Simon Helberg

Simon Helberg

Born 1980-12-09 (age 45) Los Angeles, California, USA
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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.

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Known For

Evan Almighty
Evan Almighty

2007

as Staffer

Old School
Old School

2003

as Jerry

A Cinderella Story
A Cinderella Story

2004

as Terry

National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Annette
Annette

2021

as The Accompanist

A Serious Man
A Serious Man

2009

as Rabbi Scott

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2007

as Dreidel L'Chaim

Florence Foster Jenkins
Florence Foster Jenkins

2016

as Cosmé McMoon

Good Night, and Good Luck.
Mama's Boy
Mama's Boy

2007

as Rathkon

Space Oddity
Space Oddity

2023

as Dimitry

For Your Consideration
For Your Consideration

2006

as Junior Agent

As They Made Us
As They Made Us

2022

as Nathan

American Symphony
American Symphony

2023

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Adventures
Hollywood Adventures

2015

as Translator

We'll Never Have Paris
Mumford
Mumford

1999

as College Roommate

The TV Set
The TV Set

2007

as TJ Goldman

Paint It Black
Paint It Black

2016

as Jeremy