American actor, comedian (b. 1980)
Simon Helberg
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Born
| Simon Maxwell Helberg
(
1980-12-09
)
December 9, 1980
(age 43)
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Citizenship
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Education
| New York University
(
BFA
)
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Occupations
| - Actor
- comedian
- musician
[1]
[2]
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Years active
| 1999?present
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Television
| The Big Bang Theory
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Spouse
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Children
| 2
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Parent
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Simon Maxwell Helberg
[3]
(born December 9, 1980) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing
Howard Wolowitz
in the CBS sitcom
The Big Bang Theory
(2007?2019) and
Young Sheldon
(2021), for which he won the
Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
, and as
Cosme McMoon
in the film
Florence Foster Jenkins
(2016), for which he was nominated for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor ? Motion Picture
.
Helberg has appeared on the sketch comedy series
MADtv
, and has further performed 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).
Early life
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Helberg was born on December 9, 1980, in Los Angeles.
[3]
He is the son of actor
Sandy Helberg
and casting director Harriet Helberg (nee Birnbaum).
[4]
[3]
He was raised Jewish, "
Conservative
to
Reform
but more Reform as time went on."
[5]
[6]
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
.
[7]
He attended New York University's
Tisch School of the Arts
,
[8]
[9]
where he trained at the
Atlantic Theater Company
.
[4]
Career
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Since the early 2000s, Helberg performed with comedian
Derek Waters
as the sketch comedy duo Derek & Simon.
[10]
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
.
[5]
[11]
In 2004, Helberg portrayed Seth Tobin in
Joey
, a character similar to Howard.
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
Cosme McMoon
and his performance was nominated for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor ? Motion Picture
.
[12]
Not only did Helberg act in the film, he also played the piano.
[13]
Helberg next starred in
Annette
, opposite
Adam Driver
.
[14]
Forbes
placed him third in its world's highest-paid TV actors list in 2018, his revenues rising to $23.5 million in that year.
[15]
Personal life
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Helberg married actress
Jocelyn Towne
, the niece of screenwriter
Robert Towne
,
[16]
on July 7, 2007.
[17]
They have a daughter
[18]
and a son.
[19]
Helberg has been friends with Nathan Hamill, son of actor
Mark Hamill
, since he was 9 years old.
[20]
Helberg has been friends with
Jason Ritter
since he was 12 years old. They went to college together and continue to work together when given the opportunity.
[21]
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 cult director
Leos Carax
's English-language debut
Annette
, which opened the
2021 Cannes Film Festival
.
[22]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Theatre
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Year
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Title
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Role
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Notes
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2010
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Doctor Cerberus
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Franklin Robertson
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L.A. Theatre Works, Los Angeles, United States
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)
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Bud Frump
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Reprise Theatre Company, Los Angeles, United States
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2013
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Demetrius
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L.A. Theatre Works, Los Angeles, United States
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2016
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God of Carnage
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Alan
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L.A. Theatre Works, Los Angeles, United States
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2018
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Lenin's Embalmers
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Boris
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L.A. Theatre Works, Los Angeles, United States
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It's a Wonderful Life
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George Bailey
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Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, United States
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2021
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The Murder on the Links
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Captain Hastings
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L.A. Theatre Works, Los Angeles, United States
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Awards and nominations
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References
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"Simon Helberg"
.
Twitter
.
Archived
from the original on February 16, 2015
. Retrieved
January 5,
2015
.
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Goldberg, Lesley (October 25, 2013).
"
'Big Bang Theory's' Kate Micucci on Howard's 'Song for Bernadette': Simon Helberg 'Nailed It' in One Take (Video)"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
.
Archived
from the original on February 16, 2015
. Retrieved
January 5,
2015
.
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a
b
c
"Simon Helberg"
.
TVGuide.com
.
Archived
from the original on January 5, 2015
. Retrieved
January 4,
2015
.
- ^
a
b
"
The Big Bang Theory
Cast: Simon Helberg"
.
CBS
.
Archived
from the original on January 23, 2014
. Retrieved
October 19,
2012
.
- ^
a
b
Miller, Gerri (September 4, 2007).
"Fall TV Preview: Simon Helberg"
.
American Jewish Life Magazine
. GENCO Media. Archived from
the original
on October 2, 2013
. Retrieved
October 19,
2012
.
- ^
Bloom, Nate (January 26, 2012).
"Jewish Stars 1/27"
.
Cleveland Jewish News
.
Archived
from the original on October 8, 2019
. Retrieved
December 24,
2017
.
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Lindhome, Riki.
"Making It #1: Jason Ritter"
.
Nerdist
.
Archived
from the original on December 11, 2011
. Retrieved
July 26,
2011
.
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"Eight Tisch Alumni Nominated for 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards"
.
Tisch School of the Arts
,
New York University
. Archived from
the original
on January 11, 2014
. Retrieved
October 19,
2012
.
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Davies, A. (2019). Big Bang Theory: The 4 real-life educations of Big Bang stars. [online] Express.co.uk. Available at:
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1184573/Big-Bang-Theory-real-life-educations-cast-degree-phd-Jim-Parsons-Johnny-Galecki-CBS
[Accessed October 9, 2023].
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Fox, Jesse David (September 1, 2015).
"Bob Odenkirk Talks to Derek Waters About
Drunk History
, Drinking With David Simon, and the State of Sitcoms"
Archived
January 27, 2016, at the
Wayback Machine
.
Vulture
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Quillard, Bobby (August 16, 2010).
"Talk Nerdy to Me: Simon Helberg of The Big Bang Theory"
.
Venus Zine
. Archived from
the original
on July 17, 2011
. Retrieved
October 19,
2012
.
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"Florence Foster Jenkins"
.
IMDb.com
. Internet Movie Database.
Archived
from the original on August 12, 2016
. Retrieved
August 12,
2016
.
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"
'Big Bang' star Simon Helberg talks playing piano and working with Meryl Streep in 'Florence Foster Jenkins'
"
.
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Wiseman, Andreas (October 9, 2019).
"Simon Helberg Joins Adam Driver & Marion Cotillard In Leos Carax's Amazon Musical 'Annette'; France Deal Inked As Cameras Roll"
.
Deadline Hollywood
.
Archived
from the original on July 23, 2021
. Retrieved
October 9,
2019
.
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"Highest-Paid TV Actors 2018"
.
Forbes
.
Archived
from the original on August 2, 2020
. Retrieved
March 21,
2019
.
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Bowerman, Jeanne Veillette (August 18, 2011).
"Balls of Steel: I Am I ... and Then Some"
.
Script Magazine
.
Archived
from the original on November 9, 2014
. Retrieved
May 9,
2014
.
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Raz, Gali (March 12, 2014).
"Simon Helberg Gets Together With His Real Life Wife Jocelyn Towne To Direct A Movie ? On Their Romance"
.
Jewish Business News
.
Archived
from the original on July 12, 2014
. Retrieved
January 4,
2015
.
Note: Webber,
Us Weekly
(below), gives marriage year as 2012.
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Michaud, Sarah; Rizzo, Monica (January 27, 2012).
"Baby on the Way for Simon Helberg"
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People
.
Archived
from the original on September 21, 2013
. Retrieved
January 27,
2012
.
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Webber, Stephanie (June 24, 2014).
"Simon Helberg and Wife Jocelyn Towne Welcome Second Child, Baby Boy Wilder Towne Helberg"
.
Us Weekly
.
Archived
from the original on January 5, 2015
. Retrieved
January 4,
2015
.
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"Watch: Mark Hamill guest starts on The Big Bang Theory in new BTS footage"
.
Syfy.com
.
Archived
from the original on August 20, 2021
. Retrieved
August 20,
2021
.
- ^
"I AM I Interview: Jason Ritter"
. June 17, 2014.
Archived
from the original on September 10, 2021
. Retrieved
September 10,
2021
.
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Guthrie, Marisa (July 6, 2021).
"Simon Helberg Is Deeply Committed"
.
WWD
.
Archived
from the original on September 5, 2021
. Retrieved
September 5,
2021
.
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