Who is Howard Wolowitz in The Big Bang Theory?

The engineer who went to space · The Caltech Circle

Howard Wolowitz (The engineer who went to space) is a character in The Big Bang Theory, part of The Caltech Circle. Howard Wolowitz, MIT-trained aerospace engineer, enters the series as its most committed disaster: belt buckles, dickies, a Vespa, and pickup routines in six languages that have worked zero times in any of them. He lives with his never-seen, always-heard mother in a codependence the show mines for a decade. The only member without a doctorate — a fact Sheldon files under 'oh, he's an engineer' — Howard is nonetheless the one who actually goes to space, and the one whose growing-up arc is the steepest climb in the series.

When does Howard Wolowitz first appear?

Howard Wolowitz first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“Pilot”) of The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019, CBS).

Who is Howard Wolowitz connected to?

Relationships already established when Howard Wolowitz first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Raj Koothrappali — The bromance with its own gravity
• Sheldon Cooper — 'He's an engineer'

Which group does Howard Wolowitz belong to?

By the time Howard Wolowitz appears, The Caltech Circle also includes Raj Koothrappali.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Sheldon Cooper — The theorist with a spot and a roommate agreement
• Leonard Hofstadter — The experimentalist across from the dream
• Penny — The neighbor who learned physicist as a second language
• Raj Koothrappali — The astrophysicist who couldn't talk to women

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