Simon Helberg
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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.
Known for
Credits
Old School (2003)
as Jerry
A Serious Man (2009)
as Rabbi Scott
A Cinderella Story (2004)
as Terry
National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
as Vernon
Evan Almighty (2007)
as Staffer
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
as CBS Page
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
as Cosmé McMoon
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
as Dreidel L'Chaim
Space Oddity (2023)
as Dimitry
Annette (2021)
as The Accompanist
For Your Consideration (2006)
as Junior Agent
Mama's Boy (2007)
as Rathkon
Hollywood Adventures (2015)
as Translator
Careless (2007)
as Stewart
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006)
as Al
As They Made Us (2022)
as Nathan
Paint It Black (2016)
as Jeremy
American Symphony (2023)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
We'll Never Have Paris (2014)
as Quinn
Mumford (1999)
as College Roommate
Triumph of the Will (—)
Actor
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows (2016)
as Self
For Worse (2026)
as Mediator
The TV Set (2007)
as TJ Goldman
Let Go (2011)
as Frank
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003)
as Adam (DGA Trainee)
Unraveling the Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2007)
as Self
I Am I (2013)
as Seth
The Selling (2011)
as Young Husband
Commentary! The Musical (2008)
Actor
End of the Line (2018)
as Little Man
The Pity Card (2006)
as Simon
Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette (2006)
as Simon
Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus (2021)
as Self