Simon Helberg

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

76

Gender

Male

Birthday

1980-12-09 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • American Dad!

    American Dad!

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Conan

    Conan

  • Young Sheldon

    Young Sheldon

  • The Big Bang Theory

    The Big Bang Theory

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • The Tom and Jerry Show

    The Tom and Jerry Show

  • Arrested Development

    Arrested Development

  • Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

    Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

  • Reno 911!

    Reno 911!

  • Reno 911!

    Reno 911!

  • The Soup

    The Soup

  • Poker Face

    Poker Face

  • Old School

    Old School

  • Drunk History

    Drunk History

  • The Guild

    The Guild

  • Comedy Bang! Bang!

    Comedy Bang! Bang!

  • Less than Perfect

    Less than Perfect

  • A Cinderella Story

    A Cinderella Story

  • Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

    Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

  • Mumford

    Mumford

  • Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil

    Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil

  • Careless

    Careless

  • Joey

    Joey

  • Popular

    Popular

  • For Your Consideration

    For Your Consideration

  • Son of the Beach

    Son of the Beach

  • Paint It Black

    Paint It Black

  • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

    Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Undeclared

    Undeclared

  • Space Oddity

    Space Oddity

  • The TV Set

    The TV Set

  • StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

    StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

  • National Lampoon's Van Wilder

    National Lampoon's Van Wilder

  • Good Night, and Good Luck.

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

  • Evan Almighty

    Evan Almighty

  • Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

    Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

  • Dug Days

    Dug Days

  • Mama's Boy

    Mama's Boy

  • A Serious Man

    A Serious Man

  • Quintuplets

    Quintuplets

  • Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

    Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

  • Life on a Stick

    Life on a Stick

  • Life on a Stick

    Life on a Stick

  • Florence Foster Jenkins

    Florence Foster Jenkins

  • The Jake Effect

    The Jake Effect

  • Norm Macdonald Live

    Norm Macdonald Live

  • The Weber Show

    The Weber Show

  • Hollywood Adventures

    Hollywood Adventures

  • Annette

    Annette

  • Reporters

    Reporters

  • The Audacity

    The Audacity

  • Derek and Simon: The Show

    Derek and Simon: The Show

  • For Worse

    For Worse

  • Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

    Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

  • American Symphony

    American Symphony

  • Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

    Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

  • The Funkhousers

    The Funkhousers

  • We'll Never Have Paris

    We'll Never Have Paris

  • Guys Next Door

    Guys Next Door

  • Let Go

    Let Go

  • As They Made Us

    As They Made Us

  • Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

    Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

  • The Pity Card

    The Pity Card

  • The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

    The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

  • Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

    Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

  • Commentary! The Musical

    Commentary! The Musical

  • Unraveling The Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell

    Unraveling The Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell

  • Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus

    Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus

  • End of the Line

    End of the Line

  • I Am I

    I Am I

  • The Selling

    The Selling

  • Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette

    Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette