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