Alfred Hofstadter

Dr. Hofstadter is the the father of Leonard Hofstadter, Michael Hofstadter and a daughter and ex-husband of Dr. Beverly Hofstadter. He is an anthropologist who once worked with.

Like the majority of the male protagonists' fathers, he has never been seen, but is mentioned several times.

Beverly Hofstadter
Not much is known about their relationship, but Beverly does mention that they were getting divorced in "The Maternal Congruence" after he cheated on her with a waitress from the Princeton cafeteria. It is revealed in "The Raiders Minimization" that when Leonard was six, he walked in on his parents naked and Beverly was swatting his bottom with Leonard's brand new ping-pong paddle, and Leonard thought it was a dream until that episode.

Leonard Hofstadter
Not much is known about their relationship, although it is likely that Leonard likes his father more than his mother. Leonard refers to him as "Father" instead of "Dad". In "The Fish Guts Displacement", It appears that he was not very affectionate with Leonard either since Leonard said that the only father-son time he spent doing was with a 2000 year-old of an Etruscan boy who Leonard hated which he had to compete against for his father's favour. He also borrowed Leonard's hugging machine to compensate for the lack of intimacy in his marriage with Beverly.

Leonard's Siblings
Nothing is currently known about Dr. Hofstadter's relationship with his other two children.



Trivia

 * He will first appear in the last episode of Season 9 and will be played by Judd Hirsch.

Appearances

 * S01E05: "The Hamburger Postulate", mentioned
 * S01E06: "The Middle-Earth Paradigm", mentioned
 * S01E09: "The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization", mentioned
 * S01E16: "The Peanut Reaction", mentioned
 * S02E15: "The Maternal Capacitance", mentioned
 * S03E11: "The Maternal Congruence", mentioned
 * S06E08: "The 43 Peculiarity", mentioned
 * S06E10: "The Fish Guts Displacement", mentioned
 * S06E11: "The Santa Simulation", mentioned
 * S07E04: "The Raiders Minimization", mentioned
 * S08E06: "The Expedition Approximation, mentioned
 * S09E24: "9.24, first appearance