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John Ross Bowie as Barry Kripke

Barry Kripke was a rival physicist at CalTech who maintained an on-again, off-again friendship with Sheldon. Barry suffered from a case of rhotacism—a speech impediment that caused him to pronounce "R" and "L" as a "W" sound.

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