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Kip Thorne

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  • Writer
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Kip Thorne at an event for Interstellar (2014)
Kip Thorne was born on 1 June 1940 in Logan, Utah, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Interstellar (2014), Focal Point (2025) and The Big Bang Theory (2007). He has been married to Carolee Joyce Winstein since 7 July 1984. He was previously married to Linda Jean Peterson.
BornJune 1, 1940
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    Known for

    Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar (2014)
    Interstellar
    8.7
    • Producer
    • 2014
    Focal Point (2025)
    Focal Point
    Short
    • Thorne, the judge
    • 2025
    Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, Melissa Rauch, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    The Big Bang Theory
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Kip Thorne
    LIGO (2019)
    LIGO
    9.0
    • Self
    • 2019

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Focal Point (2025)
      Focal Point
      Short
      • Thorne, the judge
      • 2025
    • Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, Melissa Rauch, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
      The Big Bang Theory
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Kip Thorne
      • 2019

    Writer

    • Focal Point (2025)
      Focal Point
      Short
      • story consultant
      • 2025

    Producer

    • Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar (2014)
      Interstellar
      8.7
      • executive producer
      • 2014

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Professor Kip Thorne
    • Born
      • June 1, 1940
      • Logan, Utah, USA
    • Spouses
        Carolee Joyce WinsteinJuly 7, 1984 - present
    • Other works
      'Gravitation', with Charles W. Misner and John Archibald Wheeler. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman, 1973.

    Did you know

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      Kip Thorne won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2017 along with two other professors. The scientists discovered proof of gravitational waves.

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