Simon Helberg

**Simon Maxwell Helberg** (born December 9, 1980) is an American stand-up comedian and actor.  He is best known for his role as Howard Wolowitz in the sitcom _The Big Bang Theory_.  He is the voice of Bian Zao in the Nickelodeon show _Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness_.

Helberg was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the younger son of German-born actor Sandy Helberg. He was raised in Judaism.

Helberg is married to actress Jocelyn Towne. On May 14, 2012 their daughter Adeline was born.

### Movies

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Movies|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1999|_Mumford_|College Roommate||||||
|2001|_Ruling Class_|Fred Foster|TV movie|||||
|rowspan="3"|2002_|_The Funkhousers_|Donnie Funkhouser|TV movie||||
|_Van Wilder_|Vernon|||||||
|_Sabrina the Teenage Witch_|Computer Wizard|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2003_|_Old School_|Jerry|||||
|_Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales_|Adam(DGA Trainee)|TV Special||||||
|2004|_A Cinderella Story_|Terry Anderson||||||
|2005|_Good Night, and Good Luck._|CBS page||||||
|rowspan="5"|2006|_Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette_|Simon|||||
|_The Pity Card_|Simon|||||||
|_Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas_|Al|||||||
|_The TV Set_|TJ Goldman|||||||
|_For Your Consideration_|Junior Agent|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2008|_Careless_|Stewart|||||
|_Evan Almighty_|Staffer|||||||
|_Mama's Boy_|Rathkon|||||||
|_Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story_|Dreidel L'Chaim|||||||
|2009|_A Serious Man_|Rabbi Scott||||||

### Television

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Show|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|2001|_Popular_|Gus Latrine|Episode: "Coup"||||
|_Cursed_|Andy Tinker|Episode: "And then Jack Became the Voice of Cougars"||||||
|_Son of the Beach_|Billy|Episode: "It's Showtime at the Apollo 13!"||||||
|_Undeclared_|Jack|Episode: "Prototype"||||||
|2002|_Sabrina, the Teenage Witch_|The Spokesman|Episode: "Time After Time"|||||
|2002–2003|_MADtv_|Various|Episode: "Episode #8.6" Episode: "Episode #8.7" Episode: "Episode #8.9" Episode: "Episode #8.10" Episode: "Episode #8.16"|||||
|2003|_Less than Perfect_|Arthur|Episode: "It Takes a Pillage"|||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|_Quintuplets_|Neil|Episode: "Get a Job"||||
|_Reno 911!_|Various|Episode: "Not Without My Mustache" Episode: "Raineesha X"||||||
|rowspan="3"|2005|_Unscripted_|Various|Episode: "Episode #1.5" Episode: "Episode #1.6"||||
|_Life on a Stick_|Stan/Vinnie|Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "Liking Things the Way They Aren't"||||||
|_Arrested Development_|Jeff|Episode: "Meat the Veals"||||||
|2004–2006|_Joey_|Seth|Episode: "Joey and the Party" Episode: "Joey and the Assistant " Episode: "Joey and the Big Move" Episode: "Joey and the Wedding"|||||
|2006|_The Jake Effect_|Bill Skidelsky|Episode: "Flight School"|||||
|2006–2007|_Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip_|Alex Dwyer|14 episodes|||||
|rowspan="2"|2007|_Derek and Simon: The Show_|Simon|13 Episodes||||
|_The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman_|Matt Menard|Episode: "Bad Luck Brad"||||||
|2008''|_Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog_|Moist|Episode: "Act I" Episode: "Act II" Episode: "Act III"|||||
|2009|_61st Primetime Emmy Awards_|Moist|TV special|||||
|2010|_The Guild_|Kevinator- Official Game Master|Episode: "Guild Hall"|||||
|2010–present|_Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil_|Ronaldo|Recurring character|||||
|2007–2019|_The Big Bang Theory_|Howard Wolowitz|Main character|||||
|2011–present|_Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness_|Bian Zao|Voice Recurring character|||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Simon Helberg
- **image**: Simon_Helberg.JPG
- **caption**: Helberg at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2009
- **birth name**: Simon Maxwell Helberg
- **birth place**: Los Angeles, California, United States, U.S.
- **nationality**: American
- **years active**: 2002–present
- **spouse**: Jocelyn Towne (m. 2007-present)
- **children**: Wilder Towne Helberg(son) and Adeline Helberg (daughter)
- **parents**: Sandy Helberg, Sandy and Harriet Helberg
- **known for**: Howard Wolowitz in _The Big Bang Theory_
 Moist in _Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog_