Simon Helberg
Acting
1980-12-09 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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
The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast
2026 · Series
The Audacity
2026 · Series
For Worse
2026 · Movie
Guys Next Door
2025 · Series
American Symphony
2023 · Movie
Space Oddity
2023 · Movie
Poker Face
2023 · Series
As They Made Us
2022 · Movie
Dug Days
2021 · Series
Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus
2021 · Movie
Annette
2021 · Movie
Unraveling the Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell
2019 · Movie
Elvis Goes There
2019 · Series
End of the Line
2018 · Movie
Young Sheldon
2017 · Series
Paint It Black
2016 · Movie
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016 · Movie
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Hollywood Adventures
2015 · Movie
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015 · Series
We'll Never Have Paris
2014 · Movie
The Tom and Jerry Show
2014 · Series
Drunk History
2013 · Series
I Am I
2013 · Movie
Norm Macdonald Live
2013 · Series
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 · Series
Let Go
2011 · Movie
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
2011 · Series
The Selling
2011 · Movie
Conan
2010 · Series
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
2010 · Series
A Serious Man
2009 · Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Commentary! The Musical
2008 · Movie
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2008 · Series
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007 · Movie
The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2007 · Movie
Mama's Boy
2007 · Movie
The Big Bang Theory
2007 · Series
The Guild
2007 · Series
Evan Almighty
2007 · Movie
Careless
2007 · Movie
Derek and Simon: The Show
2007 · Series
The TV Set
2007 · Movie
Reporters
2007 · Series
For Your Consideration
2006 · Movie
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
2006 · Series
Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette
2006 · Movie
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
2006 · Movie
The Jake Effect
2006 · Series
The Pity Card
2006 · Movie
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 · Movie
Life on a Stick
2005 · Series
American Dad!
2005 · Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Series
Joey
2004 · Series
A Cinderella Story
2004 · Movie
The Soup
2004 · Series
Quintuplets
2004 · Series
Arrested Development
2003 · Series
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003 · Movie
Reno 911!
2003 · Series
Old School
2003 · Movie
Less than Perfect
2002 · Series
The Funkhousers
2002 · Series
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002 · Movie
Undeclared
2001 · Series
The Weber Show
2000 · Series
Son of the Beach
2000 · Series
Popular
1999 · Series
Mumford
1999 · Movie
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Series
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Series
Triumph of the Will
Movie