Simon Helberg
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Helberg at PaleyFest 2013 for The Big Bang Theory
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| Born |
Simon Maxwell Helberg December 9, 1980 Los Angeles, United States |
| Alma mater | Tisch School of Arts |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, musician |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Television | The Big Bang Theory |
| Spouse(s) | Jocelyn Towne (m. 2007) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) |
Sandy Helberg (father) Harriet B. Helberg (mother) |
| Relatives | Mason Helberg (brother) |
Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, and musician, best known for his role as Howard Wolowitz in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–), for which he won a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2013.
Helberg has appeared on the sketch comedy series MADtv and is also known for his role as Moist in Joss Whedon's web miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008). He has further performed in films such as Old School (2003), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and A Serious Man (2009). For portraying Cosmé McMoon in Florence Foster Jenkins (2016), he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.
Helberg was born on December 9, 1980, in Los Angeles. He is the son of actor Sandy Helberg and casting director Harriet Helberg. He was raised in Judaism, "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.
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