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.
Filmography
For Worse
2026
as Mediator
American Symphony
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Space Oddity
2023
as Dimitry
As They Made Us
2022
as Nathan
Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus
2021
as Self
Annette
2021
as The Accompanist
Unraveling the Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell
2019
as Self (archive footage)
End of the Line
2018
as Little Man
Paint It Black
2016
as Jeremy
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
as Cosmé McMoon
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
Hollywood Adventures
2015
as Translator
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Quinn
I Am I
2013
as Seth
Let Go
2011
as Frank
The Selling
2011
as Young Husband
A Serious Man
2009
as Rabbi Scott
Commentary! The Musical
2008
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
as Dreidel L'Chaim
The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2007
as Self
Mama's Boy
2007
as Rathkon
Evan Almighty
2007
as Staffer
Careless
2007
as Stewart
The TV Set
2007
as TJ Goldman