Early life

Helberg was born on December 9, 1980, in Los Angeles, California. 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.

Career

Since the early 2000s, Helberg performed with comedian Derek Waters as the sketch comedy duo Derek & Simon. In 2007, the two starred together in Derek & Simon: The Show, a web series they created with comedian Bob Odenkirk for the comedy website Super Deluxe. They also 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 2006-07, 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.

He appeared as the character Moist in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and had a small role in the pilot 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 2007, Helberg was cast as Howard Wolowitz, in the CBS comedy series The Big Bang Theory.

In 2016 Helberg starred alongside Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant in Florence Foster Jenkins, directed by Stephen Frears.

Personal life

Helberg married actress Jocelyn Towne on July 15, 2007. Towne's uncle is screenwriter Robert Towne. Their first child, daughter Adeline, was born on May 8, 2012. A son, Wilder Towne Helberg, was born on April 23, 2014.

On May 12, 2016, Helberg revealed on The Late Late Show with James Corden that he has a black belt in karate.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Mumford	College Roommate
2002	Van Wilder	Vernon
2003	Old School	Jerry
2004	A Cinderella Story	Terry Andersons
2005	Good Night, and Good Luck.	CBS page
2006	Derek & Simon: A Bee and a Cigarette	Simon	Short film; also writer and producer
2006	The Pity Card	Simon	Short film; also writer and producer
2006	Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas	Al
2006	The TV Set	TJ Goldman
2006	For Your Consideration	Junior Agent
2007	Careless	Stewart
2007	Evan Almighty	Staffer
2007	Mama's Boy	Rathkon
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Dreidel L'Chaim
2009	A Serious Man	Rabbi Scott Ginsler
2011	The Selling	Young Husband
2011	Let Go	Frank
2013	I Am I	Seth	Also executive producer
2014	We'll Never Have Paris	Quinn	Also director, writer and producer
2015	Hollywood Adventures	Translator
2016	Florence Foster Jenkins	Cosme McMoon

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Popular	Gus Latrine	Episode: "Coup"
2001	Cursed	Andy Tinker	Episode: "And then Jack Became the Voice of Cougars"
2001	Ruling Class	Fred Foster	Pilot
2001	Son of the Beach	Billy	Episode: "It's Showtime at the Apollo 13!"
2001	Undeclared	Jack	Episode: "Prototype"
2002	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	The Spokesman	Episode: "Time After Time"
2002	The Funkhousers	Donnie Funkhouser	Pilot
2002-2003	MADtv	Various	5 episodes
2003	Less than Perfect	Arthur	Episode: "It Takes a Pillage"
2003	Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales	Adam	Television special
2004	Quintuplets	Neil	Episode: "Get a Job"
2004	Reno 911!	Various	2 episodes
2005	Unscripted	Various	2 episodes
2005	Life on a Stick	Stan / Vinnie	2 episodes
2005	Arrested Development	Jeff	Episode: "Meat the Veals"
2004-2006	Joey	Seth Tobin	4 episodes
2006	The Jake Effect	Bill Skidelsky	Episode: "Flight School"
2006-2007	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Alex Dwyer	14 episodes
2007	Derek and Simon	Simon	13 Episodes; also co-creator, writer and producer
2007	The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman	Matt Menard	Episode: "Bad Luck Brad"
2007-present	The Big Bang Theory	Howard Wolowitz	Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated—Teen Choice Award Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer
2008	Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog	Moist	3 episodes
2010	The Guild	Kevinator- Official Game Master	Episode: "Guild Hall"
2010-2012	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil	Ronaldo (voice)
2011-2014	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Bian Zao (voice)	8 episodes
2013	Drunk History	Frank Mason Robinson	Episode: "Atlanta"
2014	The Tom and Jerry Show	Napoleon (voice)	3 episodes
2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "Simon Helberg Wears a Sky Blue Button Down and Jeans"

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