 johnny: I am so much more than just `David` on Roseanne. I am a film star, a stage actor, a screen writer, and a aspiring director. David is so 90`s, lets move on now Johnny: It was funny be considered a poster boy for teenage girl crushes, I never thought THAT could happen! It was embarassing, but it was also a big boost to the ego
Johnny: I like all kinds of music, even country. I say that, because whenever you ask someone what they like to listen to, everyone says `everything but rap and country`. Come to think of it, I like rap too.
Johnny: Eventually, I plan to do it all. Write, act, direct, and produce my own vehicle to star in. It`s something that I have been wanting to do for years now
Johnny: I am still close to my friends from the cast of Roseanne. It was hard when Glenn died, I took it hard, we were close. We knew that he had demons, but thought that he was getting better. Hey, maybe he was, and had one weak moment. I think either way, He is in Heaven now, looking down on us, wishing things were different.
Johnny: I am still pretty shy when it comes to autographs, sometimes I am riding the subway after a show, and no one notices me. I will sit there the whole ride, making eye contact, and nothing. That is why I still ride the subway, if it were to change, I`d have to spring for a taxi, who wants that?
Johnny: I don’t know what to do with myself between films. I end up doing unhealthy things like shopping and drinking. I’m pretty schizophrenic about it
Johnny: I once had a gay producer tell me I had to do something about my eyebrows
Johnny: Right now, I’m very healthy, I have no vices left– except sugary breakfast cereal, and absinthe, of course
Johnny: (about what he learned from Roseanne Barr while working on the sitcom, ‘Roseanne’) Don’t be afraid to do it your way, to speak up, to say ‘no’ to anyone.
Johnny: (about accepting a role in the romantic comedy-drama, ‘Bounce’) I wanted to do a bigger movie with a broader audience. I realized there are people between coasts that have no idea I’ve worked since Roseanne
Johnny: So many people– and I, myself, am guilty of this– are interested in the lives of actors and other people we have no personal investment in. It’s just curiosity, I suppose. But, it’s something I’m not proud of
Johnny: I’m usually the guy who, after I wrap a movie or close a play, will punch the steering wheel and say, ‘That’s what I should have done there!’
Johnny: I absolutely love what I do, and it can become troublesome because I enjoy immersing myself entirely in my work, when I have an opportunity. It’s at times probably annoying at best to those around me, but they understand it’s what I love doing and that I’m happiest when I’m doing it. I’m pathetically early everyday.
Johnny: (talking about stage vs. screen work) As a Chicago boy who can’t dance or sing, I didn’t have many Broadway ambitions
Johnny: (about back-to-back homosexual roles in the movies, ‘The Opposite of Sex’ and ‘Bounce’) As far as typecasting, I’d played the same character on TV for five years (David on Roseanne), so I wasn’t concerned about playing two consecutive gay characters. And, they were well-written and very different gay characters. There were more interesting aspects to the characters than their sexuality
Johnny: (about society’s fascination with celebrity life) There’s an interesting dynamic of people wanting to know all the details, but also wanting to be part of this fantasy world
Johnny: (about his co-starring role in the television drama, ‘A Family Torn Apart’) I wanted to do something a little diverse from that people were use to seeing me doing. I’m just a big fan of true-life crime stories. I’m not a violent person.
Johnny: (about the homosexually-themed Broadway satire, ‘The Little Dog Laughed’, in which he performed) At its core, the play is about what we all sacrifice to be successful, whatever our careers or goals.
Johnny: (sweetly, when asked about the possible unrest on the set of ‘Roseanne’) Honestly, it’s really nothing more than a very comfortable workplace
Johnny: I do theatre as often as possible; basically when I can afford to do theatre, whenever they’ll have me
(On co-starring in NBC`s A Family Torn Apart (1993) (TV) which co-stars Neil Patrick Harris): "I wanted to do something a little diverse from that people were used to seeing me do. I`m just a big fan of true-life crime stories. I`m not a violent person".
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(On appearing in Don Roos`s edgy dark comedy The Opposite of Sex (1998)): "I wanted to do a bigger movie with a broader audience. I realized there are people between the coasts that have no idea I`ve worked since "Roseanne" (1988).
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Right now, I`m very healthy. I have no vices left. Except sugary breakfast cereal. And absinthe, of course.
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I don`t know what to do with myself between films. I end up doing unhealthy things like shopping or drinking. I`m pretty schizophrenic about it.
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Trivia
Johnny’s parents denied his request of getting a piercing at the age of ten. He proceeded on his own, piercing his left ear using a safety pin and an ice cube. After the puncture, Johnny’s father remarked, “It looks like a dog gnarled your ear.
Although born in Belgum, Johnny Galeki is an American actor. His father was a member of the U. S. Air Force stationed there
Johhny received a Joseph Jefferson Citation nomination at age eleven for his role as John Henry in a Chicago stage production of The Member Of The Wedding.
Johnny starred in the made for TV movie, Backfield In Motion, with the production team of Roseanne and Tom Arnold in 1991. They offered him a role on their hit television sitcom, Roseanne (ABC), the following year.
Johnny has appeared in the Dave Matthews Band music video, Satellite, and a music video for Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, as well.
Johnny was nominated in 1993 through 1995 for the Young Artist Award for his portrayal of David Healy on the ABC television sitcom, Roseanne, winning the award in 1994
Johnny was sued in a paternity suit on October 6, 2006. A 31 year old woman alleged she had a one-night stand with Galecki eleven years prior, which resulted in the paternity of her son. She sued for back child support in the amount of $500.00 a week. The case was dismissed when the woman failed to appear on the scheduled court date
Johnny made his television debut in the 1987 NBC made-for-TV movie, Time Out For Dad, starring Dick Butkus and Harriet Nelson
Johnny appeared on the NBC television drama A Family Torn Apart in 1993. He played an adopted son accused of aiding in the murder of his parents. He then went on to play a manic-depressive youth in Without Consent on ABC in 1993
Johnny won critical recognition in 1998 for his portrayal of a whiny, unwitting accomplice in the kidnapping of a mob boss kingpin played by Christopher Walken in Suicide Kings. It is the credit he is most proud of.
Johnny and Chris Kletizier co-wrote the screenplay for Snollygaster, about a group of college students hiding a secret
Johnny worked along side Tony Award nominee, Paxton Whitehead, and actress, Dina Waters, to record his first audio theatre CD, a hilarious farce titled The Foreigner, by Larry Shue. The CD was produced and distributed by L.A. Theatre Works, known for bringing together the world’s greatest actors to perform classic and contemporary plays.
Johnny considers his late father and his former TV mother-in-law, Roseanne, to be two of his greatest teachers
Johnny, who lived the first three years of his life in Belgium didn’t remember anything about living overseas, except that it was inexplicably orange. As an adult, he found a photo of his family’s home in Belgium. The carpeting was orange.
Johnny nearly missed his first two previews of the Broadway comedy, The Little Dog Laughed (2006), until CBS reworked the schedule of The Big Bang Theory, a TV pilot in which he co-stars, and was filming.
Johnny’s final appearance (February 18,2007) in the Broadway production of Carter Beene’s gay Hollywood satire, The Little Dog Laughed, was a special performance he and other cast members generously played pro bono for the Actors’ Fund, the national human services organization that helps professionals in the performing arts and entertainment.
Johnny’s mother, Mary Lou Galecki, is a mortgage reduction consultant; his late father was a rehabilitation teacher for blind veterans. Johnny is an older sibling to sister, Allison, and brother, Nick
Johnny’s role in the Broadway play, The Little Dog Laughed (2006-2007), required a full-frontal nudity scene, the first of his acting career
Johnny’s late father, who was an instructor for the visually impaired, blindfolded him as a young boy and had him run his fingers over Braille books to teach him thankfulness and to not take what he had for granted
Johnny loves the 1970s television sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter
Johnny smokes Parliament Light Brand cigarettes.
Johnny will reunite with former “girlfriend”/”wife,” fellow ABC sitcom, Roseanne, alum, Sara Gilbert, who will guest star in a multiple-episode arc on the CBS comedy series, The Big Bang Theory, in which Galecki co-stars as one of two socially awkward scientists embarking on the “real” world after a voluptuous woman becomes their new neighbor. Gilbert will play the part of a physicist colleague and possible love interest of Johnny’s character.
Johnny, along with such celebrity guests as Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, Vanessa Williams, Paula Abdul, Sara Ramirez, and Pink, attended the 2007 TV Guide’s post-Emmy party, a French burlesque-inspired gala which was held at the Hollywood hotspot, Les Deux. The red and black dominated event featured white-wigged women dressed as Marie Antoinette scattered around the premises serving champagne and swinging seductively on large chair swings, and a large set up under a tent with plush couches for guest seating providing the stage for musical entertainment, Kanye West, John Legend, and Band From TV (Hugh Laurie on keyboards, Greg Grunberg on drums, James Denton on guitar, and lead singers: Bachelor Bob Guiney and Bonnie Somerville from Kitchen Confidential).
In 1991, he starred in the made-for-TV movie Backfield in Motion (1991) (TV), which co-starred the production team of Roseanne and Tom Arnold. The next year, Galecki joined the cast of "Roseanne" (1988) as Darlene's sensitive and put-upon boyfriend, David.
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Brother of Nick Galecki.
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At the age of 11, he received a Joseph Jefferson citation nomination for his critically-acclaimed performance as John Henry in The Member of the Wedding.
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Close friend of Sara Gilbert.
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Star/producer/writer Roseanne of "Roseanne" (1988) praises Galecki's "great vulnerability".
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By age 7, he began performing in such prestigious theater productions as "Fiddler on the Roof", "Pippin" and "Galileo", opposite Brian Dennehy at The Goodman Theater in Chicago.
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Born in Belgium where his father was stationed while serving in the US Air Force. He moved to Chicago when he was 3 years old.
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