Born 1980 (age 45) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Appears in 74 titles

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.

Filmography

Evan Almighty
5.6
Evan Almighty
2007
as Staffer
A Cinderella Story
6.6
A Cinderella Story
2004
as Terry
A Serious Man
6.7
A Serious Man
2009
as Rabbi Scott
Old School
6.6
Old School
2003
as Jerry
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
6.0
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002
as Vernon
Florence Foster Jenkins
6.7
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
as Cosmé McMoon
Good Night, and Good Luck.
7.1
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
as CBS Page
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
6.6
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
as Dreidel L'Chaim
Annette
6.7
Annette
2021
as The Accompanist
For Your Consideration
5.8
For Your Consideration
2006
as Junior Agent
Mumford
6.5
Mumford
1999
as College Roommate
We'll Never Have Paris
4.8
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Quinn
The TV Set
6.0
The TV Set
2007
as TJ Goldman
Mama's Boy
4.6
Mama's Boy
2007
as Rathkon
American Symphony
6.7
American Symphony
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
Space Oddity
6.1
Space Oddity
2023
as Dimitry
As They Made Us
5.2
As They Made Us
2022
as Nathan
Paint It Black
5.8
Paint It Black
2016
as Jeremy