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Simon Helberg Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1980-12-09

Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Credits:
77 Total Roles

Simon Helberg

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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.

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 The Audacity TV Martin Phister
2026 For Worse MOVIE Mediator
2025 Guys Next Door TV Les (voice)
2023 American Symphony MOVIE Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023 Space Oddity MOVIE Dimitry
2023 Poker Face TV Luca Clark
2022 As They Made Us MOVIE Nathan
2021 Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus MOVIE Self
2021 Dug Days TV Squirrel (voice)
2021 Annette MOVIE The Accompanist

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