"The Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons, 39, quietly came out of the closet during an interview with the New York Times on Wednesday.

Times writer Patrick Healy's profile notes, "Mr. Parsons is gay and in a 10-year relationship, and working with an ensemble again onstage was like nourishment."

Out.com says Jim "has lived as a gay man in his private life, but in his professional public life he skirted the issue."