Simon Helberg
Simon Helberg
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
82
Gender
Male
Birthday
1980-12-09 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Acting

2025

For Worse as Not available

2023

Poker Face as Special Agent Luca Clark

2023

Poker Face as Luca Clark

2023

Space Oddity as Dimitry

2023

American Symphony as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022

As They Made Us as Nathan

2021

Dug Days as Squirrel (voice)

2021

Annette as The Accompanist

2018

End of the Line as Little Man

2017

Young Sheldon as Howard Wolowitz (voice)

2016

Florence Foster Jenkins as Cosmé McMoon

2016

Paint It Black as Jeremy

2015

Hollywood Adventures as Translator

2014

The Tom and Jerry Show as Napoleon (voice)

2013

Drunk History as Frank M. Robinson

2013

Norm Macdonald Live as Self

2013

I Am I as Seth

2012

Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self

2011

The Selling as Young Husband

2011

Let Go as Frank

2010

Conan as Self

2010

Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil as Ronaldo (voice)

2009

A Serious Man as Rabbi Scott

2008

Commentary! The Musical as Not available

2007

The Big Bang Theory as Howard Wolowitz

2007

The Guild as Kevinator

2007

Derek and Simon: The Show as Not available

2007

Reporters as Shooter #5

2007

Evan Almighty as Staffer

2007

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Dreidel L'Chaim

2007

Mama's Boy as Rathkon

2007

The TV Set as TJ Goldman

2007

Careless as Stewart

2006

The Jake Effect as Bill Skidelsky

2006

For Your Consideration as Junior Agent

2004

Quintuplets as Neil

NaN

The Audacity as Martin Phister

2006

The Pity Card as Simon

2005

American Dad! as Dr. Revanche (voice)

2005

American Dad! as Creep (voice)

2005

Life on a Stick as Vinnie

2005

Life on a Stick as Stan

2004

Joey as Seth

2004

A Cinderella Story as Terry

2003

Reno 911! as Student Driver

2003

Reno 911! as Hooker Buying Son

2003

Old School as Jerry

2003

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales as Adam (DGA Trainee)

2002

Less than Perfect as Arthur

2002

The Funkhousers as Donnie Funkhouser

2001

Undeclared as Jack

2000

The Weber Show as Andy Tinker

2000

Son of the Beach as Billy

1999

Popular as Gus Latrine

1999

Mumford as College Roommate

1996

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Spokesman
Crew

2019

Elvis Goes There Executive Producer

2007

Derek and Simon: The Show Executive Producer

2006

The Pity Card Writer