Guest Star: John Ross Bowie
John Ross Bowie is an American actor and comedian best known for his recurring role as Barry Kripke on The Big Bang Theory and his starring role as Jimmy DiMeo on ABC's Speechless.
He made guest appearances on TV shows including Reno 911, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Melissa & Joey, Glee, Good Luck Charlie, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fresh off the Boat, and Veep. He has had recurring roles on shows including Retired at 35, Episodes, and Chasing Life.
Bowie's film credits include The Santa Clause 3, Sex Drive, Fully Loaded, iSteve, and Pet.
You are viewing a list of John Ross Bowie's 25 appearances on The Big Bang Theory.
The Killer Robot Instability
Season 2, Episode 12 - Aired January 12, 2009When Barry Kripke challenges the guys to a robot "street fight", Sheldon accepts the challenge despite their engineer, Howard, being out of action.
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The Friendship Algorithm
Season 2, Episode 13 - Aired January 19, 2009When Sheldon hears that Barry controls the university's open science grid computer and favors his friends, Sheldon attempts to befriend Kripke.
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The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation
Season 3, Episode 1 - Aired September 21, 2009Barry Kripke enjoys publicly mocking Sheldon after he retracts his claim of a scientific breakthrough because the guys manipulated his experiment's data.
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The Vengeance Formulation
Season 3, Episode 9 - Aired November 23, 2009When Barry Kripke embarrasses Sheldon on national radio, he decides to get even with Kripke.
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The Toast Derivation
Season 4, Episode 17 - Aired February 24, 2011When Sheldon forms an alternative social group because his friends are hanging out with Raj and Priyat, Kripke joins Sheldon's group but he's only interested in the raffle.
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The Beta Test Initiation
Season 5, Episode 14 - Aired January 26, 2012When Raj shows off his new iPhone, Barry Kripke claims that Siri sucks.
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The Rothman Disintegration
Season 5, Episode 17 - Aired February 16, 2012When Professor Rothman is let go, Sheldon and Barry compete for the vacated office.
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The Stag Convergence
Season 5, Episode 22 - Aired April 26, 2012Barry attends Howard's bachelor party, but is annoyed by the lack of strippers.
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The Cooper/Kripke Inversion
Season 6, Episode 14 - Aired January 31, 2013When Sheldon and Barry are forced to work together, Sheldon is surprised that Kripke's work is much better than his.
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The Tenure Turbulence
Season 6, Episode 20 - Aired April 4, 2013Barry Kripke competes against the guys for a newly available tenured position at the university.
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The Discovery Dissipation
Season 7, Episode 10 - Aired December 5, 2013Kripke mocks Sheldon after Leonard's work forces him to retract his claim of a scientific breakthrough.
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The Relationship Diremption
Season 7, Episode 20 - Aired April 10, 2014After Howard and Sheldon both have an embarrassing evening, Kripke taunts them the next day at the university.
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The Champagne Reflection
Season 8, Episode 10 - Aired November 20, 2014Kripke joins Sheldon and Amy on Fun With Flags to play a game of 'Flag or Not a Flag'.
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The Comic Book Store Regeneration
Season 8, Episode 15 - Aired February 19, 2015When Barry gives Amy a thank you gift, Sheldon is annoyed to hear that she helped Kripke out with his work.
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The Perspiration Implementation
Season 9, Episode 5 - Aired October 19, 2015When the guys join Kripke's fencing lesson, Barry expresses an interest in Amy after he hears she and Sheldon have broken up.
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The Helium Insufficiency
Season 9, Episode 6 - Aired October 26, 2015When Sheldon and Leonard ask Barry if they can use some of his helium for their project, they're annoyed that he wants credit on their paper before he hands over the valuable resource.
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The Valentino Submergence
Season 9, Episode 15 - Aired February 11, 2016Barry calls into Sheldon and Amy's live Valentine's Day episode of Fun with Flags to try get a girlfriend.
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The Celebration Experimentation
Season 9, Episode 17 - Aired February 25, 2016Barry attends Sheldon's birthday party and expresses an interest in Leonard's mother, Beverly, much to Leonard's discomfort.
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The Geology Elevation
Season 10, Episode 9 - Aired November 17, 2016Raj joins Howard as he takes his Stephen Hawking-inspired toy to Barry Kripke to see whether it's offensive or not.
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The Tesla Recoil
Season 11, Episode 8 - Aired November 16, 2017After being hurt that Sheldon decided to work with the military without them, Leonard and Howard invite Barry Kripke to work with them to get back at Sheldon.
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The Athenaeum Allocation
Season 11, Episode 17 - Aired March 8, 2018When Sheldon and Amy find the perfect place to host their wedding, Leonard finds himself with the burden of making it happen. Meanwhile, Howard and Bernadette struggle to decide who should stay at home with the kids and who should head back to work.
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The Bow Tie Asymmetry
Season 11, Episode 24 - Aired May 10, 2018As promised when he gave up his booking at the Athenaeum for Sheldon and Amy's wedding, Barry Kripke gets to sing at the ceremony.
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The Grant Allocation Derivation
Season 12, Episode 7 - Aired November 1, 2018When Leonard is putting in charge of distributing grant money, Kripke wants his proposal to receive a fair shot.
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The Plagiarism Schism
Season 12, Episode 21 - Aired May 2, 2019Barry Kripke offers Sheldon and Amy dirt on one of the FermiLab doctors who is taking credit for their discovery.
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The Change Constant
Season 12, Episode 23 - Aired May 16, 2019As Sheldon and Amy await news from the Nobel committee, Kripke prank calls them.
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