Simon Helberg
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Old School
2003
as Jerry
A Cinderella Story
2004
as Terry
Evan Almighty
2007
as Staffer
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002
as Vernon
A Serious Man
2009
as Rabbi Scott
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
as Dreidel L'Chaim
Mumford
1999
as College Roommate
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
as CBS Page
Annette
2021
as The Accompanist
For Your Consideration
2006
as Junior Agent
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
as Cosmé McMoon
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
Careless
2007
as Stewart
Space Oddity
2023
as Dimitry
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
2006
as Al
Mama's Boy
2007
as Rathkon
The TV Set
2007
as TJ Goldman
American Symphony
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paint It Black
2016
as Jeremy
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Quinn