted the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards Ceremony in 2010, the award ceremony was one of two major Hollywood award ceremonies (the other being the Screen Actors Guild Awards) that did not have a regular host; every year a different presenter introduced the ceremony at the beginning of the broadcast. Gervais returned to host the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards in 2011, and the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in 2012. The 2012 Golden Globe Awards' theme song was written by YOSHIKI, a member of the popular rock group X Japan.

2008 disruption[link]

On January 7, 2008, it was announced that due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, the 65th Golden Globe Awards would not be telecast live. The ceremony was faced with a threat by striking writers to picket the event and by actors, threatening to boycott the ceremony, rather than cross picket lines. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association was forced to adopt another approach for the broadcast.

NBC originally had exclusive broadcast rights to the ceremonies, but on January 11, HFPA President Jorge Camara announced there would be no restrictions placed on media outlets covering the January 13 press conference, announcing the winners at 6:00pm PST. As a result, E!, CNN, the TV Guide Network and KNBC-TV, the network's Los Angeles owned-and-operated affiliate, aired the 31-minute event, emanating from the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel live, leaving NBC to fill the hour from 9:00–10:00pm ET with announcements, made after-the-fact by ''Access Hollywood'' hosts Billy Bush and Nancy O'Dell. The remaining hours of programming, set aside for the ceremonies by the network, were filled with a special two-hour edition of ''Dateline'', hosted by Matt Lauer, that included film clips, interviews with some of the nominees and commentary from comedienne Kathy Griffin and the panelists from ''Football Night in America''.

Categories[link]

Motion picture awards[link]

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Best Director

Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

Best Screenplay

Best Original Score

Best Original Song

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Animated Feature Film (2006–present)

Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures

Television awards[link]

Awarded since 1956:

Best Drama Series

Best Comedy Series

Best Actor in a Television Drama Series

Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series

Best Actress in a Television Drama Series

Best Actress in a Television Comedy Series

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television

Retired awards[link]

Best Documentary Film • Last awarded in 1977 at the 34th Golden Globe Awards

Best English-Language Foreign Film • Awarded from 1957 - 1973

New Star of the Year – Actor • Last awarded in 1983 at the 40th Golden Globe Awards

New Star of the Year – Actress • Last awarded in 1983 at the 40th Golden Globe Awards

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite – Female) • Awarded from 1950 to 1979

Henrietta Award (World Film Favorite – Male) • Awarded from 1950 to 1979

Best Film Promoting International Understanding (1945–63)

Superlatives[link]

In acting categories, Meryl Streep holds the record for the most competitive Golden Globe wins with eight. However, including honorary awards, such as the Henrietta Award – World Film Favorite Actor/Actress or Cecil B. DeMille Award – Barbra Streisand leads with 9 awards. Jack Nicholson, Angela Lansbury and Alan Alda have six awards each. Behind them are Rosalind Russell, Sophia Loren and Jessica Lange with five wins. Streep also holds the record for most nominations with twenty-seven (as of the 2012 nominations) and Jack Lemmon is second with twenty-two.

Only four people have won two acting awards in the same year:

Sigourney Weaver (1989)

*Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, ''Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey''

*Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, ''Working Girl''

Joan Plowright (1993)

*Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, ''Enchanted April''

*Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film, ''Stalin''

Helen Mirren (2007)

*Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, ''The Queen''

*Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film, ''Elizabeth I''

Kate Winslet (2009)

*Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, ''Revolutionary Road''

*Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, ''The Reader''

Criticism[link]

1968-1974 NBC broadcast ban[link]

The HFPA has had a lucrative contract with NBC for decades, which began broadcasting the award ceremony locally in Los Angeles in 1958, then nationally in 1964. However, in 1968, the Federal Communications Commission claimed the show “misled the public as to how the winners were determined” (winners were determined by lobby; if winners did not attend the event then another name would be chosen) and admonished NBC for participating in the scandal. Subsequently, NBC refused to broadcast the ceremony from 1968 until after 1974.

Pia Zadora awarded 1981 "Newcomer-of-the-Year"[link]

In 1981, Pia Zadora won a Golden Globe in the category "Newcomer-of-the-Year" for her performance in ''Butterfly,'' over such competition as Elizabeth McGovern (''Ragtime'') and Kathleen Turner (''Body Heat''). Accusations were made that the Foreign Press Association members had been bought off. Zadora's husband, multimillionaire Meshulam Riklis, flew voting members to his casino, the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, which gave the appearance that they voted for Zadora to repay this. Riklis also invited voting members to his house for a lavish lunch and a showing of the film. He also spent a great deal on advertising. The film had not been released in the U.S. at the time of the awards, which should have made Zadora ineligible for an award associated with it. Furthermore, Zadora had made her film debut some 17 years earlier as a child performer in ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.''

2011 ''The Tourist'' Best Musical/Comedy nominations[link]

The nominations for the 2011 Globes drew initial skepticism, as the Foreign Press Association nominated ''The Tourist'' in its Best Musical/Comedy category, despite the critical failures of the film. The skepticism turned to outrage when rumors surfaced that Sony, the distributor of ''The Tourist'' had bribed Globes voters with an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas, culminating in a concert by Cher.

See also[link]

List of Golden Globe Awards ceremonies

List of Golden Globe Award winning films

List of Golden Globe Award winners

Young Artist Award

References[link]

External links[link]

Official Golden Globes website

Awards listing at the Internet Movie Database

Complete Downloadable List of Golden Globe Nominees and Winners

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Globe Award is an international sustainability award which aims at encouraging and promoting the corporate and public sector, individual scientists as well as groups of innovator that have excelled in sustainable development in the world. Globe Award is a not-for-profit organisation with focuses on fostering sustainability in societies. Globe Award’s main goal boils down to inspire actors to take responsibility and act globally through awarding great cases within research, innovations, municipalities and companies.

The award is handed out in 4 categories: ''Sustainability Research, Sustainability Innovation, Sustainable City'' and ''Sustainability Reporting''.

Globe Award values:[link]

1. ''Sustainable development''

Driving sustainability by recognising and awarding sustainability champions from around the world is crucial. This is about understanding the consequences of nowadays’s activities and believing in global collaboration to reach solutions to safeguard humanity’s welfare today and in the future.

2. ''Impact''

It is significant to create behavioural change through rewording unique solutions that can be implemented in order to make a change.

3. ''Transparency''

The Globe Award jury groups run the selection process equally independently.

4. ''Innovation''

Honouring tomorrow's leaders develops innovative solutions to the world’s sustainability challenges. Innovative business perspectives are considered as well as people, planet and profit.

The noted and internationally recognized 4 groups of jury consist of experts in sustainability from all over the world. They select one winner in each category independently and on objective grounds. There is the over-all jury chairman who along with the Globe Award secretariat, keeps that the process and selection of applications is obeyed. Globe Award is an initiative by Globe Forum.

History[link]

When started in 2007, Globe Award was a Swedish CSR Award. After two years of success in Sweden, Globe Forum decided to go further with Globe Award. Struggling in making a difference and increasing awareness towards sustainable development in all societies, it made sense in creating Globe Award a truly global prize focusing on sustainability, instead of CSR, starting from 2009. The award ceremony takes place annually in Stockholm. The initiative is supported by H.R.H. Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden. Despite the world-wide edition, there was a national edition in Poland. It took place in Gdansk in 2009. The Globe Award Polish Edition was handed out in two categories: Sustainability Innovation and Sustainable City.

Former winners[link]

2007

''Best CSR Research'' - Sustainability Research Group of the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

''Best CSR Entrepreneur'' - Scandinavian Biogas, Sweden

''Best CSR Company'' - SKF, Sweden

2008

''Best CSR Research'' - Sustainable Investment Research Platform, SIRP, at Umeå School of Business, Sweden

''Best CSR Entrepreneur'' - Rehact AB, Sweden. An honorary diploma was given to Umbilical Design AB.

''Best Integration of CSR in Business Operations'' - Electrolux, Sweden

2009

''Sustainability Research'' - Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI),India

''Sustainability Innovation'' - Tesla Motors, USA

''Sustainable City'' - Cardiff, UK

''Sustainability Reporting'' - Novo Nordisk, Denmark

2010

''Sustainability Research'' - Antrix Corpoartion ISRO, India

''Sustainability Innovation'' - MAS Intimates, Sri Lanka

''Sustainable City'' - Curitiba, Brazil

''Sustainability Reporting'' - CLP, Hong Kong

Globe Award together with World Bank has been building an independent, global foundation which will be awarding annually outstanding sustainable cases in the world.

References [link]

External links [link]

Category:Awards established in 2007 Category:Sustainability Category:Science and engineering awards

name	Peter Dinklage
Birthname	Peter Hayden Dinklage
birth date	June 11, 1969
birth place	Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.
occupation	Actor
years active	1995–present
spouse	Erica Schmidt (2005–present) }}

Peter Hayden Dinklage (born June 11, 1969) is an American film, television and theatre actor.

Since his breakout role in the 2003 film ''The Station Agent'', he has acted in ''Elf'', ''Underdog'', ''Find Me Guilty'', the 2007 film ''Death at a Funeral'' and its 2010 remake, and ''The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian''. Since 2011 he has starred in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'', based on George R.R. Martin's series of novels ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', which earned him the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film.

Early life [link]

Dinklage was born in Morristown, New Jersey, the son of Diane, an elementary school music teacher, and John Carl Dinklage, a retired insurance salesman. Dinklage was born with achondroplasia.

He grew up in Mendham Township, New Jersey. Dinklage graduated from Delbarton School in Morristown in 1987, pursuing his future in acting, and graduated from Bennington College in 1991.

Career [link]

Dinklage made his feature debut in the 1995 cult art house film ''Living in Oblivion'' playing the role of a frustrated dwarf actor complaining about his clichéd part. Dinklage's breakout role was in the 2003 award-winning film ''The Station Agent'', his first mainstream appearance. He received Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Actor for his performance in that film. That same year, he appeared in the direct-to-DVD movie ''Tiptoes'' with Gary Oldman. As well as appearing in films, Dinklage has starred multiple times in off-Broadway productions.

In ''Elf'', Dinklage played a pretentious children's author who beats up Will Ferrell's character after he is unintentionally insulted. In 2005, Dinklage starred in the short-lived CBS science fiction series ''Threshold'' and appeared in the Michael Showalter comedy ''The Baxter'' as a wedding planner. In 2006, Dinklage appeared in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama ''Find Me Guilty'', and in episodes of ''Nip/Tuck''. He played himself in one episode of the HBO television series ''Entourage'' and was featured on NBC's ''30 Rock''.

Dinklage also had a role in the 2007 British ''Death at a Funeral''. He plays the same role in the American remake of the film. That same year, he played the villainous Simon Bar Sinister in ''Underdog''.

Dinklage was chosen by director Andrew Adamson for the role of Trumpkin in the 2008 film ''Prince Caspian'' although film critic Bill Gibron described his role as a "cutesy stereotype [Dinklage] has tried to avoid."

Dinklage starred in the horror comedy ''Knights of Badassdom'', directed by Joe Lynch.

Dinklage plays Tyrion Lannister in HBO's ''Game of Thrones'', an adaptation of author George R. R. Martin's ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' series. His performance has received widespread praise, highlighted by his receipt of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2011, as well as the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. As a result, Dinklage was given top billing in season 2 of Game of Thrones.

Personal life [link]

Dinklage married Erica Schmidt, a theatre director, in 2005. In 2011, they had their first child, a daughter.

He is of German and Irish descent. For high school he attended Delbarton, a prestigious prep-school in Northern New Jersey. When asked about his height in a 2003 interview, he said: "When I was younger, definitely, I let it get to me. As an adolescent, I was bitter and angry and I definitely put up these walls. But the older you get, you realize you just have to have a sense of humor. You just know that it's not your problem. It's theirs."

Dinklage is a vegetarian and lives with his wife and daughter in upstate New York.

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

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Television[link]

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References[link]

Interview with Peter Dinklage in Delbarton Today

External links[link]

Interview with Peter Dinklage about The Station Agent

BBC Movies Interview about The Station Agent

Peter Dinklage at Emmys.com

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James Joseph "Jim" Parsons (born March 24, 1973) is an American television and film actor. He is best known for playing Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'', with his performance often cited as a significant reason for the program's success. He has received several awards for his performance, including the Television Critics Association award for the highest individual achievements in comedy, the National Association of Broadcasters Television Chairman's Award for a significant breakthrough in a specific art discipline, two consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy.

Early life[link]

Parsons was born and raised in Houston, Texas, the older of two children. After playing the role of the Kola-Kola bird in a school production of ''The Elephant's Child'' at age six, Parsons was determined to become an actor. The young Parsons was heavily influenced by sitcoms, particularly ''Three's Company'', ''Family Ties'', and ''The Cosby Show''. He attended Klein Oak High School in Spring, Texas, a northern suburb of Houston. Parsons points to a role in ''Noises Off'' during his junior year as the first time "I fully connected with the role I was playing and started to truly understand what it meant to be honest on stage".

After graduating from high school, Parsons received an undergraduate degree from the University of Houston. He was prolific during this time, appearing in 17 plays in 3 years. He was a founding member of Infernal Bridegroom Productions, and regularly appeared at the Stages Repertory Theatre. Parsons enrolled in graduate school at the University of San Diego in 1999. He was one of seven students accepted into a special two-year course in classical theater, taught in partnership with the Old Globe Theater. Program director Rick Seer recalled having reservations about admitting Parsons, saying, "Jim is a very specific personality. He's thoroughly original, which is one reason he's been so successful. But we worried, ‘Does that adapt itself to classical theater, does that adapt itself to the kind of training that we're doing?' But we decided that he was so talented that we would give him a try and see how it worked out." Parsons enjoyed school, and told an interviewer that he would have pursued a doctorate in acting if possible: "school was so safe!...you frequently would surprise yourself by what you were capable of, and you were not surprised by some things." Parsons graduated in 2001 and moved to New York.

Career[link]

In New York, Parsons worked in off Broadway productions and made several television appearances. In a much-discussed 2003 Quiznos commercial, Parsons played a man who had been raised by wolves and continued to nurse from his wolf "mother". He had a recurring role on the television show ''Judging Amy'' and appeared on the television series ''Ed''. Parsons also had minor roles in several movies, including ''Garden State'' and ''School for Scoundrels''.

Parsons has estimated that he auditioned for between 15 and 30 television pilots. On many of the occasions when he was cast, the show failed to find a television network willing to purchase it. The exception came with ''The Big Bang Theory''. After reading the pilot script, Parsons felt that the role of Sheldon Cooper would be a very good fit for him. Although Parsons did not feel any sort of relationship with the character, he was enchanted by the dialogue structure, the way the writers "brilliantly use those words that most of us don't recognize to create that rhythm. And the rhythm got me. It was the chance to dance through that dialogue, and in a lot of ways still is."

In his audition, Parsons so impressed series creator Chuck Lorre that Lorre insisted on a second audition to see if Parsons could replicate the performance. Parsons was given the role, a genius physicist with nonexistent social skills who interacts with his other nerdy friends and the attractive waitress who lives across the hall. The role requires Parsons to "rattle off line after line of tightly composed, rhythmic dialogue, and then do something with his face or body during the silence that follows." Parsons credits his University of San Diego training with giving him the tools to break down Sheldon's lines.

Television critic Andrew Dansby compares Parsons' physical comedy to that of Buster Keaton and other silent film stars. Lorre praises Parsons' instincts, saying that "You can't teach that." Lorre describes Parsons' "great sense of control over every part of his body, the way he walks, holds his hands, cocks his head, the facial tics" as "inspired". Reviewer Lewis Beale describes Parsons' performance as "so spot-on, it seems as if the character and the actor are the same person." Parsons admits that the work is "more effort than I ever thought a sitcom would take. And that's really the fun of it."

In August 2009, Parsons won the Television Critics Association award for individual achievement in comedy, beating Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Steve Carrell, and Neil Patrick Harris. He was nominated for Emmy awards in 2009 and 2010, winning in 2010 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. In September 2010, Parsons and costars Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco signed new contracts, guaranteeing each of them $200,000 per episode for the fourth season of ''The Big Bang Theory'', with substantial raises for each of the next three seasons. The three were also promised a percentage of the show's earnings. In January 2011, he won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Comedy (the award was presented by co-star Cuoco).

In 2011, Parsons appeared with Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Steve Martin, and Rashida Jones in the comedy film ''The Big Year''. It was released in October. That same year, he appeared as the human alter ego of Walter, the newest Muppet introduced in ''The Muppets''.

In May 2012, Parsons is scheduled to appear on Broadway as Elwood P. Dowd in a revival of ''Harvey''.

Parsons lives in Los Angeles.

Stage appearances[link]

''The Balcony''

''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' (1994) .... Rosencrantz

''La Ronde'' (1995)

''Endgame'' (1995) .... Clov (Infernal Bridegroom Productions) ''Marat/Sade'' (1995) (Infernal Bridegroom Productions) ''Guys and Dolls'' (1996) .... Rusty Charlie (Infernal Bridegroom Productions)

''Eddie Goes to Poetry City'' (1996) .... Eddie (New York Theatre)

''Jack and the Future Is In Eggs'' (1996) .... Father Jack

''Othello'' (1996) (Infernal Bridegroom Productions) ''Suicide in B-flat'' (1996) (Infernal Bridegroom Productions) ''Woyzeck'' (1996) .... Doctor / Horse's Head (Infernal Bridegroom Productions) ''The Cherry Orchard'' (1997) .... Yasha, a young man servant (Infernal Bridegroom Productions) ''Chili Queen'' (1997) .... Buddy (Stages Repertory Theatre, World Premiere) ''Camino Real'' (1997) .... Baron (Infernal Bridegroom Productions) ''Last Rites'' (1997) .... Tiger Clean (Infernal Bridegroom Productions, World Premiere) ''Threepenny Opera'' (1998) .... MacHeath (Infernal Bridegroom Productions)

''Below the Belt'' (1998) .... Dobbitt

''In the Jungle of the Cities'' (1998) .... J. Finnay (Infernal Bridegroom Productions) ''Tamalalia 3: The Cocktail Party'' (1998) .... Psychotic psychiatrist (Infernal Bridegroom Productions, World Premiere) ''King Ubu is King'' (1998) .... Tom, Mister Nice Guy (Infernal Bridegroom Productions, World Premiere)

''The Pitchfork Disney'' (1998) .... Presley Stray (Stages Repertory Theatre)

''Marie and Bruce'' (1999) .... Herb / Fred / Waiter (Infernal Bridegroom Productions) ''Tamalalia 4: The Camp-Out'' (1999) (Infernal Bridegroom Productions, World Premiere)

''What Happened Was'' (2002) .... Jackie (The Paradise Theatre)

''The Castle'' (2002) .... Jeremiah (Manhattan Ensemble Theatre) ''Tartuffe'' (2002) .... Valère (La Jolla Playhouse) ''The Love for Three Oranges (Gozzi)'' (2004) .... Prince Tartaglia (La Jolla Playhouse) ''The Normal Heart'' (2011) .... Tommy Boatwright (John Golden Theatre)

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	''Nowhere to Go But Up''	Casting assistant
2004		Tim
		Sidney
''The Great New Wonderful''	Justin
	Oliver
		Receptionist
	Classmate	Cameo
	''On the Road with Judas''	Jimmy Pea
''Gardener of Eden''	Spim
	''The Big Year''	Crane
	Human Walter	Cameo

Television[link]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002		Chet	Episode: "The Road"
2003	''Why Blitt?''	Mike	TV Pilot
2004		Kris	TV Pilot
2004–2005	''Judging Amy''	Rob Holbrook	7 episodes
2007–present	''The Big Bang Theory''	Sheldon Cooper
2009	''Family Guy''	Sheldon Cooper	Episode: "Business Guy"
2010	''Glenn Martin, DDS''	Draven	Episode: "Jackie's Get-Witch-Quick Scheme"
2011	''The Super Hero Squad Show''		Episode: "Blind Rage Knows No Color"
2011	''iCarly''	Caleb	Episode: "iLost My Mind"
2011		Jeep/Carl (voice)	Episode: "Do You See What I See"

Music videos[link]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	"Up 2 You + Me" Featuring Jim Parsons (Music Video)	Himself	Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) Initiative
2011	"Man or Muppet"	Human Walter

Awards and nominations[link]

	Result	Category	Award Show
2008	|	Best Actor in a Comedy Series	Ewwy Award#1st Ewwy Awards (2008)>Ewwy Awards
rowspan="3"	2009	|	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	61st Primetime Emmy Awards>Emmy Awards
	Individual Achievement in Comedy
	Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical Series
rowspan="4"	2010	|	Favorite TV Comedy Actor	36th People's Choice Awards>People's Choice Awards
	Individual Achievement in Comedy
	Choice TV Actor: Comedy
rowspan="3"	2011	|	Best Actor – Television Series – Musical or Comedy	68th Golden Globe Awards>Golden Globe Awards
rowspan="2"	2012	|	Favorite TV Comedy Actor	38th People's Choice Awards>People's Choice Awards

References[link]

External links[link]

CBS Biography

Movieline interviews Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons On Learning Lines, Emmy Nods and Cast Ping Pong Deathmatches

Fresh Air Interview: Jim Parsons On The Science Of Sheldon, 'Big Bang'

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name	Richard Roeper
birth date	October 17, 1959
birth place	Chicago, Illinois
occupation	Film critic, journalist
nationality	American
subject	Film
website	http://www.richardroeper.com/ }}

Richard E. Roeper (born October 17, 1959) is an American columnist and film critic for ''The Chicago Sun-Times'' and now a co-host on ''The Roe Conn Show'' on WLS-AM. He co-hosted the television series ''At the Movies'' with Roger Ebert from 2000–2008, as the late Gene Siskel's replacement.

Personal Life[link]

Roeper was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in south suburban Dolton, Illinois. He attended Thornridge High School and graduated from Illinois State University in 1982. He has described himself as a Catholic, although "not always first in line for Sunday Mass".

Career[link]

Roeper began working as a columnist for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' in 1987. The topics of his columns range from politics to media to entertainment. In more recent years, he has been widely considered one of the finest newspaper writers in Chicago, just a notch below the city's golden-inked "Mount Rushmore" of John Kass (Tribune), Dave Hoekstra (Sun-Times), Jay Mariotti (Sun-Times) and Roger Ebert (Sun-Times).

He has also written seven books, on topics from movies to urban legends to conspiracy theories to the Chicago White Sox. In 2009 Roeper appeared on Howard Stern's show and said he had written a book on gambling, entitled ''Bet the House'', which was released in the first quarter of 2010.

Roeper also was a radio host on WLS AM 890 in Chicago. He also hosted shows on WLUP-FM, WLS-FM and WMVP-AM in Chicago. He won three Emmy awards for his news commentaries on Fox in the 1990s, and was the film critic for CBS in Chicago for three years in the early 2000s. He won the National Headliner Award as the top newspaper columnist in the country in 1992, and has been voted best columnist in Illinois by the Associated Press on numerous occasions.

His columns have been syndicated by the New York Times to publications around the world. Roeper has written for a number of magazines, including ''Esquire'', ''Spy'', ''TV Guide'', ''Playboy'', ''Maxim'' and ''Entertainment Weekly''. He was once named as one of People magazine's most eligible bachelors.

Roeper has been a frequent guest on the ''Tonight Show'', ''Live with Regis and Kelly'', ''The O'Reilly Factor'' and countless other national programs. He is currently the host of ''Starz Inside'', a monthly documentary series airing on the Starz network since the fall of 2007. Roeper appeared on the first episode of the fifth season of Entourage reviewing the fake movie ''Medellin'' starring fictional movie star Vincent Chase. In April 2008, Roeper was the central figure on an episode of ''Top Chef'', in which the contestants served up movie themed dishes to Roeper and his friends, including Aisha Tyler.

In February 2009, Roeper launched his own web site, , which features movie reviews, blog entries about politics, sports and movies, photos and Twitter entries. For most of the year Roeper was posting print reviews and blog entries. In December 2009, he launched a video section, with on-camera reviews of movies. The video segments are produced in partnership with the Starz premium cable channel. Roeper announced the reviews will appear first on his site, then on the Starz channel.

In December 2009, it was reported that Roeper had signed a "six-figure" deal with ReelzChannel to be a regular contributor. He will continue to review movies online for his website and for Starz.

As of Monday, April 12, 2010, he is now the co-host of ''The Roe Conn Show'' on Chicago's WLS-AM 890 radio station from 2-6pm CST.

Work as a film critic[link]

After Gene Siskel of ''Siskel & Ebert'' died on Saturday, February 20, 1999, Roger Ebert did the show with nearly 30 co-hosts. After 10 guest stints, Roeper was offered the opportunity to permanently co-host the popular film review show with Ebert. The series was renamed ''Ebert & Roeper at the Movies'' in 2000, and shortened to ''Ebert & Roeper'' in 2002.

Beginning in August 2006, while his co-host Roger Ebert was recovering from cancer surgery, Roeper was joined by guest critics, including ''Clerks'' director Kevin Smith and ''The Tonight Show'' host Jay Leno. On Sunday, July 20, 2008, Roeper announced he was leaving the show in mid-August and would return with a new show later in the year. He continues to write his general interest column, and also contributes reviews to the ''Sun-Times'' and to newspapers across the country.

Bibliography [link]

''He Rents, She Rents: The Ultimate Guide to the Best Women's Films and Guy Movies'', with Laurie Viera (1999)

''Hollywood Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Delightfully Persistent Myths of Films, Television, and Music '' (2001)

''Urban Legends: The Truth Behind All Those Deliciously Entertaining Myths That Are Absolutely, Positively, 100% Not True'' (2001)

''Ten Sure Signs a Movie Character is Doomed, and Other Surprising Movie Lists'' (2003)

''Schlock Value: Hollywood At Its Worst'' (2005)

''Sox and the City: A Fan's Love Affair with the White Sox from the Heartbreak of '67 to the Wizards of Oz'' (2006)

''Debunked!: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century'' (2008)

''Bet the House: How I Gambled Over a Grand a Day for 30 Days on Sports, Poker, and Games of Chance'' (2010)

References [link]

External links[link]

Biography from TV Tome

Category:American columnists Category:American film critics Category:American writers Category:1959 births Category:Film historians Category:Film theorists Category:Living people Category:People from Chicago, Illinois Category:Illinois State University alumni Category:American Roman Catholics

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