
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Guys Next Door as Les (voice)
2025For Worse
2023American Symphony as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023Space Oddity as Dimitry
2023Poker Face as Luca Clark
2022As They Made Us as Nathan
2021Dug Days as Squirrel (voice)
2021Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus as Self
2021Annette as The Accompanist
2019Unraveling The Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell as Self (archive footage)
2018End of the Line as Little Man
2017Young Sheldon as Howard Wolowitz (voice)
2016Paint It Black as Jeremy
2016Florence Foster Jenkins as Cosmé McMoon
2016Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
2015Hollywood Adventures as Translator
2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
2014We'll Never Have Paris as Quinn
2014The Tom and Jerry Show as Napoleon (voice)
2013Drunk History as Frank M. Robinson
2013I Am I as Seth
2013Norm Macdonald Live as Self
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
2011Let Go as Frank
2011The Selling as Young Husband
2010Conan as Self
2010Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil as Ronaldo (voice)
2009A Serious Man as Rabbi Scott
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2008Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog as Moist
2008Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog as Moist
2008Commentary! The Musical
2007Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as Dreidel L'Chaim
2007The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog as Self
2007Mama's Boy as Rathkon
2007The Big Bang Theory as Howard Wolowitz
2007The Guild as Kevinator
2007Evan Almighty as Staffer
2007Careless as Stewart
2007Derek and Simon: The Show
2007The TV Set as TJ Goldman
2007Reporters as Shooter #5
2006For Your Consideration as Junior Agent
2006Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Alex Dwyer
2006Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette as Simon
2006Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas as Al
2006The Jake Effect as Bill Skidelsky
2006The Pity Card as Simon
2005Good Night, and Good Luck. as CBS Page
2005Life on a Stick as Vinnie
2005Life on a Stick as Stan
2005American Dad! as Dr. Revanche (voice)
2005American Dad! as Creep (voice)
2005The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004Joey as Seth
2004A Cinderella Story as Terry
2004The Soup as Self
2004Quintuplets as Neil
2003Arrested Development as Jeff
2003Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales as Adam (DGA Trainee)
2003Reno 911! as Student Driver
2003Reno 911! as Hooker Buying Son
2003Old School as Jerry
2002Less than Perfect as Arthur
2002The Funkhousers as Donnie Funkhouser
2002National Lampoon's Van Wilder as Vernon
2001Undeclared as Jack
2000The Weber Show as Andy Tinker
2000Son of the Beach as Billy
1999Popular as Gus Latrine
1999Mumford as College Roommate
1996Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Spokesman
1981Entertainment Tonight as Self
—The Audacity as Martin Phister








