Howard Wolowitz

Howard Joel Wolowitz
The Big Bang Theory character
Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz
First appearance	"Pilot"
Created by	Chuck Lorre Bill Prady
Portrayed by	Simon Helberg
Information
Nickname(s)	Froot Loops (as an astronaut) Rocket Man (by Raj) Wolowizard (Online gaming name) Sir Howard of Wolowitz (Online gaming name) Howie (by Bernadette) Clogzilla (by Emily)
Occupation	Aerospace Engineer Astronaut (Formerly)
Family	Sam Wolowitz (father) Debbie Wolowitz (mother) Josh Wolowitz (paternal half-brother)
Spouse(s)	Bernadette Rostenkowski (m. 2012)
Children	Halley Wolowitz (daughter, born season 10)
Relatives	Mike Rostenkowski (father-in-law) Mrs. Rostenkowski (mother-in-law) Joey Rostenkowski (brother-in-law) 4 other siblings-in-law
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	American

Howard Joel Wolowitz,M.Eng. is a fictional character on the CBS television series The Big Bang Theory, portrayed by actor Simon Helberg. Among the main male characters in the show, Howard is distinctive for being an engineer rather than a physicist and lacking a doctoral degree.

Howard is named after and based on a computer programmer known by the show's co-creator Bill Prady. Howard is the only starring character who has been to the International Space Station. Along with Sheldon Cooper, Leonard Hofstadter, and Raj Koothrappali, Howard is one of the only characters to appear in every episode of The Big Bang Theory.

Howard is an Aerospace Engineer at Caltech's Department of Applied Physics who is often seen at the apartment of Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons). He is best friends with Rajesh Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar). He was born in 1981 as specified in season one's episode "The Pancake Batter Anomaly". Howard received his degree in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Howard sports a bowl-style haircut and tends to wear loud 1960s-era outfits, such as a V-neck T-shirt or flashy button-down shirt over a turtleneck or dickey which sport a variety of pins (which have been gradually phased out with the permanent exception of a gray alien pin on the collar) with slim-fit pants and vintage Vans sneakers with a leather windbreaker. He is also fond of (and collects) decorative belt buckles, but wears only one belt; his collection includes a Nintendo controller, a silver Batman logo, a 45 RPM record insert, a Klingon communicator, and a buckle containing the superhero the Flash. Although Jewish, Howard often rebels against the religion and even goes as far as mocking Judaism. He is also an interpreter of sign language.