Simon Helberg

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1980-12-09

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.

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Acting History

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