Simon Helberg Bio | Wiki
Simon Helberg is a popular American actor and comedian. He is popular for his role as Howard Wolowitz in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. For his role, he won the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He also appeared as Cosmé McMoon in the film Florence Foster Jenkins and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Simon Helberg Age
He was born on December 9, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. Helberg is 42 years old.
Simon Helberg Height
He is a man of average stature. Mooney stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx 1.7 m).
Simon Helberg Family
He was born to his father and mother in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. Helberg holds American nationality and is the son of actor Sandy Helberg and casting director, Harriet Helberg. He was raised a Jewish “Conservative to Reform but more Reform as time went on” with his brother Mason Helberg. His grandparents are Tonia Helberg and Sam Helberg.
Simon Helberg Wife
He is happily hitched to his loving wife actress Jocelyn Towne on July 7, 2007. Jocelyn is an actress, producer, and director, who made her directorial debut in 2013 with I Am I, followed by We’ll Never Have Paris in 2014. She is the niece of Robert Towne, who is a screenwriter. The couple is the parents of two children a daughter Adeline Helberg born in 2010 and a son Wilder Towne Helberg.
Further, he has been friends with Nathan Hamill, son of actor Mark Hamill, since he was 9 years old. He has also been friends with Jason Ritter since he was 12 years old and they went to college together and continue to work together when given the opportunity.
Simon Helberg Education
He studied at the Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California for his middle and high school. Helberg studied with Jason Ritter, who later became his roommate at New York University. He then enrolled at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and trained at the Atlantic Theater Company.
Simon Helberg Movies and Tv Shows
Movies
- Mumford College as Roommate in 1999
- Old School as Jerry in 2003
- Good Night, and Good Luck as CBS page in 2005
- Bickford Shmeckler’s Cool Ideas as Al in 2006
- For Your Consideration as Junior Agent in 2006
- Mama’s Boy as Rathkon in 2007
- The Selling as Young Husband in 2011
- Let Go as Frank in 2011
- We’ll Never Have Paris as Quinn Berman in 2014
- Florence Foster Jenkins as Cosmé McMoon in 2016
- As They Made Us as Nathan in 2022
- Space Oddity as Dmitri in 2022
Tv Shows
- Popular as Gus Latrine in 2001
- Son of the Beach as Billy in 2001
- The Funkhousers as Donnie Funkhouser in 2002
- Less than Perfect as Arthur in 2003
- Quintuplets as Neil in 2004
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip as Alex Dwyer from 2006 to 2007
- The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman as Matt Menard in 2007
- Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil as Ronaldo (voice) from 2010 to 2012
- Drunk History as Frank Mason Robinson in 2013
- Comedy Bang! Bang! as Himself in 2015
- Young Sheldon as Howard Wolowitz (voice) in 2021
- Poker Face as FBI Agent Luca Clark in 2023
Simon Helberg Big Bang Theory
Helberg is known for playing Howard Wolowitz in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2007 to 2019. He had the main role in the film portraying Howard Wolowitz, an aerospace engineer who got his master’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also goes into space, training as an astronaut and serving as a payload specialist later starts dating Bernadette, and they get engaged and married. For his role, he won the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
Simon Helberg Impressions
Helberg impersonated Nic Cage, Billy Baldwin, and Ben Stiller during an interview on Team Coco. The video is available on YouTube uploaded 11 years ago and has 7.6 Million views. Also, he imitated Nic Cage, Al Pacino, and Billy Baldwin again during the Larry King Now show six years ago and the video is available on YouTube with 521 thousand views.
Simon Helberg Young Sheldon
In 2021, he voiced his Big Bang Theory role in an episode of “An Introduction to Engineering and a Glob of Hair Gel” by Young Sheldon. The coming-of-age sitcom television series is a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory and begins with the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of nine, who lives with his family in East Texas and going to high school. Further, the series has six seasons with 112 episodes.
Simon Helberg Actor
His career began in 1999 as he performed with comedian Derek Waters in the sketch comedy duo Derek & Simon. He starred in Derek and Simon: The Show in 2007. Before, they made two short films “Derek & Simon: The Pity Card” and “Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette”. In 2002, he appeared in the film Van Wilder as one of the geeky students for whom Van Wilder was throwing a party. Moreover, he played the minor role of Simon in George Clooney’s 2005 film Good Night, and Good Luck.
Helberg had a minor supporting role as Alex Dwyer in the drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip from 2006 to 2007. He was also cast as Howard Wolowitz, in the CBS comedy series The Big Bang Theory, and in 2004 he portrayed Seth Tobin in Joey, a character similar to Howard. Further, he appeared as the character Moist in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and the sitcom Undeclared.
Also, he had a minor role in the season 4 finale of The Guild as one of the Game Masters. He starred alongside Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant in Florence Foster Jenkins in 2016. He starred opposite Adam Driver in Annette. In addition, Forbes placed him third in its world’s highest-paid TV actors list in 2018 with revenues rising to $23.5 million in that year.
Simon Helberg Net Worth
His career as an actor and comedian has been his main source of attaining his fortune. Helberg’s net worth is $45 Million.
Who Is Simon Helberg
Helberg is a popular American actor and comedian. He is popular for his role as Howard Wolowitz in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. For his role, he won the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He also appeared as Cosmé McMoon in the film Florence Foster Jenkins and was a nominee for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Is Simon Helberg Married
Helberg is happily hitched to his loving wife actress Jocelyn Towne on July 7, 2007. Jocelyn is an actress, producer, and director, who made her directorial debut in 2013 with I Am I, followed by We’ll Never Have Paris in 2014.
How Much Is Simon Helberg Worth
Helberg has earned an estimated net worth of $45 Million working as a popular American actor and comedian.
Helberg’s Social Media Account
Twitter – @simonhelberg