Simon Helberg
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1980-12-09 (44 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
Acting
(2025)
(2023)
Space Oddity
as Dimitry
(2023)
American Symphony
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2022)
As They Made Us
as Nathan
(2021)
Annette
as The Accompanist
(2021)
(2018)
End of the Line
as Little Man
(2016)
Florence Foster Jenkins
as Cosmé McMoon
(2016)
(2016)
Paint It Black
as Jeremy
(2015)
Hollywood Adventures
as Translator
(2014)
We'll Never Have Paris
as Quinn
(2013)
I Am I
as Seth
(2011)
The Selling
as Young Husband
(2011)
Let Go
as Frank
(2009)
A Serious Man
as Rabbi Scott
(2008)
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
as Moist
(2008)
(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
(2007)
(2006)
For Your Consideration
as Junior Agent
(2006)
(2006)
The Pity Card
as Simon
(2006)
(2005)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
as CBS Page
(2004)
A Cinderella Story
as Terry
(2003)
Old School
as Jerry
(2003)
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as Adam (DGA Trainee)
(2002)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
as Vernon
(1999)
Mumford
as College Roommate
Crew
(2014)
We'll Never Have Paris
Director, Producer, Writer
(2006)
The Pity Card
Writer
(2006)