Running for seven seasons and airing 141 episodes, The Big Bang Theory spin-off, Young Sheldon, was a huge hit in its own right. The show told the story of Sheldon’s young life growing up in a small Texas town in the early ’90s. The spin-off was so successful that it even spawned its own spin-off with Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, which premiered in 2024. But now, after its finale, what has the Young Sheldon cast been up to?
From numerous appearances on Georgie & Mandy to voicing a character in a George Orwell classic, here’s where the cast of Young Sheldon are now.
Jim Parsons (Narrator Sheldon Cooper)
After starring as Sheldon Cooper in Big Bang, Parsons reprised his role in Young Sheldon, serving as the narrator of the show. Just a few months after Young Sheldon concluded, Parsons headed for Broadway and starred in the play Our Town. The show opened on October 20, 2024, and ran until January 19, 2025. After that, Parsons starred in an animated adaptation of George Orwell’s classic story, Animal Farm, as Snowball. The film premiered on June 11, 2025 at the Annecy Film Festival and will release in theaters in Summer 2025.
Ian Armitage (Young Sheldon Cooper)
2017 was a huge year for the young Ian Armitage. He broke into Hollywood with a role in HBO’s Big Little Lies, followed by his starring role in Young Sheldon. Since the show’s finale, Armitage hasn’t yet had another role, and instead, has been taking time to learn new hobbies, like getting his pilot's license. However, a third season of Big Little Lies is almost assured. Every single member of the cast has publicly stated their desire for a third season, and on June 2, 2025, the show’s creator David E. Kelley told People, “We had a great time doing the first two seasons and we all want to do it again."
Zoe Perry (Mary Cooper)
Zoe Perry, who happens to be the daughter of the great Laurie Metcalf, starred as Sheldon’s mom, Mary Cooper. Before Young Sheldon, Perry was mostly a theater actor, and the series was actually her first major role in Hollywood. After Young Sheldon, Perry reprised her role as Mary Cooper numerous times in Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage and had a supporting role in the final season of The Connors. Georgie & Mandy has already been renewed and will return in Fall 2025, so fans will get to see Perry play Mary Cooper again.
Lance Barber (George Cooper Sr.)
Hardcore fans of The Big Bang Theory Universe will know that Barber not only played Sheldon’s dad in Young Sheldon, but he also had a guest appearance in BBT as Jimmy, one of the kids who used to bully Leonard but is now grown-up and washed-up. Since Young Sheldon concluded, Barber reprised his role in a dream sequence for Georgie & Mandy, which became one of the most touching episodes of the entire season (because, as fans will remember, he dies in Young Sheldon). Barber has also appeared in a few episodes of the hit cartoon Big City Greens as Frank, a character who pops up doing various odd jobs.
Annie Potts (Connie Tucker)
Potts quickly became a fan-favorite character, starring as Sheldon’s foul-mouthed grandma Connie (aka Meemaw). Potts was already a legendary actor before joining Young Sheldon and was known for her roles in Ghostbusters and Designing Women. Since the show concluded, she’s starred in numerous episodes of Georgie & Mandy and is slated to star in the upcoming rom-com 40 Dates and 40 Nights. In the movie, she’ll play a grandma who makes a bet with her jaded granddaughter that she’ll find love if she can go on 40 dates. She’ll be joined in the cast by Sterling Knight and Bailee Madison, among others.
Montana Jordan (Georgie Cooper Jr.)
Jordan starred as Sheldon’s older brother, Georgie, and has since taken on a starring role in his own spin-off, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage. So far, the BBT Universe has been Jordan’s only on-screen credits in Hollywood, so it’s incredibly impressive to land two starring roles back-to-back as your first on-screen credits ever. He also has a pretty large social media following, with 1.1 million followers on Instagram and 4.5 million followers on TikTok at the time of writing. In 2024, he also became a father to his daughter Emma, who regularly visits the Georgie & Mandy set.
Emily Osment (Mandy Elizabeth)
Osment joined the cast of Young Sheldon in 2022 as Georgie’s girlfriend, Mandy. She already held a long acting resume before joining the show, including starring in the Spy Kids film franchise and Hannah Montana. Just like Jordan, she now stars in the spin-off Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, which is returning for Season 2 in 2025. One thing that viewers might not know is that Emily is the sister of The Sixth Sense star Haley Joel Osment.
Raegan Revord (Missy Cooper)
Revord played Sheldon’s sister, Missy. Since the conclusion of Young Sheldon, Revord reprised her role in numerous episodes of Georgie & Mandy, and she even had a guest role in an episode of Night Court alongside fellow BBT alum Melissa Rauch. Revord is also making the jump from acting to writing. In Fall 2025, she’s launching her debut novel, Rules for Fake Girlfriends. The book is already receiving advanced praise, with She Drives Me Crazy author Kelly Quindlen calling it “a tender, sparkling journey of love in all its forms.”
Matt Hobby (Pastor Jeff Difford)
As all fans know, religion is a very important part of Mary Cooper’s life…and, therefore, was made a big part of her family’s life. That’s why Hobby’s character Pastor Jeff became such a major character in the show. After having a recurring role in the earlier seasons, he quickly became a series regular. Like many other characters from Young Sheldon, he, too, had a guest spot on Georgie & Mandy. Aside from that, no other upcoming roles have been revealed at the time of writing.
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