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Simon Helberg is an American-French actor, comedian, and television and film performer. Born Simon Maxwell Helberg on December 9, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, he is a male human who practices Judaism. He speaks and writes in English and plays the piano. His professional career began in 1999.
Helberg was educated at New York University and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He is married to Jocelyn Towne, and they have two children. His father is Sandy Helberg.
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Film & TV
Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- For Worse — Mediator2026
- The Audacity — Martin Phister2026
- Guys Next Door — Les (voice)2025
- Space Oddity — Dimitry2023
- American Symphony — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2023
- Poker Face — Luca Clark2023
- As They Made Us — Nathan2022
- Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus — Self2021
- Annette — The Accompanist2021
- Dug Days — Squirrel (voice)2021
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Key facts
- Born
- Simon Maxwell Helberg , ( 1980-12-09 ) December 9, 1980 (age 45) , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Citizenship
- United States France
- Education
- New York University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actor comedian musician
- Years active
- 1999–present
- Spouse
- Jocelyn Towne ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 )
- Father
- Sandy Helberg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Jocelyn Towne
- Father
- Sandy Helberg
- Educated at
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- CES 2026 - Simon Helberg 02 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Simon Helberg
- date of birth
- 1980-12-09
- birth name
- Simon Maxwell Helberg
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- name in native language
- Simon Helberg
- social media followers
- 785189
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor and comedian. From 2007 to 2019, he played Howard Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory and won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for the role. His performance as Cosmé McMoon in the film Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Helberg has also appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv as a cast member in season 8 (2002–2003), and his other film roles including Old School (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), A Serious Man (2009), and Annette (2021).
Early life
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