Simon Helberg
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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
American Dad!
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Reno 911!
Young Sheldon
Drunk History
Joey
Poker Face
Arrested Development
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Son of the Beach
The Weber Show
The Jake Effect
Dug Days
Old School
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Evan Almighty
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
A Cinderella Story
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
American Symphony
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
The Big Bang Theory
Annette
As They Made Us
Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette
Production Credits
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