Name
Simon Helberg
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1980-12-09 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for playing Howard Wolowitz in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and as Cosmé McMoon in the film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
He has appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv, and has appeared in films such as Old School (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), A Serious Man (2009), and Annette (2021).
He wrote, directed (along with his wife Jocelyn Towne), and starred in the film We'll Never Have Paris (2014), which is based on he and his wife's relationship.
Known For
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Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excit...
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Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their ...
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God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation f...
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The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera...
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Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, bu...
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It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has ju...
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The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-co...
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Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom....
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The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip a...
- 2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. as CBS Page
- 2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Dreidel L'Chaim
- 2002 National Lampoon's Van Wilder as Vernon
- 2007 Mama's Boy as Rathkon
- 2006 For Your Consideration as Junior Agent
- 2007 Careless as Stewart
- 2007 The TV Set as TJ Goldman
- 2013 I Am I as Seth
- 2011 The Selling as Young Husband
- 2007 Evan Almighty as Staffer
- 2011 Let Go as Frank
- 2006 The Pity Card as Simon
- 2014 We'll Never Have Paris as Quinn
- 2023 Space Oddity as Dimitry
- 2021 Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus as Self
- 1999 Mumford as College Roommate
- 2009 A Serious Man as Rabbi Scott
- 2023 American Symphony as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2007 The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog as Self
- 2016 Florence Foster Jenkins as Cosmé McMoon
- 2015 Hollywood Adventures as Translator
- 2016 Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
- 2004 A Cinderella Story as Terry
- 2018 End of the Line as Little Man
- 2016 Paint It Black as Jeremy
- 2021 Annette as The Accompanist
- 2008 Commentary! The Musical
- 2006 Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette as Simon
- 2003 Old School as Jerry
- 2006 Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas as Al
- 2022 As They Made Us as Nathan
- 2003 Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales as Adam (DGA Trainee)
- 2026 For Worse as Mediator
- 2019 Unraveling the Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell as Self (archive footage)
- Soon Triumph of the Will
- 2002 Less than Perfect ( 1 episode ) as Arthur
- 2000 Son of the Beach ( 1 episode ) as Billy
- 2007 The Big Bang Theory ( 279 episodes ) as Howard Wolowitz
- 2005 Life on a Stick ( 1 episode ) as Vinnie
- 2004 Joey ( 4 episodes ) as Seth
- 2006 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip ( 14 episodes ) as Alex Dwyer
- 2003 Reno 911! ( 1 episode ) as Student Driver
- 2006 The Jake Effect ( 1 episode ) as Bill Skidelsky
- 2001 Undeclared ( 1 episode ) as Jack
- 1999 Popular ( 1 episode ) as Gus Latrine
- 2004 Quintuplets ( 1 episode ) as Neil
- 2008 Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog ( 3 episodes ) as Moist
- 2015 StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Arrested Development ( 1 episode ) as Jeff
- 2002 The Funkhousers ( 1 episode ) as Donnie Funkhouser
- 2003 Reno 911! ( 1 episode ) as Hooker Buying Son
- 2013 Norm Macdonald Live ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Dug Days ( 1 episode ) as Squirrel (voice)
- 2005 American Dad! ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Revanche (voice)
- 2012 Comedy Bang! Bang! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 Life on a Stick ( 1 episode ) as Stan
- 2017 Young Sheldon ( 1 episode ) as Howard Wolowitz (voice)
- 1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ( 1 episode ) as Spokesman
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 The Tom and Jerry Show ( 52 episodes ) as Napoleon (voice)
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2007 Reporters ( 1 episode ) as Shooter #5
- 2010 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil ( 1 episode ) as Ronaldo (voice)
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 Drunk History ( 1 episode ) as Frank M. Robinson
- 2000 The Weber Show ( 1 episode ) as Andy Tinker
- 2007 Derek and Simon: The Show ( 13 episodes )
- 2007 The Guild ( 1 episode ) as Kevinator
- 2010 Conan ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2005 American Dad! ( 1 episode ) as Creep (voice)
- 2026 The Audacity ( 8 episodes ) as Martin Phister
- 2023 Poker Face ( 5 episodes ) as Luca Clark
- 2025 Guys Next Door ( 1 episode ) as Les (voice)
- 2004 The Soup ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness ( 2 episodes ) as Bian Zao (voice)
- 2010 Conan ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2026 The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
