Dr. Linkletter Is Stepping Up on 'Young Sheldon' Following Dr. Sturgis' Breakdown

Apr. 8 2021, Updated 1:26 p.m. ET

Ever since Dr. Sturgis suffered a mental breakdown that landed him within the hospital on Young Sheldon, our titular protagonist's lifestyles just hasn't been the same.

Not feeling sufficiently challenged in school, Sheldon has taken to skipping categories and locking himself in a closet the place he can read in peace.

But the creation of Dr. Sturgis' colleague, Dr. Linkletter may change Sheldon's intellectual urge for food. 

So, who plays Dr. Linkletter on Young Sheldon? Keep reading to to find out.

Who plays Dr. Linkletter on Young Sheldon? 

After Sheldon's dad realizes that his son has been skipping elegance after Coach Wilkins unearths he hasn't attended the past few P.E. categories, he ends up finding his hiding spot in the closet.

In his "citadel of higher learning," as he calls it, Sheldon has been spending his days studying Tolstoy's War and Peace, instructing himself about Faraday's legislation of magnetic induction and studying how to whistle — as a result of, why now not. Anything to keep away from attending regular elegance with his peers, where he is sure he may not learn anything.

He's determined to accomplish his one challenge: finding a replacement for Dr. Sturgis, the varsity physics professor who's been admitted to a psychiatrist health center following a fearful breakdown caused through the Nobel Prize in Physics announcement, and his subsequent realization his work would never be recognized with such a prestigious award.

"Since I no longer have a college class with Dr. Sturgis to stoke my intellectual fire, I needed to find someone else who was up to the task of being my mentor, a great mind, a once-in-a-generation thinker," the older model of Sheldon narrates in a voiceover.

Thanks to Meemaw, the kid genius meets college professor Dr. Linkletter, who invites him to attend his elegance. We can not wait to see extra of this Dr. Sturgis stand-in in upcoming episodes.

If you assume you acknowledge the college professor, you're almost definitely proper. Because the actor who portrays him is sort of as well-known as Wallace Shawn, who plays Dr. Sturgis.

Dr. Linkletter is introduced to existence by Ed Begley Jr., who has considered one of the longest IMDb's we've got ever scrolled thru. While he might be best identified to youngest audiences for his roles in Pineapple Express, Whatever Works and A Mighty Wind, the actor has been working since 1967.

He is the son of Ed Begley, who gained a 1962 Academy Award for his efficiency in Sweet Bird of Youth, and likewise starred in some black-and-white classics like 12 Angry Men.

As for his son Ed Begley Jr, he is made us chortle a lot of occasions in his roles on Bless This Mess, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Grace and Frankie, and Best in Show.

When he isn't performing, Ed is a huge recommend of inexperienced living and bringing awareness in regards to the atmosphere to the general public. He lives in a solar powered house and drives an electric car. "Some would call me an environmentalist," he says on his circle of relatives's green-living site Begley Living.

"I reuse the water that falls in my backyard in the winter. I reuse the trash and clippings I produce for mulch. I reuse the rain that falls on my roof, and I reuse the sun that shines on my house for energy," he continues. "I guess you can call me a strategic opportunist as much as an environmentalist."

Watch Ed on Young Sheldon, Thursdays at Eight p.m. on CBS.

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