Simon Helberg

December 9, 1980 (age 45) Los Angeles, California, USA
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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.

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Last updated: June 14, 2026

25 titles
Community avg: 8.25 /10
  • 1
    1
    2007–2019 by Chuck Lorre
    Comedy
    Comedy
    8.83 Masterpiece-
  • 2
    2
    2016May 2016 by Stephen Frears
    Comedy, Drama
    Comedy, Drama
    7.60 Excellent--
  • 3
    3
    2004July 2004 by Mark Rosman
    Comedy, Family, Romance
    Comedy, Family, Romance
    7.54 Excellent--
  • 4
    4
    2002March 2002 by Walt Becker
    Comedy, Romance
    Comedy, Romance
    7.00 Good
  • 5
    5
    2021July 2021 by Leos Carax
    Drama, Romance, French
    Drama, Romance, French
    7.62 Excellent--
  • 6
    6
    2008 by Joss Whedon
    Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
    8.47 Excellent++
  • 7
    7
    2014October 2014 by Jocelyn Towne
    Comedy, Romance
    Comedy, Romance
    6.48 Decent++
  • 8
    8
    2006November 2006 by Christopher Guest
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.00 Good
  • 9
    9
    2022April 2022 by Mayim Bialik
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
    7.04 Good
  • 10
    10
    2023March 2023 by Kyra Sedgwick
    Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
    Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
    7.35 Good++
  • 11
    11
    1999September 1999 by Lawrence Kasdan
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    7.58 Excellent--
  • 12
    12
    2007December 2007 by Tim Hamilton
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
    6.51 Good--
  • 13
    13
    2007April 2007 by Jake Kasdan
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.30 Good++
  • 14
    14
    2006June 2006 by Scott Lew
    Comedy, Romance
    Comedy, Romance
    7.09 Good
  • 15
    15
    2015June 2015 by Timothy Kendall
    Comedy, Action, Chinese
    Comedy, Action, Chinese
    7.18 Good+
  • 16
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    2011October 2011 by Brian Jett
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.25 Good+
  • 17
    17
    2016June 2016 by Amber Tamblyn
    Drama
    Drama
    7.49 Good++
  • 18
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    Airing since 2026 by Jonathan Glatzer
    Drama, Comedy
    Drama, Comedy
    7.90 Excellent
  • 19
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    2016February 2016 by Ryan Polito
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.32 Good++
  • 20
    20
    2007May 2007 by Peter Spears
    Comedy, Mystery, Romance
    Comedy, Mystery, Romance
    7.63 Excellent--
  • 21
    21
    2007 by Bob Odenkirk
    Comedy
    Comedy
    Needs more reviews
  • 22
    22
    2026February 2026 by Amy Landecker
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
    7.69 Excellent--
  • 23
    23
    2025 by Eric Kaplan
    Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
    Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
    Needs more reviews
  • 24
    24
    2003August 2003 by Tracey Ullman
    Comedy
    Comedy
    7.94 Excellent
  • 25
    25
    2002
    no additional tags
    no additional tags
    Needs more reviews