Simon Helberg
Known for: Acting
Born: December 9, 1980
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
35 movies · 40 TV shows, newest first
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The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast
2026
7.1
The Audacity
2026
5.6
For Worse
20269.0
Guys Next Door
2025
6.5
American Symphony
2023
5.9
Space Oddity
2023
7.4
Poker Face
2023
5.3
As They Made Us
2022
7.7
Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus
2021
7.4
Dug Days
2021
6.7
Annette
2021
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Unraveling the Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell
2019
9.0
Elvis Goes There
2019
5.2
End of the Line
2018
8.0
Young Sheldon
2017
5.8
Paint It Black
2016
6.7
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
4.0
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
4.5
Hollywood Adventures
2015
6.7
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
4.8
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
7.3
The Tom and Jerry Show
2014
6.8
Drunk History
2013
5.0
I Am I
2013
8.0
Norm Macdonald Live
2013
6.3
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012
4.9
Let Go
2011
7.4
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
2011
6.1
The Selling
2011
7.2
Conan
2010
8.2
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
2010
6.7
A Serious Man
2009
4.9
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
5.2
Commentary! The Musical
2008
7.6
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2008
6.6
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
7.5
The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2007
4.6
Mama's Boy
2007
7.9
The Big Bang Theory
2007
7.1
The Guild
2007
5.6
Evan Almighty
2007
5.7
Careless
20076.0
Derek and Simon: The Show
2007
6.1
The TV Set
2007
5.0
Reporters
2007
5.8
For Your Consideration
2006
7.5
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
20063.0
Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette
2006
5.5
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
2006
8.0
The Jake Effect
2006
4.5
The Pity Card
2006
7.1
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
5.6
Life on a Stick
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
6.8
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
6.3
Joey
2004
6.6
A Cinderella Story
2004
6.3
The Soup
2004
8.3
Quintuplets
2004
7.9
Arrested Development
2003
7.9
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003
7.2
Reno 911!
2003
6.6
Old School
2003
6.7
Less than Perfect
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The Funkhousers
2002
6.0
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002
7.3
Undeclared
2001
8.2
The Weber Show
2000
6.3
Son of the Beach
2000
6.6
Popular
1999
6.5
Mumford
1999
7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
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Triumph of the Will
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