Simon Helberg
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.
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- Full name
- Simon Maxwell Helberg.
- Born
- 1980. · Los Angeles.
- Nationality
- United States and France.
- Occupation
- actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer and film director.
- Fields
- film acting.
- Education
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences and New York University.
- Languages
- English.
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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.
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Early life
Early life
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).
Simon Maxwell Helberg was born on December 9, 1980, in Los Angeles. His parents are actor Sandy Helberg and casting director Harriet Helberg (née Birnbaum). He was raised Jewish, "Conservative to Reform but more Reform as time went on." Helberg attended middle and high school at the Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California, with Jason Ritter, who later became his roommate at New York University. He attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he trained at the Atlantic Theater Company.
Career
Career
Since the early 2000s, Helberg performed with comedian Derek Waters as the sketch comedy duo Derek & Simon. In 2007, the two starred together in Derek and Simon: The Show, a web series they created with comedian Bob Odenkirk for the comedy website Super Deluxe. They previously made two short films "Derek & Simon: The Pity Card" (co-starring Zach Galifianakis and Bill Hader) and "Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette" (co-starring Casey Wilson and Emily Rutherfurd) and had a pilot deal with HBO in 2005. One of Helberg's earliest jobs in television was briefly joining the cast of MADtv for one season in 2002. Helberg appeared in the 2002 feature film Van Wilder as one of the geeky students for whom Van Wilder was throwing a party. He had a minor role in the 2003 movie Old School. In 2004, he was in two episodes of Reno 911!: Student Driver in "Raineesha X" and Hooker Buying Son in "Not Without My Mustache". He had a small role in the sixth episode of Quintuplets, "Get a Job", as a man called Neil working behind the counter at a shoe shop where Paige and Patton were working. In 2004, he appeared in the film A Cinderella Story, starring Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray. Helberg played the minor role of Simon in George Clooney's 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck, where he had one line. In 2005, he had a bit part on Arrested Development as Jeff, an employee of the film studio where Maeby worked. From 2006 to 2007, he had a minor supporting role as Alex Dwyer in the drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. In 2006, he appeared in a series of comical TV commercials for Richard Branson's UK financial services company Virgin Money. He played a small role in the 2007 film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story as a Jewish record producer. In 2007, Helberg was cast as Howard Wolowitz, in the CBS comedy series The Big Bang Theory. Forbes placed him third in its world's highest-paid TV actors list in 2018 with his revenues rising to $23.5 million in that year. He appeared as the character Moist in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and had a small role in the pilot episode of the Judd Apatow-produced sitcom Undeclared. In the 2009 Coen brothers film A Serious Man, he played junior Rabbi Scott Ginsler. He had a minor role in the season 4 finale of The Guild as one of the Game Masters. In 2016, Helberg starred alongside Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant in Florence Foster Jenkins, directed by Stephen Frears; he played pianist Cosmé McMoon and his performance was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Not only did Helberg act in the film, he also played the piano. Helberg next starred in Annette opposite Adam Driver.
Personal life
Personal life
Helberg married actress Jocelyn Towne, the niece of screenwriter Robert Towne, on July 7, 2007. They have a daughter and a son. Helberg has been friends with Nathan Hamill, son of actor Mark Hamill, since he was 9 years old. Helberg has been friends with actor Jason Ritter since he was 12 years old. They went to college together and continue to work together when given the opportunity. Through his wife Jocelyn, who is a French citizen through her French mother, Helberg himself became a French citizen to obtain the role of the Conductor in French director Leos Carax's English-language debut Annette, which opened the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar. The Big Bang Theory panel, San Diego Comic-con 2009
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Kaley Cuoco, Kunal Nayyar and Simon Helberg at Comic-Con
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- 1.Simon Helberg. Twitter.
- 2.Goldberg, Lesley. 'Big Bang Theory's' Kate Micucci on Howard's 'Song for Bernadette': Simon Helberg 'Nailed It' in One Take (Video). The Hollywood Reporter. October 25, 2013.
- 3.Simon Helberg. TV Guide.
- 4.Miller, Gerri. Fall TV Preview: Simon Helberg. American Jewish Life Magazine. September 4, 2007.
- 5.Bloom, Nate. Jewish Stars 1/27. Cleveland Jewish News. January 26, 2012.
- 6.Lindhome, Riki. Making It #1: Jason Ritter. Nerdist.
- 7.Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Eight Tisch Alumni Nominated for 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
- 8.Davies, Alex. Big Bang Theory: The 4 real-life educations of Big Bang stars. Daily Express. September 30, 2019.
- 9.The Big Bang Theory Cast: Simon Helberg. CBS.
- 10.Fox, Jesse David (September 1, 2015)."Bob Odenkirk Talks to Derek Waters About Drunk History, Drinking With David Simon, and the State of Sitcoms". . Vulture.
- 11.Desta, Yohana. 7 Breakout Stars Who Got Their Start on MadTV. Vanity Fair. July 27, 2016.
- 12.Quillard, Bobby. Talk Nerdy to Me: Simon Helberg of The Big Bang Theory. Venus Zine. August 16, 2010.
- 13.Highest-Paid TV Actors 2018. Forbes.
- 14.Setoodeh, Ramin. Golden Globes Nominations: 25 Biggest Snubs and Surprises. Variety. December 12, 2016.
- 15.Ruggieri, Melissa. 'Big Bang' star Simon Helberg talks playing piano and working with Meryl Streep in 'Florence Foster Jenkins'. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. August 11, 2016.
- 16.Wiseman, Andreas. Simon Helberg Joins Adam Driver & Marion Cotillard In Leos Carax's Amazon Musical 'Annette'; France Deal Inked As Cameras Roll. Deadline Hollywood. October 9, 2019.
- 17.Bowerman, Jeanne Veillette. Balls of Steel: I Am I . and Then Some. Script Magazine. August 18, 2011.
- 18.Raz, Gali. Simon Helberg Gets Together With His Real Life Wife Jocelyn Towne To Direct A Movie – On Their Romance. Jewish Business News. March 12, 2014.
- 19.Michaud, Sarah. Baby on the Way for Simon Helberg. People. January 27, 2012.
- 20.Webber, Stephanie. Simon Helberg and Wife Jocelyn Towne Welcome Second Child, Baby Boy Wilder Towne Helberg. Us Weekly. June 24, 2014.
- 21.Watch: Mark Hamill guest starts on The Big Bang Theory in new BTS footage. Syfy.
- 22.I AM I Interview: Jason Ritter. Collider. June 17, 2014.
- 23.Guthrie, Marisa. Simon Helberg Is Deeply Committed. Women's Wear Daily. July 6, 2021.
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