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