
Simon Helberg
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.
Acting (33 movies)

Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007

National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002

Mama's Boy
2007

For Your Consideration
2006

Careless
2007

The TV Set
2007

I Am I
2013

The Selling
2011

Evan Almighty
2007

Let Go
2011

The Pity Card
2006

We'll Never Have Paris
2014

Space Oddity
2023

Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus
2021

Mumford
1999

A Serious Man
2009

American Symphony
2023

The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2007

Florence Foster Jenkins
2016

Hollywood Adventures
2015

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2008

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016

A Cinderella Story
2004

End of the Line
2018

Paint It Black
2016

Annette
2021

Commentary! The Musical
2008

Old School
2003

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
2006

As They Made Us
2022

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003

For Worse
2025
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Pity Card | 2006 | Writer |
| Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette | 2006 | Writer |
| We'll Never Have Paris | 2014 | Producer |
| We'll Never Have Paris | 2014 | Writer |