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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
For Worse
2025
Lauren, a newly divorced, sober mom, feels like she has a new lease on life after joining her first acting class and starting a fling with her hot, yo...
American Symphony
2023
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.
Space Oddity
2023
as Dimitry
A space-obsessed man gets the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a Mars colonization program but finds his plans compromised by his feelings for a wo...
As They Made Us
2022
as Nathan
Abigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.
Baby Annette, à l'impossible ils sont tenus
2021
as Self
In 2019, the director Leos Carax proposes to Estelle Charlier and Romuald Collinet to design, make and animate "Annette", the puppet of his new film. ...
Annette
2021
as The Accompanist
The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfec...
End of the Line
2018
as Little Man
A lonely man goes to the pet store and buys a tiny man in a cage.
Paint It Black
2016
as Jeremy
A young woman attempts to deal with the death of her boyfriend while continuously confronted by his mentally unstable mother.
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
as Cosmé McMoon
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
as Self
The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director Jame...
Hollywood Adventures
2015
as Translator
A young man goes from China to Hollywood on short notice to find his girlfriend. He ends up connected with two others in his quest, which gets much mo...
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
as Quinn
Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to propo...
We'll Never Have Paris
2014
Director, Producer, Writer
Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to propo...
I Am I
2013
as Seth
I AM I is the story of a young woman, Rachael, who meets the father she never knew, Gene, at her mother's funeral. She discovers that her father is co...
Let Go
2011
as Frank
Walter Dishman, a married and melancholy parole officer, deals with three eccentric ex-convicts who have been placed under his supervision.
The Selling
2011
as Young Husband
For most people affected by the recent housing market crash, the impact was financial. Super nice real estate agent Richard Scarry has an additional b...
A Serious Man
2009
as Rabbi Scott
It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him....
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2008
as Moist
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a 42-minute tragicomic musical in three acts, each released separately. It tells the story of Dr. Horrible, an aspir...
Commentary! The Musical
2008
The cast and crew of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) perform a "most uncommon" musical commentary track for the show, acting as exaggerated vers...
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
as Dreidel L'Chaim
Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addict...
The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2007
as Self
The making of 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'.
Mama's Boy
2007
as Rathkon
A twenty-nine year-old slacker who lives with his mom realizes his sweet set-up is threatened when she hears wedding bells with her self-help guru bea...
Evan Almighty
2007
as Staffer
God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
Careless
2007
as Stewart
Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night. Understandably freaked out, in a search across Los Angeles that brings them in conta...
The TV Set
2007
as TJ Goldman
As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network e...
For Your Consideration
2006
as Junior Agent
The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star ...
Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette
2006
as Simon
Derek and Simon meet two young women on the beach, but wind up in the emergency room.
Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette
2006
Writer
Derek and Simon meet two young women on the beach, but wind up in the emergency room.
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
2006
as Al
When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.
The Pity Card
2006
as Simon
Is The Best Place For A First Date Really The Holocaust Museum
The Pity Card
2006
Writer
Is The Best Place For A First Date Really The Holocaust Museum
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005
as CBS Page
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.
A Cinderella Story
2004
as Terry
Routinely exploited by her wicked stepmother, the downtrodden Samantha Montgomery is excited about the prospect of meeting her Internet beau at the sc...
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003
as Adam (DGA Trainee)
Comedy special spotlighting Tracey Ullman’s larger than life character Ruby Romaine from HBO's “Tracey Takes On”. After an illustrious career, vetera...
Old School
2003
as Jerry
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002
as Vernon
Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he...
Mumford
1999
as College Roommate
When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarm...