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.
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
![American Symphony](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/skfO62LOEg805x9fMYeEDQRorXP.jpg)
American Symphony
![Space Oddity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/612ajBEu9bUEF3jic7r0PnjG5vP.jpg)
Space Oddity
![Poker Face](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8Xm5dyMQC9whMJKnGdFugUAW73C.jpg)
Poker Face
![As They Made Us](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qypGmqMTIT6PmDzmM3i2Aexaxug.jpg)
As They Made Us
![Dug Days](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e5kT33XH2gX7xBFIK1uUJAvU5dj.jpg)
Dug Days
![Annette](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4FTnypxpGltJdIARrfFsP31pGTp.jpg)
Annette
![Elvis Goes There](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pJkkG0NeEJ5fpk3jgJGY0UMXpFY.jpg)
Elvis Goes There
![End of the Line](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dKuKPy2wjauog3Qj7VHqTmZMgZW.jpg)
End of the Line
![Young Sheldon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tKwjkqTSq5fJdSxIk4yOh61tOKD.jpg)
Young Sheldon
![Paint It Black](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1i9CTlb2gabuIQJEDuPsc05GfEb.jpg)
Paint It Black
![Florence Foster Jenkins](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1HAdtUchzWEo0LMFHrgD2UBIBS3.jpg)
Florence Foster Jenkins
![Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wLdBrJBywEBHTaoF1XrKHk1oj3Y.jpg)
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
![The Late Show with Stephen Colbert](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9jkThAGYj2yp8jsS6Nriy5mzKFT.jpg)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
![Hollywood Adventures](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vIhDQ6lj0KSGtV9cmAwFQ5GFcmh.jpg)
Hollywood Adventures
![StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qCSXMlSNtgqTkrAYzK9dWPS7hHR.jpg)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
![We'll Never Have Paris](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zX0JHMQbo41xCRXSKBJCYQ8fpHq.jpg)
We'll Never Have Paris
![The Tom and Jerry Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/41EWXLXTZO4MLb2BL28mWZuydyq.jpg)
The Tom and Jerry Show
![Drunk History](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6zTclFjUEm6aTodjYciYtwzh5tY.jpg)
Drunk History
![I Am I](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z1RwTKQ0wvkdVmQoWqAW5Vcy8Ag.jpg)
I Am I
![Norm Macdonald Live](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d8L9BlALpMQey9jZDwNhNdhS66F.jpg)
Norm Macdonald Live
![Comedy Bang! Bang!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5undCFoglpvKYFmu404ve9mh6on.jpg)
Comedy Bang! Bang!
![Let Go](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kMt3R074Mu0bZhaOHnLGygSACo7.jpg)
Let Go
![The Selling](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vfNQAkj6hYonUN6r4XvewRUXSD3.jpg)
The Selling
![Conan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oQxrvUhP3ycwnlxIrIMQ9Z3kleq.jpg)
Conan
![Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/syxcG3suyf3U00z5HOuLbZ9eozl.jpg)
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
![A Serious Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5gGxDS8WmrebPlMHexVS8EVehiP.jpg)
A Serious Man
![Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/onSD9UXfJwrMXWhq7UY7hGF2S1h.jpg)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
![Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wPXpC4AJHlwnVk5AtlBgsd0497c.jpg)
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
![Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/Aa1IQ4Cuin3d7qIahvPheMmR4E5.jpg)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
![The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tLdLg3GqQsiModOWhl3c04cvWBh.jpg)
The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
![Mama's Boy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e96vm2byFOXoXo7KMRQtmTB8YcK.jpg)
Mama's Boy
![The Big Bang Theory](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ooBGRQBdbGzBxAVfExiO8r7kloA.jpg)
The Big Bang Theory
![The Guild](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nDMtG1NwnpA3rPDld38BvWRsVf.jpg)
The Guild
![Evan Almighty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5vjH8oQFZXJ0gTOPsJKWidVsWmg.jpg)
Evan Almighty
![Careless](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y44vJtmFrKcQTIAA89aqgcimKlW.jpg)
Careless
![The TV Set](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mqFCmfmJmUcdfDelnjm6qWr3OCA.jpg)
The TV Set
![Reporters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nehzomUvfKkpEvJ6CiAmWpGVmSZ.jpg)
Reporters
![For Your Consideration](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fvXClgY4ZJ7dBxalFuxPgb4nJ9s.jpg)
For Your Consideration
![Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9n9Sr54cykU2oIiKYUt3jilJ27W.jpg)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
![Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bDMVu4QS9peGUgvingjfnlBCApQ.jpg)
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
![The Jake Effect](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lEt9sBK6L6kaE7uzkz6SsTBV7jH.jpg)
The Jake Effect
![Good Night, and Good Luck.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oFGXIoxB3NOAZXwKl8wYnZR1vAu.jpg)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
![Life on a Stick](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sFId2oUqecxtvzXewTGBDNESUvk.jpg)
Life on a Stick
![American Dad!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xnFFz3etm1vftF0ns8RMHA8XdqT.jpg)
American Dad!
![The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gGC7zSDgG0FY0MbM1pjfhTCWQBI.jpg)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
![Joey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bU5yBQsmt0CnIpi9z8zB3iL7ZHP.jpg)
Joey
![A Cinderella Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3d6Nu5c7BSo5BrH2xE1pnj3yNrc.jpg)
A Cinderella Story
![Quintuplets](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1njNWXvE6kpZB9pRemQJ1EhWl1.jpg)
Quintuplets
![Arrested Development](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qMzwO952hMWQSCfHkp7IL20s4K7.jpg)
Arrested Development
![Reno 911!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/phkCW1Hdoijl5i15H7KnnnBhaNL.jpg)
Reno 911!
![Old School](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nYtuwNHpEoIbTgS3aFPSEwZNN6l.jpg)
Old School
![Less than Perfect](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xKKV8RNURtXipLmxa26PfazWuYy.jpg)
Less than Perfect
![National Lampoon's Van Wilder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hl19MAS9hV5QkkUdZuoLleDuNH9.jpg)
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
![Undeclared](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uP6XCJGjeV09Z2GfTY9qmEtLI4i.jpg)
Undeclared
![Son of the Beach](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ssFB61XwVABxRZ0vcBHruqpK45Z.jpg)
Son of the Beach
![Popular](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eROSmxuiMQVIwcIqGBZHd84OPa2.jpg)
Popular
![Mumford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a2uqenG3BZICDrcrr49IZwoHA8Y.jpg)
Mumford
![Sabrina, the Teenage Witch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yGuzsFLr9s4kr9H7NbgrFiaIfUc.jpg)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
![Entertainment Tonight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rVAMCmlyDqhw20NHg5jk9sMuMNg.jpg)
Entertainment Tonight